Integration & Physician Issues

Detroit-based Wayne State University School of Medicine received full accreditation through the 2023 school year by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education Oct. 19. The accreditation status comes two years after the school was placed on probation and given an…

Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota Medical School tapped Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD, as dean, effective Oct. 23.

A physician affiliated with a secretive group resigned from Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter's Hospital last week following recent reports he allegedly harmed several women as part of an "experiment," according to The New York Times.

Past and current Atlanta city leaders and community activists are banding together to urge Atlanta-based Emory University Hospital officials to perform a kidney transplant on a 2-year-old boy whose operation was delayed after his father violated his probation, according to…

University of Houston's board of regents said they hope to discuss the potential construction of a university-affiliated medical school during their meeting in November, the Houston Chronicle reports.

Twenty-six orthopedic surgeons at Detroit Medical Center sent a letter Oct. 10 to DMC and Tenet Healthcare, the hospital's Dallas-based parent, questioning the recent departure of DMC's orthopedic department chief, according to Crain's Detroit Business.

Police issued a lockdown for Sylmar, Calif.-based Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Thursday following reports of a gunman, the Los Angeles Times reports.

There is a significant disconnect between the languages spoken by physicians and patients, according to a report from Doximity.

Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Children's Hospital physicians do not know what caused a 7-year-old boy to sleep for 11 days, according to USA Today.

Jamison M. Foster, DO, was indicted Sept. 25 on 30 felony charges, including acquisition of narcotic and dangerous drugs by fraud, fraudulent schemes, forgery and taking the identity of another, after he allegedly forged the signature of his former physician…