Milestones under Dr. Stuart Flynn include four graduating classes of doctors in Fort Worth
It's been a decade since TCU hired the founding dean of its medical school in Fort Worth.
A group of about 100, including prominent Fort Worth leaders, gathered recently to celebrate ten years of Dr. Stuart Flynn, the founding dean of the Anne Marion Burnett School of Medicine at TCU.
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According to a news release on the school's website, the medical school has achieved several major milestones in the last decade under Dr. Flynn's leadership, including:
-Obtaining a 100% residency match for all four of its graduating classes in 2026.
-Launching the North Texas Maternal Health Accelerator with UT Southwestern Medical Center to address the region’s high maternal morbidity rates in 2025.
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-Opening the Burnett School of Medicine education building, named Arnold Hall, in the heart of Fort Worth’s Medical Innovation District in 2024.
-Receiving full accreditation from the Liaison Committee of Medical Education (LCME) in 2023.
-Establishing Graduate Medical Education Programs with Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center Fort Worth, in 2021 and Texas Health Resources in 2022.
“Even though it was my name being mentioned, it was a cast of many who helped us succeed here over the decade,” Flynn said in the news release.
Dr. Flynn's decade of leadership will also be marked by an endowed position that will carry his name permanently.
