Dear Colleagues,
Michigan State University is establishing a southeast Michigan satellite of its College of Osteopathic Medicine. Institutions bidding to host the DO school include Macomb Community College and the Detroit Medical Center. The DMC proposal would headquarter the DO school satellite at the old Hutzel Hospital, on the campus it shares with Wayne State University. Ultimately, the decision will come to a vote by the eight elected members of the Michigan State University Board of Trustees on May 16-17, following a tour of competing sites scheduled for May 1.
As awareness of this issue has increased, many of you have voiced concerns about the potential impact of the DMC proposal on our medical education programs, and many of you have asked what you can do to advocate for the school and its students. To this end, we have provided a link to the DMC proposal to Michigan State University, as well as its companion branding proposal.
http://www.med.wayne.edu/pdfs/DMC_proposal_to_MSU_DO_school.pdf
http://www.med.wayne.edu/pdfs/DMC_proposal_for_MSU_branding.pdf
With our two peer Michigan medical schools, the Wayne State University School of Medicine authored the report to Governor Jennifer Granholm on Michigan physician work force requirements. We support MSU's strategy to alleviate the projected shortage of physicians in Michigan. However, we firmly believe that an osteopathy school satellite on this campus will jeopardize the academic programs of the School of Medicine and compromise our contributions to the City of Detroit.
If, following your review of the DMC proposal, you wish to make your opinion known to those voting on this issue, please contact each member of the Michigan State University Board of Trustees.
The Wayne State University School of Medicine is distinguished by its faculty and graduates, who carry on the school's longstanding tradition and commitment to our tripartite mission of education, research, and clinical care. We have achieved the depth and breadth of our programs over 139 years of learning, discovery, and service---in the City of Detroit, southeast Michigan, and beyond.
Sincerely yours,
Robert M. Mentzer, Jr., MD;
Dean, School of Medicine
Senior Advisor to the President for Medical Affairs;
Robert R. Frank, MD
Executive Vice Dean
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Trustee Joel I. Ferguson, Chairman
1223 Turner, Suite 300
Lansing MI 48906
(517) 371-2515 - Office
lucyjif@aol.com
Trustee Melanie Foster, Vice Chairperson
2561 Meadow Woods Drive
East Lansing, MI 48823
(517) 204-8052
mfoster@msu.edu
Trustee Dorothy V. Gonzales
P.O. Box 242
East Lansing MI 48823-0242
(313) 224-0810
gonzales@msu.edu
Trustee Colleen M. McNamara
Michigan Cable Telecommunications Association
412 W. Ionia
Lansing MI 48933
(517) 482-2622 - Office
MCTACMM@aol.com
Trustee Donald W. Nugent
1225 Fo rrester Road
Frankfort MI 49635
(231) 352-7181 - Office
donugent@gracelandfruit.com
Trustee Faylene Owe
6180 Heathfield
East Lansing, MI 48823
(517) 339-1400
fayleneo@msn.com
Trustee George Perles
6153 W. Longview Drive
East Lansing, MI 48823
(517) 525-3794
perles@msu.edu
Trustee G. Scott Romney
Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP
2290 First National Building
660 Woodward Avenue
Detroit MI 48226
(313) 465-7522 - Office
gsr@honigman.com