Pictured: From left to right: Dr. Virinder Moudgil, former Senior Vice President and Provost, Oakland University, Dr. Robert Folberg, Founding Dean Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, and Dr. Daniel Briscoe, Chair of Ophthalmology, Emek Medical Center.
A Memorandum of Understanding Links Emek Medical Center and the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
We are pleased to announce establishment of a memorandum of understanding between the Emek Medical Center
in Afula, Israel and the Oakland University William Beaumont School of
Medicine. The Emek Medical Center is affiliated with the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion in Haifa, Israel.
The memorandum of
understanding encourages collaborative research and the sharing of
scientific knowledge between the two institutions and leveraging the
medical expertise of both institutions to advance the science and
practice of medicine. It is hoped that this collaboration will foster
economic development through biomedical discovery in Michigan as well as
in the region served by the Emek Medical Center.
The Emek Medical Center
and the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine together
with Beaumont Health System, the teaching site for the School of Medicine,
plan to explore joint fellowships and other higher learning
opportunities.
The memorandum calls
for the exchange of administrators, faculty members, and trainees in
medicine at all levels between the two institutions.
On February 14 and 15,
the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and Beaumont
Health System hosted Dr. Daniel Briscoe, Chair of Ophthalmology at the Emek
Medical Center, for ophthalmology grand rounds at Beaumont. Last year,
the Founding Dean of the Oakland University William Beaumont School of
Medicine, Dr. Folberg, contributed to Northern Israel’s First Ophthalmic Pathology Symposium hosted at the Emek Medical Center. These are the first of a number of planned exchanges.
This year, the first Emek Medical Center Resident started to study at Beaumont as part of
her residency program. In the future, Oakland University William
Beaumont School of Medicine medical students will be able to study at
the Emek Medical Center.
The Emek Medical Center
was established in 1924 and now hosts 500 beds. The Center serves
500,000 Jews, Muslims, Christians and Druze. The 1,900 multi-ethnic
staff includes 300 physicians, 700 nurses, 100 academics and support
personnel. The Emek Medical Center is a community hospital that serves a
culturally rich population that is equally divided (50/50) between Jews
and Arabs. The Emek Medical Center provides advanced health care to
more than 1 million people in the North of Israel.
With 25 medical
departments and 60 outpatient clinics, the Emek Medical Center provides
an exceptional learning environment for Oakland University William
Beaumont School of Medicine medical students to be exposed to
exceptional medical practices in a unique multicultural environment that
fosters co-existence of diverse ethnic groups.
This is the first
global academic partnership for the Oakland University William Beaumont
School of Medicine. Additional academic partnerships with outstanding
medical educational institutions throughout the world are being
developed.