FSU MED Magazine Winter 2025 | Page 6

Taking part in the groundbreaking of FSU Health ’ s Academic Health Center are , from left , Jay Smith , president of Ajax Building Co .; Kyle Clark , FSU senior vice president for Finance and Administration ; Alma Littles , M . D ., dean of the College of Medicine ; Stacey Patterson , FSU vice president for Research ; Peter Collins , chair of the FSU Board of Trustees ; Richard McCullough , president of FSU ; Jai Vartikar , FSU First Lady ; Mark O ’ Bryant , president of TMH ; Jason Weida , secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration ; and Jim Clark , FSU provost . The center was made possible when the Florida Legislature and Gov . Ron DeSantis awarded FSU $ 125 million to build the facility on the campus of TMH .
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