The WSU Physician Group has decided to purchase a building in Troy to house a proposed Ambulatory Surgery Center, said Robert Frank, M.D., in a letter to the School of Medicine community on Friday. Dr. Frank is dean of the WSU School of Medicine and chairman of the Board of Directors for the WSU Physician Group.

The action launches the University Physician Group's suburban strategy, which is designed to grow our clinical business and enable the continued support of the School of Medicine's missions. 

"While this action  may engender some uneasiness among our clinical affiliates, it is essential that University Physician Group expand and diversity its revenue base," Dr. Frank wrote. "We remain committed to our primary partner, the Detroit Medical Center , and we have taken special care to ensure that our strategies complement our partner's position rather competing with it. In fact, we are confident that our suburban strategy will benefit the DMC's bottom line as our business expands."

Dr. Frank reaffirmed the School's steadfast commitment to longtime clinical partners at the Detroit Medical Center and to the School's   mission of elevating the level of care, particularly for the underserved.

Watch for updates on this project in future issues of Prognosis.