Visit to Seth G. S. Medical College 29 December 2002 6 January 2003 Drs. Avinash and Nilima Patwardh

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Visit to Seth G. S. Medical College29 December
2002 6 January 2003Drs. Avinash and Nilima
Patwardhan

• AGENDA
• Discussion on GOSUMEC Foundation activities
• Review the letter of understanding for academic
  affiliation between
  University of Massachusetts Medical School,
  (UMMS), and
  
  Seth. G. S.
  Medical College, (GSMC)
• Establish communication with the offices of the
  Mumbai Municipal Commissioner and the Dean at
  GSMC.
• Lecture presentation on Thyroid /Para Thyroid
  Diseases at GSMC by Nilima Patwardhan, M.S.
  F.A.C.S. Professor of Surgery, UMMS

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GOSUMEC FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES

• December 29th 2002 Nilima and I had dinner at
  Dean, Nilima Kshirsagars bungalow. In addition
  to the Mumbai Municipal Commissioner, Shri Karun
  Srivastava and Dr Mayank Doshi our treasurer,
  there were several alumni and current faculty
  members present at this dinner. Had a chance to
  talk at length to Shri Karun Srivastava. He was
  keen on knowing more details about the activities
  of the GOSUMEC Foundation. Dr. Mayank Doshi ,
  and I were able to give the Commissioner a good
  perspective into the goals of the foundation and
  its activities. He liked what we were doing and
  agreed to let Dr. Nilima Kshirsagar go ahead and
  establish a similar GOSUMEC Foundation for India.
  In the interim we could use the GSMC Diamond
  Jubilee Trust Fund to transfer monies from here.
  

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GOSUMEC FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES

• On 30th December at a meeting in the Deans
  office, we enumerated several projects that would
  require funding from the GOSUMEC Foundation. The
  GSMC team would work out the exact costs and
  details and forward them to us. The projects
  were
• a. Upgrading all Audio-Visual Equipment.
• b.  Upgrading of Library. This project was put on
  priority.
• c.  Renovation of Laboratories.
• d.  Further upgrading of alumni office and staff
• e.  Guest Room/House facility for visiting
  students and faculty.
• f.  Urgently needed renovation of Men and Womens
  Restrooms.

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GOSUMEC FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES

• On January 6th 2003, a meeting was arranged in
  the Deans office to meet with the Additional
  Municipal Commissioner, Shri S. J. Kunte who had
  several questions about the workings of the
  GOSUMEC Foundation. Present at the meeting were
  the Dean, Dr. Nilima Kshirsagar, Drs. Lopa Mehta,
  Avinash Supe, Vinita Salvi, Nilima Patwardhan,
  and myself. We were able answer all his questions
  and by the end of the meeting he was comfortable
  with the workings of the foundation and the UMMS
  affiliation process. I think we should now be
  able to establish a creative working relationship
  with the Municipal Commissioners office, GOSUMEC
  Foundation, GSMC, UMMS, and the Dean and her
  staff.

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SETH G. S. MEDICAL COLLEGE (GSMC) and
UNIVERSITY OF
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL (UMMS) AFFILIATION

• Draft
• Letter of Understanding
• Between
• The GOSUMEC Foundation, The Seth Gordhandas
  Sunderdas Medical College, India
• and
• University of Massachusetts Medical School,
  Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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SETH G. S. MEDICAL COLLEGE (GSMC) and
UNIVERSITY OF
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL (UMMS) AFFILIATION

• Cultural and educational exchange is critical
  for the development of medicine in the 21st
  Century. The Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical
  College (GSMC) and the University of
  Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) realize there
  is an unprecedented opportunity for both medical
  schools to work together in the areas of medical
  science and medical education which will
  ultimately benefit our patients. Therefore, the
  UMMS and the GSMC in conjunction with the GOSUMEC
  Foundation, are establishing an exchange program
  to foster both the exchange and collaboration of
  the medical education systems in both countries,
  as well as a more extensive cultural
  understanding of both countries. As opportunity
  and mutual interest occur, the program will be
  open to medical students from both institutions.
  Reciprocal benefits to each institution include
  increased cultural understanding, mutual respect
  for differences in educational philosophy and
  differences in approach to health care.

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SETH G. S. MEDICAL COLLEGE (GSMC) and
UNIVERSITY OF
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL (UMMS) AFFILIATION

• UMMS and GSMC mutually agree that
• 1.     Initially each shall have the option of
  sending a maximum of two (2) students to the
  other institution each year.
• 2.    The candidates nominated for exchange must
  comply with the guidelines and application
  procedures identified by the Dean of GSMC and the
  Chancellor of UMMS.
• 3.    Students from GSMC will be students in
  their last year of medical school. They will have
  completed most of their clinical rotations.
• 4.    All expenses are ultimately the
  responsibility of the students from the sending
  institution with the exception of any support
  provided by the GOSUMEC Foundation.
• 5.    The normal length of an exchange will be
  two months duration for students.
• 6.   Students from GSMC will visit UMMS during
  the months of April through June when positions
  for electives are most available. Students from
  UMMS will schedule visits throughout the academic
  year at the discretion of the Dean at GSMC.
• 7.     At UMMS, Michael Godkin, Ph.D., his
  successor and/or assignee will be responsible for
  the coordination, implementation and evaluation
  of these exchange programs.

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SETH G. S. MEDICAL COLLEGE (GSMC) and
UNIVERSITY OF
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL (UMMS) AFFILIATION

• 8.  On behalf of GSMC, Avinash Patwardhan,
  M.D., (GOSUMEC Foundation), his successor and /or
  assignee will be responsible for the
  coordination, implementation and evaluation of
  these exchange programs.
• 9.     This agreement shall be in effect for a
  two year period, renewable with the mutual
  written consent and agreement of the UMMS
  Chancellor and the GSMC Dean.
• Signed this date.day of2003
• Aaron Lazare, M.D., Nilima A. Kshirsagar, M.D.
  Ph.D.,
• Chancellor, UMMS Dean, GSMC
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• Michael Godkin, Ph.D., Avinash V. Patwardhan,
  M.D.
• Director of International GOSUMEC Foundation.
• Medical Education, UMMS

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SETH G. S. MEDICAL COLLEGE (GSMC) and
UNIVERSITY OF
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL (UMMS) AFFILIATION

• A meeting to discuss the exchange program
  between the University of Massachusetts Medical
  School (UMMS) and Seth G.S.Medical College
  (GSMC), was held on Monday 30th December 2002 at
  the GSMC, Deans office. The following members
  attended the meeting
• Nilima A. Kshirsagar, M.D. Ph.D., Dean,
• Avinash V. Patwardhan, M.D., Regional Advisor,
  GOSUMEC Foundation, USA
• Nilima A. Patwardhan, M.D. F.A.C.S., Professor of
  Surgery, UMMS.
• Manu L. Kothari, M.D., Professor of Anatomy,
  GSMC.
• Lopa Mehta, M.D., Professor of Anatomy, GSMC.
• Sharad Gogate, M.D. Coordinator GOSUMEC Alumni,
  GSMC.
• Ravi Ramakantan, M.D., GSMC, Radiology Dept.
• Vinita Salvi, M.D. GSMC

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SETH G. S. MEDICAL COLLEGE (GSMC) and
UNIVERSITY OF
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL (UMMS) AFFILIATION

• Dr. Avinash Patwardhan presented a brochure on
  UMMS and the draft of the letter of understanding
  for an exchange program between GSMC and UMMS
  that was prepared by Dr. Michael Godkin, Director
  of International Medical Education at UMMS.
• All the issues outlined in the letter of
  understanding from UMMS were basically acceptable
  to the group and the general consensus was to
  proceed with the affiliation process.
• It was discussed that there would be no
  difficulty in setting up a program for students
  from UMMS to visit GSMC as such a program already
  exists for foreign students. However, GSMC will
  have to obtain specific clearances, permission
  and recognition from the Maharashtra University
  of Health Sciences (MUHS), for the time spent by
  students from GSMC at UMMS. Until this is
  established students from GSMC will not be able
  to participate in the exchange program. The
  Deans office at GSMC will go ahead and initiate
  this process with MUHS to meet the necessary
  requirements.

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SETH G. S. MEDICAL COLLEGE (GSMC) and
UNIVERSITY OF
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL (UMMS) AFFILIATION

• 4. The possibility of sending interns from GSMC
  to UMMS was also discussed. It was argued that
  since interns do not come under the jurisdiction
  of MUHS it would be easy for GSMC to send interns
  across to UMMS for an elective rotation. A
  possible exchange of faculty members was also
  discussed, but Dr. Patwardhan stated that UMMS
  had expressed specific interest in undergraduate
  students rather than interns, residents or
  faculty. He was asked to explore and discuss
  these alternative possibilities with UMMS on his
  return to Worcester.

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SETH G. S. MEDICAL COLLEGE (GSMC) and
UNIVERSITY OF
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL (UMMS) AFFILIATION

• It was also agreed that the Mumbai Municipal
  Commissioners office and the GOSUMEC Foundation,
  be kept abreast of all these discussions. As
  such a tentative meeting with Mr. S. J. Kunte,
  Additional Municipal Commissioner, was set up for
  Monday January 6, 2003.
• 6. Dr. Avinash Patwardhan also gave the group an
  update on all the current activities of the
  GOSUMEC Foundation and its possible level of
  involvement in this affiliation project.
• Monday, December 30, 2002 Nilima
  A.Kshirsagar, M.D.Ph.D.,
• GSMC, Deans Office, Mumbai Dean, GSMC
• Avinash V. Patwardhan, M. D. Lopa Mehta, M.D.
• Regional Advisor, Professor of Anatomy and
• GOSUMEC Foundation, USA Coordinator,
  GOSUMEC, India
  

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GSMC STAFF and GOSUMEC FOUNDATION
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• 1.   Baxi, Laxmi and Vibhakar
  
• 2.  Bhatia, Chandrika and Chandrakant
• 3.  Bhatya, Maya (Chuga)
• 4.  Bidani, Sudha
• 5.  Bellamkonda, Ramesh
• 6.  Damania, Kaushik
• 7.   Dave, P.K.
• 8.  Dave, Vijay
• 9.  Desai, Jitendra
• 10. Desai, Sashi
• 11.  Doshi, Himanshu
• 12.  Doshi, Mayank
• 13.  Doshi, Narendra and Nalini
• 14.  Doshi, Yeshwant
• 15.  Goyal, Mahesh
• DONORS LIBRARY FUND 1990

• 16. Haji, Karim and Asha
• 17. Karnik, Satish
• 18. Kabadi, Mary
• 19. Kabadi, Uday
• 20. Koppikar, Mohan
• 21. Khanna, Ramesh
• 22. Kotecha, Narendra
• 23. Madman, Meenal
• 24. Mamdani, Bashir
• 25. Mankodi, R.P.
• 26. Patel, Vinod
• 27. Patel, Rekha
• 28. Patel, B.B.
• 29. Patwardhan Avinash and Nilima
• 30. Sadhu, Vijay
• DONORS LIBRARY FUND 1990

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Nilima and I had a great time visiting GSMC
and KEMH. The Dean, Dr. Nilima Kshirsagar was
most gracious and helpful in making this mission
successful. Drs. Manu Kothari, Lopa Mehta, Vinita
Salvi, Avinash Supe, Ravi Bapat, G.B.Parulkar,
Sharad Gogate, Ravi Ramakantan, and many others
gave us such a warm welcome and made our visit to
GSMC really memorable. As you can see from the
presentation, our meetings went off smoothly and
we did come up with a lot of creative ideas. With
generous support of all the alumni in India and
abroad I am sure we will be able to achieve our
goals and push GSMC to new levels of
excellence.Please feel free to give me your
feedback. You can email me at
avinilima_at_townisp.comor call me at 508-842-4387
With all our best wishes and love.Avi and
Nilima Patwardhan