MCC Site Favored for MSU Med School Satellite

By Patricia Anstett, Detroit Free Press

May 16–Two members of Michigan’s congressional delegation said Tuesday they favor Macomb Community College as the location of the metro Detroit satellite campus of the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Democrat Sander Levin and Republican Candice Miller said the community college “alleviates all the concerns being raised by a broad range of experts about the adverse effect on health care in the city of Detroit” if the Detroit Medical Center were to be selected.

“The entire southeast Michigan region will have a better balance of medical education and higher education with the satellite campus located in Macomb County,” the legislators said.

MSU’s Board of Trustees is expected to vote Friday on the location. The DMC, the only other contender, insists its medical education teaching programs with Wayne State University will not be harmed if its bid wins. Some MSU board members favor splitting the program between the two contenders.

Contact PATRICIA ANSTETT at 313-222-5021 or panstett@freepress.com.

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