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Peter Boxley is not a “big city guy,” so the opportunity to spend his third year as a medical student in northern Colorado was appealing. Originally from Fort Collins and with family in the area, Boxley completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Chicago and is now enrolled at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
His third-year classmate, Nick Mason, also hails from Fort Collins, and has an undergraduate degree from Creighton University in Omaha.
“It’s nice to learn more about the health care system here because, eventually, I’d like to come back to northern Colorado,” he said.
Boxley and Mason are among 11 CU medical students who applied for and were accepted to train in northern Colorado over the next year. The move to launch these clinical rotations is a first step in establishing a CU medical school branch in Fort Collins in partnership with Colorado State University.