[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E167]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





  CELEBRATING THE 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE PAUL L. FOSTER SCHOOL OF 
  MEDICINE AT THE TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER EL PASO

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                         HON. VERONICA ESCOBAR

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 11, 2020

  Ms. ESCOBAR. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the ten-year 
anniversary of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at the Texas Tech 
University Health Sciences Center El Paso. For ten years, the Foster 
School of Medicine has provided quality medical education to future 
physicians that will serve the health care needs of patients throughout 
the country.
   In 2008, prior to the opening of the Foster School of Medicine, El 
Paso County's average number of direct care physicians per 100,000 
people was 75 percent less than the national average. In an effort to 
alleviate this severe shortage of physicians in the region, government 
leaders, community physicians, and community supporters worked to 
establish a four-year medical school in El Paso.
   The Foster School of Medicine has the distinct honor of becoming the 
first four-year medical school on the United States-Mexico border. It 
was also one of the first medical schools in the U.S. to integrate 
medical Spanish into its curriculum, allowing our nation's future 
physicians to provide culturally competent care.
   The Foster School of Medicine focuses its curriculum on community 
service. In 2013, the Foster School of Medicine established the Medical 
Student Run Clinic by a group of students from the inaugural class with 
the help of faculty and staff. Students serve the community of Sparks 
in far East El Paso, where the majority of the population is uninsured. 
The Medical Student Run Clinic is often their only access to health 
care.
   Congratulations to the Foster School of Medicine for their 
achievements in this decade. And I thank the faculty, staff, and 
students for being leaders in health care while giving back to the El 
Paso community.

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