Medical school aims to train doctors for Inland Empire

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Medical school aims to train doctors for Inland Empire

“We need physicians," says Dr. Ravi Berry, a pediatrician at the Riverside Medical Clinic who mentors Deedas. "If we grow our own they stay in the area."

First year med student Crystal Deedas examines a child during a bi-weekly rotation at Riverside Medical Clinic. She will shadow pediatrician Ravi Berry throughout her four years in medical school. Sept. 2014

“We need physicians," says Dr. Ravi Berry, a pediatrician at the Riverside Medical Clinic who mentors Deedas. "If we grow our own they stay in the area."

University of California Riverside School of Medicine opened last summer, in large part, to address the growing doctor shortage in the Inland Empire.

“We need physicians," says Dr. Ravi Berry, a pediatrician at the Riverside Medical Clinic who mentors Deedas. "If we grow our own they stay in the area."

KPCC's Elizabeth Aguilera reports UCR officials have been working to attract local students into the School of Medicine, in the hopes that they'll stay.

Read the full story: UC Riverside Med School eager to keep new doctors close to home