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About
Harvard Alliance
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Historic Alliance
between
SRMC & RI and HMI |
Sri Ramachandra University was established in 1985. It
became a deemed university in 1994. The deemed university
is at the forefront in clinical programs in cardiology,
interventional radiology, neurosurgery and transplantation,
and research in environmental and occupational health
sciences. SRMC & RI is currently developing a new
competency based curriculum in medical education.
Harvard Medical School (HMS) has been a leader in defining
universal standards of medical excellence. Harvard Medical
International (HMI) was created in 1994 with the leadership
of Harvard Medical School to respond to requests for the
School’s involvement in international health care
initiatives, as a nonprofit, subsidiary corporation of
Harvard University. The Dean of HMS is the chairman of
the board of HMI.
This historic alliance between SRU was signed by the late
Shri N.P.V. Ramaswamy Udayar, Founder Chancellor of Sri
Ramachandra University and Dr. Robert Crone, CEO of Harvard
Medical International, in 1997. Frequent scholarly exchanges,
academic development programs, faculty development programs
and transfer of medical resources have been the highlights
of this alliance. Completion of five years of this alliance
was marked by the visit of Dr. Joseph Boyd Martin, Dean
of Harvard Medical School in 2003, who gave the commencement
address to the graduates during the convocation. The current
focus of the alliance is curriculum development, creation
of continuing education programs, and transfer of expertise
in specialized areas of health care and health systems
development.
The New England Journal of Medicine is the world’s
premiere and arguably the most prestigious medical publication.
The journal is at the forefront of publishing cutting
edge research; its editorials have shaped the way medicine
is practiced for over a century now. The journal’s
editor - in - chief, Dr. Jeffrey Drazen will be leading
the “The New England Journal of Medicine Symposium”
in a first of its kind of presentation in India. |
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