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Board authorizes agreements to support OSU veterinary capital projects and residency expansion
Summary
The Board approved agreements and directed restricted state funds to support Oklahoma State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, and approved OSU-CHS residency training agreements and a Level I trauma affiliation to expand clinical training capacity.
The Board of Regents on Jan. 30 authorized agreements to channel recent state appropriations to Oklahoma State University for capital projects at the OSU College of Veterinary Medicine and approved OSU-CHS agreements to expand residency training through a Level I trauma affiliation with Saint Francis Health System.
University leaders said the authorized actions are intended to modernize diagnostic and teaching facilities and expand clinical residency capacity. The Board vote authorized OSU to execute contracts that will allow the Oklahoma State University Medical Trust and the University to accept and direct restricted legislative appropriations for capital projects at the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.
The funding comes after recent legislative appropriations and related capital program actions. Board members discussed the scale of the appropriations and the timeline for deploying funds to support construction, renovation and equipment purchases for the veterinary teaching hospital and diagnostic laboratory.
President Jim Hess summarized the approvals for capital support and for agreements to expand clinical rotations and resident training: he said the agreements will allow OSU-CHS to place residents and operate residency programs in partnership with Saint Francis and other partners while ensuring funding is tracked and restricted to the projects described in legislative appropriation language. The Board’s action also ratified the university’s authority to finalize the shape of the residency agreements and proceed with program development oversight.
The Board’s approvals follow draft affiliation and residency-development agreements included in the meeting packet. Those documents lay out governance, an Education Oversight Committee structure, reporting and annual certification requirements tied to the use of restricted capital funds, and operational responsibilities for program development and ACGME accreditation. The agreements identify OSU-CHS (and affiliated sponsors where noted) as the sponsoring institution for ACGME programs, and establish roles for a designated institutional official (DIO) and a Saint Francis-based associate DIO to manage day-to-day oversight of programs located at the hospital sites.
Board members and university staff said the goal is to phase in new residency slots tied to sites in Tulsa and other service areas where Saint Francis operates, with program applications, site visits and recruiting to follow ACGME timelines. The packet included related enabling language in the 2024–2025 legislative omnibus sessions (including the LCFA/OCIA memoranda and the bills authorizing related funds) and the board approved OSU’s cooperative agreements with the Medical Authority and Trust needed to receive and direct the restricted capital funds.
