SSM to buy SLUCare Physician Group

SSM Health agreed to buy SLUCare Physician Group, the entity that staffs St. Louis University’s medical school.

Through the acquisition, SLUCare would become an academic physician division of SSM Health in St. Louis.

“This partnership will expand the scope of our primary and specialty health care, allowing greater access to clinical trials for our patients, while we educate diverse and committed future physicians for our region, and grow our research in the School of Medicine,” said Dr. Christine Jacobs, dean of the medical school and vice president of medical affairs.

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