Premier Health | Photo by Alexis Lewis | The Wright State Guardian
The Wright State Board of Trustees met on Dec. 15 and approved an increased partnership to transform Premier Health into an academic medical center with five priorities.
Affiliation milestone with Premier Health
As an extension and more comprehensive joint vision of Wright State University and Premier Health, the two groups have enhanced the existing agreement from 2021 for a long-term, strategic partnership with five priorities.
The Dean of the WSU Boonshoft School of Medicine will also act as the Chief Academic Officer at Premier Health. This role will be a dual-reporting position that is recruited at a national level.
Miami Valley Hospital will be recognized as an academic medical center that integrates education, research and clinical care to the region.
The WSU College of Health, Education and Human Services will improve the integrated care for patients at the hospital.
Miami Valley Hospital, Upper Valley Medical Center and Atrium Medical Center are sites where the clinical training will expand and develop in allied health.
Growing and enhancing the clinical faculty in these partnerships will help improve the community health of the Dayton region, according to WSU President Dr. Sue Edwards.
“This alignment creates synergies. Those synergies enhance not only what is taught in the classroom, but they advance the delivery of medicine and promote more clinical research,” Edwards said.
Michael Riordan, president and CEO of Premier Health, said that this partnership will bolster both the mission of Premier Health and WSU, making the partnership beneficial to the Dayton community.
