The Wayne State University Physician Group and the Detroit Medical Center have agreed to extend their current contract through the end of the year. "We both need to be able to look at opportunities to partner with other systems," said Robert Mentzer Jr., dean of Wayne State's School of Medicine and a senior adviser to Wayne State University President Irvin D. Reid on medical affairs. "While we perform these analyses, it was elected to simply extend the existing contract." DMC CEO Mike Duggan said the university's medical school has had three deans in 15 months which has made it hard to get a clear direction from the medical school. "Now that Dean Mentzer is here and he's a permanent dean, I anticipate we'll get an agreement without a lot of trouble," Duggan said.