A $15.5 million deficit must be handled before the dean of the University of Cincinnati's College of Medicine (COM) can implement his vision for the college's future. The COM plans to overcome the $15.5 million deficit by receiving $10 million from the UC Physicians clinical practices and cutting $5.5 million from the budget said Thomas Boat, dean and vice president from health affairs. The college will reduce basic science department infrastructure cost, postpone new grants funding and cut from the administrative budget, Boat said. "I know that five years from now, we will be a lot better; 10 years from now we ought to in fact go from that point and reach a higher point," Boat told a crowd, Oct 26., as he introduced his vision for the college. US News and World Report ranks UC's COM 42 in the nation and 17 among public schools, a number that needs to lower, Boat said.
