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A startup club for doctors only

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Dr. Tim Gueramy and Dr. Tracey Haas launched The Walters Physician Incubator last year to help doctors pursue their startups.

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Last March, the husband-wife team launched The Walters Physician Incubator, an Austin, Texas, nonprofit that's open only to physicians with a startup idea.

In less than a year, the incubator has grown from five to 56 physicians, ranging from newly minted doctors to seasoned physicians in their late 60s. Their ideas range from innovative medical devices to interactive websites.

"Doctors come to this incubator typically because they have been batting around an idea that could help their patients or change the way medicine is currently being practiced," said Haas. "Very few consider leaving medicine."

Each month, Gueramy and Haas invite lawyers, marketing execs, venture capitalists and business school professors to coach doctors about startup fundamentals like how to craft business plans, pitch ideas, draft patents and fund raise.

Related: They ditched medical school to start a business

"We toyed with the idea of mandatory meetings but haven't done it because we know doctors are very busy," said Haas.

Currently, the doctors decide how long they want to stay in the program, which is free, but that could change.

"As we grow and look for funding, we'll likely tie membership with a commitment to attending 80% of meetings and start charging fees," she said.

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Family Medicine Residency Training Program in Palm Springs Receives Accreditation

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UCR School of Medicine-sponsored program will receive its first eight residents in July 2015

By Kathy Barton on February 6, 2014

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. The UCR School of Medicine residency training program in family medicine, in partnership with Desert Regional Medical Center, has received accreditation and will accept its first residents for the three-year training program in July 2015.

The program designed and located in Palm Springs to help address the shortage of primary care physicians in the Coachella Valley was granted accreditation in late January by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the national body responsible for post-M.D. training programs in the U.S.

Family medicine is a primary care medical specialty in which physicians provide comprehensive medical care to patients of all ages and, increasingly, coordinate patients care by subspecialists. It is estimated that the area of the Coachella Valley served by Desert Regional Medical Center has a 50 percent shortage of family medicine physicians.

Family medicine will remain pivotal in addressing the healthcare needs of both our region

Gemma Kim, MD

and our nation, said Dr. Gemma Kim, program director of the medical schools family medicine residency training program in Palm Springs. We hope to expand access and strengthen primary care in the Coachella Valley while providing personalized care of the highest quality that is patient-, family- and community-centered.

Residents will train primarily at Desert Regional Medical Center and the UCR Health Family Medicine Center adjacent to the medical center. The three-year program will enroll eight residents each year, meaning there will be a total of 24 residents when the family medicine program is fully developed. Eight family physicians will graduate from the residency program each year starting in 2018.

The approval of the UCR residency program at Desert Regional Medical Center is such an exciting event for our hospital, as we continue to grow as an academic medical center, said Carolyn Caldwell, president and chief executive officer of Desert Regional Medical Center. The physician faculty of UCR Health have already provided a wonderful resource to patients through the primary care offices they have opened on our campus. They are already making a difference in helping to solve the primary care physician shortage in our Valley.

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Study: Campus, area 'ideal' for medical school

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Chancellor Tim Hudson, Paul Umbach and Jason Penry deliver the results of the Tripp Umbach firms study as to the feasibility of having an osteopathic medical school on campus. The proposed school would be the only licensed osteopathic medical school within Arkansas and could be welcoming students as early as 2016.

Development consulting firm Tripp Umbach has identified A-State as an ideal host institution for a proposed school of osteopathic medicine.

In a press conference Tuesday, Paul Umbach, president and founder of the Tripp Umbach firm, said A-State is in a very strong position to develop a medical program to serve the Delta and Northeast region of Arkansas.

The university already has a long history of doing medical, health science and nursing education, Umbach said. Its a school that has great relationships with its hospitals and physicians and it is in a community that is dynamic and growing and has a lot of support.

The osteopathic school would create a Bachelor of Science and graduate degree program for primary care physicians. Osteopathy places an emphasis on manipulative medicine techniques for reducing pain, restoring joint mobility and enhancing the bodys natural functions.

The Tripp Umbach feasibility study predicted a 25 percent decline in the number of osteopathic physicians practicing in Arkansas over the next five years, creating a wide open field for new osteopathic graduates.

We want students who are from this area to have access to medical education. Places in medical education are hard to find in Arkansas, Chancellor Tim Hudson said.

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Stritch Student Receives Leadership Award from AAMC

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Newswise MAYWOOD, Ill. Ray Mendez, third-year medical student at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, was named a 2013 Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship recipient.

The Nickens awards, administered by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), consist of five scholarships given to outstanding students entering their third year of medical school who have shown leadership in efforts to eliminate inequities in medical education and health care and have demonstrated leadership efforts in addressing educational, societal, and health care needs of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Each recipient receives a $5,000 scholarship.

As president of Loyolas chapter of the Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA), Mendez helped reinstate the chapter that has now become a vibrant part of the medical school culture. Under his leadership, Loyola served as host for the 2013 LMSA regional conference.

In his second year of medical school, Mendez was selected as a Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellow and began working on a community-based project that combined his passion for community empowerment with preventative medicine. His goal was to provide minority students from low-income backgrounds with tools, skills, and confidence to pursue a career in medicine.

With the support of the Schweitzer Fellowship, he launched the Loyola chapter of the Health Professionals Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP), a bi-annual, six-week program aimed at decreasing health and health care disparities through the recruitment of underrepresented minorities into health care careers. Each six-week cohort includes workshops on health/health care disparities, preventative medicine, nutrition, study skills, career guidance, mentoring from medical students, and panels with minority health professionals. Mendez worked with school administrators to institutionalize the HPREP program within the Stritch Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

Mendez grew up in Chicago, and attended Millikin University in Decatur, Ill., where he received a B.S. in biology with a minor in chemistry. Hes preparing for a career as a community physician to provide high quality and accessible care to minority groups. The AAMC presented the Nickens award to Mendez and fellow recipients in a ceremony last November in Washington, DC.

For media inquiries, contact Evie Polsley at epolsley@lumc.edu or call (708) 216-5313 or (708) 417-5100.

The Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division (HSD) advances interprofessional, multidisciplinary, and transformative education and research while promoting service to others through stewardship of scientific knowledge and preparation of tomorrow's leaders. The HSD is located on the Health Sciences Campus in Maywood, Illinois. It includes the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, the Stritch School of Medicine, the biomedical research programs of the Graduate School, and several other institutes and centers encouraging new research and interprofessional education opportunities across all of Loyola University Chicago. The faculty and staff of the HSD bring a wealth of knowledge, experience, and a strong commitment to seeing that Loyola's health sciences continue to excel and exceed the standard for academic and research excellence. For more on the HSD, visit LUC.edu/hsd.

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