The Wayne State University School of Medicine launched its strategic planning process during the spring of 2007 and the workgroups held its final meeting and presented their recommendations to me for consideration. The School of Medicine Strategic Plan 2007 - 2011 will be refined and presented to the departments and key constituents over the upcoming months.

The strategic planning process has been a tremendous effort, which reflects the work of faculty, department chairs and institute/center directors, deans, students and community partners. Their commitment to this process has enabled the School to focus on critical issues including the role we must play in the future of medical education, research and its impact on improving the delivery of health care.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to those individuals who have served on the following workgroups:

Undergraduate Medical Education Workgroup
Kenneth Palmer, PhD - Co-Chair
Robert R. Frank, MD - Co-Chair
Thomas Roe, MD - Dean's Office Leadership
Sharon Ackerman, PhD
Nelia Alfonso, MD
Patrick Bridge, PhD
William Crossland, PhD
Anne Greb, PhD
Matthew Jackson, PhD
Michael Joiner, PhD
Robert Lasley, PhD
Stephen Lerner, MD
Ambika Mathur, PhD
Silas Norman, MD
Renee Page, MD
Larry Schwartz, MD
Elizabeth Secord, MD
Michael Stellini, MD
Harley Tse, PhD

Graduate Medical Education Workgroup
John Flack, MD - Co-Chair
Robert R. Frank, MD - Co-Chair
Mark Juzych, MD - Dean's Office Leadership
Benjamin Atkinson, MD
David Bouwman, MD
Patricia Brown, MD
Lynne Carter, MD
Elie Chidiac, MD
Tsveti Markova , MD
David Mehregan, MD
James Rowley, MD
Julie Sullivan
Manuel Valdivieso, MD
Renee Van Stavern, MD

Research Workgroup
Linda Hazlett, PhD, Co-Chair
Ann Schwartz, PhD, MPH - Co-Chair
Daniel Walz, PhD - Dean's Office Leadership
Abdul Abou-Samra, MD, PhD
Nash Boutros, MD
Harry Chugani, MD
Michael Diamond, MD
Paula Dore-Duffy, PhD
Steve Ethier, PhD
Alan Hudson, PhD
Steve Krawetz, PhD
Jeffrey Loeb, MD, PhD
Richard Miller, MD
Zhuo-Hua Pan, PhD
Bonnie Sloane, PhD
Richard VanderHeide, MD, PhD
JianJun Wang, PhD

Clinical Care Workgroup
Gary Abrams, MD - Co-Chair
Darius Mehregan, MD - Co-Chair
Valerie Parisi, MD, MPH, MBA - Dean's Office Leadership
Safwan Badr, MD
Marc Basson, MD
Shannon Bongers, MD
Peter Dews, MD
Murali Guthikonda, MD
Steve Hindere, MD
Mujitaba Husain, MD
John Jacobs, MD
Mark Juzych, MD
Richard Lewis, MD
Martin Reznek, MD
Renato Roxas, MD
Maryjean Schenk, MD
Wilbur Smith, MD
Jeffrey Triest, MD
Joe Uberti, MD
Diana Vista-Deck, MD

Partnership and Public Policy Workgroup
Kendra Schwartz, MD, MPH - Co-Chair
Herb Smitherman , MD - Co-Chair
Donna Dauphinais - Dean's Office Leadership
Terry Albrecht
Eric Ayers, MD
James Blessman, MD
Julius Combs, MD
Debbie Dingell
Roy Elrod, MD
Matt Friedman
Liz Hardy
Rev. Nick Hood, III
Robert Johnson, MD
Valerie M.Parisi, MD, MPH, MBA
Nettie Seabrooks
Lucille Smith
Bonita Stanton, MD
Kimberly Voytel, MD
Jacquelin Washington

It is the dedication of faculty such as the above that will lead the School in achieving its goals towards a model of excellence. Again, my deepest gratitude for your efforts in the development of the 2007 - 2011 School of Medicine Strategic Plan.

Sincerely,

Robert M. Mentzer, Jr., MD
Dean, School of Medicine
Senior Advisor to the President for Medical Affairs
Wayne State University