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The Multinational Academic Health Center
A confluence of economic and technological advances, coupled with pressing worldwide health needs, presents a convincing case for a new paradigm of the academic health center. The vision for this paradigm is a new type of entity: the multinational academic health center. At this critical juncture of need and opportunity, academic health centers must position themselves as agents of change that embody and personify the ideals of equality and justice, as they work for both economic and societal progress. (Read the Issue Brief)
International Services
- Site visit coordination to U.S. academic health centers
- Information sharing and informal consultation
International Forum
This year’s International Forum brings together a global who’s who in academic health center leadership. We have confirmation from invitees in Singapore, China, the UK, and the Middle East. Collaboration and competition mark the emergence of the multinational academic health center. Organizational, governance, and management issues are critical factors for institutions throughout the world as they move to enhance and expand their educational, research, and service missions. The International Forum was established to address the intersection of the global economy with the academic health center societal mission, and to inform and educate leaders from all economic sectors and regions of the globe about the critical role academic health centers play.(Read Meeting Highlights)
From the AAHC President
Recently I was in Singapore, seeing first-hand how the island-nation is moving rapidly towards the development of multinational academic health centers, while dramatically increasing its share of the knowledge economy. The overarching theme of my visit was clear: Singapore seeks to mobilize the power gained by effective integration of the various components of the academic health center enterprise. It is very noticeable that Singapore has had and continues to have great success in recruiting international talent in science, education, and clinical care.
Today I am convinced more than ever of the importance of reorienting and restructuring academic health centers into multinational institutions as well as the need to bring them together to point the way towards positive change around the world. The AAHC plans to be active in this process as the world gets flatter and knowledge increasingly becomes the international currency.
- Dr. Steven A. Wartman, MD, PhD, AAHC President and CEO