May 13, 2007

MSU med school should keep put of Wayne State-DMC feud

In an editorial, The Detroit News stated, "For all the unknowns surrounding health care in Detroit, one thing has been certain: Wayne State University would teach the area\'s doctors, and they in turn would treat the city\'s and state\'s residents. However, "excessive ego and politics" threaten this 150-year relationship, especially with the probability of the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine moving to the Detroit Medical Center. "Both the DMC and Macomb are on board because they get the students and money that comes with them. Wayne State, however, is rightly concerned that this is a ploy hatched by DMC Chief Executive Mike Duggan to either force it out of the system or wrest control and money away from Wayne State with the entrance of another school onto the DMC campus. Either way it\'s a bad deal, and the MSU Board of Trustees should do what\'s right by voting not to move to the Detroit Medical Center." The editorial also noted that although the WSU medical school was reaccredited six months ago, the formal contracts with the DMC have not been signed yet, and another accreditation board will be visiting the school in 18 months. \"This is a real threat to the existence of the medical school in this community,\" says Dr. Robert Mentzer Jr., dean of the WSU medical school. If they return and find that an agreement isn\'t finalized and another school is moving in, Wayne State\'s future will be at risk, Mentzer says.

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