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The College of Medicine and University Pediatricians have taken the next step in meeting a significant need for Michigan’s children by creating the CMU Clinical Research Institute. Building upon an existing educational partnership, the College of Medicine and University Pediatricians will improve children's health care across Michigan by expanding their affiliation to include clinical and translational research. "Physicians who do research are on the cutting edge of medicine. This expansion of CMU's educational partnership ensures the children of Michigan receive the most up-to-date care," said Kathleen Meert, MD, Chair of Pediatrics at the CMU College of Medicine and President of University Pediatricians. Generously supported by grants and endowments from The Children's Foundation, the collaboration establishes the CMU Clinical Research Institute, based in Detroit, and includes the Detroit Medical Center Children's Hospital of Michigan. "We are excited about the collaborative opportunities created by this new framework, because it allows both University Pediatricians and the CMU College of Medicine to reach our full potential," said George E. Kikano, MD, Dean of the College of Medicine and CMU's Vice President for Health Affairs. "We share a mission of advancing human health, and we fulfill that mission through research and education." Learn more here.

The CMU College of Medicine welcomed the class of 2024 on Monday, August 3, 2020. The first day of orientation was held on the Mount Pleasant campus with students arriving at staggered times to pick up their laptops, white coats and get their head shots taken. The remainder of the week's orientation was completed virtually. Images of the first day of orientation can be seen in the CMU College of Medicine Orientation Class of 2024 album on the CMU College of Medicine Facebook page.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association appointed Nicholas E. Haddad, MD, CMU College of Medicine Associate Professor, Internal Medicine - Infectious Disease and CMU

Health Infectious Disease Specialist, to its new COVID-19 Medical Advisory Group. The committee is made up of 16 infectious disease, public health and medical experts from across the United States. The expert panel will review emerging COVID-19 research and data and provide guidance to the NCAA regarding training, practice and competition, with a primary focus on testing and mitigating infection spread.

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Collaboratively, Asim A. Kichloo, MD, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, and his research team have been very productive, with 18 papers published since January 2020, of which seven have been on COVID-19. The research team included Michael Albosta, M4; Michael Aljadah, MD, class of 2020, PGY1 at Medical College of Wisconsin; Zain El-Amir, M3; Kirk Dettloff, M4; Ghazaleh Goldar, MD class of 2020, PGY1 at Cleveland Clinic; and others. Residents closely associated with the group are Shakeel Jamal, MD, PGY3; Dushyant Singh Dahiya, MD, PGY1; Navya Vipparla, MD, PGY3; Sindhura Ananthaneni, MD, PGY2; Mohammad Ayman, MD, PGY2; and Zatmar Khan, MD, PGY3.

To comply with COVID-19 safety guidelines, the Graduate Medical Education team in Saginaw will conduct more than 500 virtual interviews for the next class of residents rather than holding traditional, in-person interviews this year. To capture the culture, programs and facilities of CMU Medical Education Partners and the CMU College of Medicine in a way that could be presented to interviewees in a virtual setting, Partners worked with a film crew from Aberro Creative to produce a series of videos showcasing our residency and fellowship programs in Saginaw. The end product was 11 short videos, featuring interviews from organizational leaders, program directors and learners, as well as, high-quality footage of the Simulation Lab, our partner hospitals and the Great Lakes Bay Region.

Watch the full video series on YouTube and follow along on the CMU College of Medicine’s Facebook for new video posts every week!

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The Outpatient Endovascular and Interventional Society (OEIS) selected John Blebea, MD, Professor and Surgical Discipline Chair, as a Distinguished Fellow at its annual meeting on September 25, 2020. Dr. Blebea is one of only six individuals ever honored by the OEIS with this designation. The OEIS is a national, multi-specialty society focused on outpatient cardiovascular procedures. He has previously received Distinguished Fellow awards from the American Venous Forum and the Society for Vascular Surgery, and, in 2019, he was inducted into the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators. Dr. Blebea has also been reappointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Vascular Surgery – Venous and Lymphatic Disorders, effective September 2020.

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