Wayne State University's Physicians Group (WSUPG) and Oakwood Healthcare Inc. have formed a joint venture called OHS/UPG Ventures. The new alliance will create clinical programs that meet the needs of the region and its unique communities, provide easy patient access to quality care and offer an innovative multidisciplinary care model. " Wayne State is extremely supportive of WSUPG's venture with Oakwood," said Dr. Robert M. Metzner Jr., dean of the WSU School of Medicine. "This initiative will build upon our physicians' strong commitment to their primary service base in Detroit and reach out to the broad community with which the university is engaged." Wayne State physicians practice in more than 100 sites in the tri-county area, many of which will be consolidated in a planned new care and diagnostic facility in Troy .