Building a Medical School: Architecture Before Execution
Launching a new medical school is not simply an academic exercise. Before the first student enrolls, an institution must demonstrate that it possesses the people, processes, systems, and infrastructure necessary to sustain the program for years to come. My role in the early development of the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine reinforced a lesson I’ve encountered repeatedly throughout my career: successful organizations build the architecture first and scale the operations second.