Dear Team,

On June 3rd, I joined University of California President Michael Drake, Chancellor Wilcox, and TDA development partners, to announce a major clinical expansion that will increase access for our deserving Inland Empire residents. This multi-phase expansion will address the healthcare needs of Inland Southern California while strengthening the clinical, educational, and research missions of UC Riverside and the UCR School of Medicine.

This expansion—the largest taken by our academic health system to date and known as Canyon Springs— demonstrates our commitment to building a high-performing, academically affiliated health system and will broaden UCR Health’s clinical footprint from three to 10 clinics, with hopes to establish a regional health sciences campus including a possible outpatient diagnostics center in the first phase of development. This means better access to high-quality primary and specialty care and ready access for medical students to expanded residencies in a UCR Health facility.

Our vision is that it will also serve as a major academic medical hub for the residents of the Inland Empire. The site is approved for a Specialty Ambulatory Center, a 280-bed acute care hospital, a dedicated parking structure, and a separate medical office building. And we will be developing the UCR Medical Group into a unified, mission-driven faculty practice. The Medical Group will serve as the backbone of a clinically integrated network aimed at supporting care coordination, population health initiatives, and value-based partnerships with other providers and payers. This structure will allow us to align clinical quality, operational efficiency, and academic priorities throughout the health system, with special emphasis placed on cultivating programs that attract and retain physicians who grew up in the Inland Empire and are dedicated to serving their home communities.

While full development is expected to unfold over more than a decade, we are excited to be launching what we know will be an incredible hub of medicine for the entire region.

And so, at this extraordinary moment, I want to thank everyone who has been involved in making this happen, from our marketing and communications departments to our administrative staff. Your dedication made June 3^rd a success and helps to ensure further success going forward.

Thank You!