CMU Medical Education Partners
Improving Health Through Medical Education and Training
Graduate medical education in Saginaw
The Saginaw, Michigan medical community has been committed to enriching graduate medical education (GME) and research in the Great Lakes Bay Region for more than 70 years. Today, CMU Medical Education Partners and its three corporate members – Central Michigan University and teaching hospitals, MyMichigan Medical Center Saginaw and Covenant HealthCare – uphold a long-lived tradition of serving patients and learners in the region as a premier academic medical center. After several years of GME, the three organizations operating in the city of Saginaw partnered in 1968 to create Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Inc. In 2011, the two remaining hospitals – formerly called Ascension St. Mary’s, which is now MyMichigan Medical Center Saginaw, and Covenant HealthCare – added CMU as the third corporate member, forming CMU Medical Education Partners (Partners).
First established in 1968 as Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Inc., the entity was a partnership between the three hospitals operating in the city of Saginaw at that time. In 2011, the organizations collaborated with CMU, MyMichigan Medical Center Saginaw (formerly Ascension St. Mary's), and Covenant HealthCare to form CMU Medical Education Partners.
A 25-year affiliation agreement signed by CMU, MyMichigan Medical Center Saginaw (formerly Ascension St. Mary's), and Covenant HealthCare in 2020 provides a vision for comprehensive educational programs that will enhance medical services and public health initiatives, while providing a pipeline of physicians for the region for years to come.
Training excellent physicians for Michigan
Through collaborative efforts with the Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at Central Michigan University, Partners is responsible for eight residencies and two fellowships, which are home to almost 150 learners. Our residency programs are accredited through the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, with Podiatric Medicine and Surgery accredited by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education. The CMU College of Medicine, which is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, was established in 2009 to prepare diverse and culturally competent physicians, focused on improving access to high-quality healthcare in Michigan, with an emphasis on medically underserved populations.
A team of approximately 70 physician faculty, employed by Partners, teaches residents and medical students at Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine facilities, as well as provides and oversees patient care at CMU Health clinics. Additionally, dozens of community educators employed by regional healthcare systems and in independent practices work with our learners as volunteer CMU faculty members.
Our two primary referral hospitals in Saginaw serve patients from a broad geographic area, including Northern and Mid-Michigan. With fewer learners in the system, numerous dedicated faculty members and a large patient population – Partners residents gain extensive real-world, hands-on experience.
Other educational offerings
CMU also offers state-of-the-art medical simulation training for students, faculty, residents and the greater medical community. The College’s institute for medical simulation is accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Continuing Medical Education is available for physicians, nurses and advanced care practitioners. CMU’s continuing medical education is accredited with commendation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.
Leadership
CMU Medical Education Partners Board of Directors
Joshua D. Nosanchuk, MD PhD(hc), FACP, FAAM, CPE (BOARD CHAIR)
Dean, College of Medicine
Central Michigan University
Neil MacKinnon, PhD
President
Central Michigan University
Mike Erickson, MS, MBA, FACHE (VICE-CHAIR)
President & Chief Executive Officer
MyMichigan Saginaw, Standish, Tawas
Beth Charlton, MSA, BSN (SECRETARY)
President & Chief Executive Officer
Covenant HealthCare
Matthew Deibel, MD
Chief Medical Executive/Vice President of Quality
Covenant HealthCare
Paul Berg, MD
Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
MyMichigan Health
Brenda Coughlin, MD
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Bay Health Centers
Michelle Trevillian, OTR/L
President and CEO
HealthSource Saginaw
