Overview
- A partnership announced Friday between Santa Clara University and Sutter Health creates the Mark and Mary Stevens School of Medicine.
- Sutter and the university said the $175 million gift from Mark and Mary Stevens will help fund the school and is the largest donation either has received.
- Plans call for an 82,000‑square‑foot campus in Santa Clara next to Sutter’s East Santa Clara medical center, with Sutter serving as the exclusive clinical partner.
- Leaders said accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education is underway, and Sutter’s CEO is aiming for an opening around 2030.
- The school expects to start with 30 to 40 students per class and build to 120, with the goal of training more doctors who will stay to practice in Northern California.