Peter Coggan MD, MSEd 
President & CEO
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Professor of Family Medicine
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Professor of Health Professions
Grand Valley State University
Welcome to the Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners web site. Our organization is a partnership between Saint Mary's Health Care, Spectrum Health, Grand Valley State University and Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. In collaboration with our consortium members we offer a broad array of outstanding educational opportunities for residents, fellows, practicing physicians, physician's assistants, nurses and students in other health professions. Our learners train in a variety of locations around the community including Blodgett Hospital, Butterworth Hospital, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, The Hauenstein Center, Lemmon Holton Cancer Pavilion, Lacks Cancer Center, Meijer Heart Center, and Saint. Mary's Health Care.
We work closely with the new four year medical school campus of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine for medical student rotations in Grand Rapids. We sponsor training programs for almost 300 residents in 17 specialties and subspecialties and are planning to establish several new fellowships. Our continuing medical education program is among the largest in the State of Michigan.
Through our graduate medical education and continuing medical education programs our goal is to be a catalyst in establishing West Michigan as a center of excellence in clinical care, physician education and interdisciplinary training in the health professions. Our web site contains a wealth of information on medical and health professions education and research in Grand Rapids. Please enjoy your visit here and do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions or need additional information.
General Criteria for Membership
- Non-profit organizations
- Organizations that have as part of their missions medical education, health professions education and/or research
- Organizations committed to improving the health of the residents of West Michigan
Full Members
What are the criteria to being a full member?
- Intrinsically involved in the Medical Education & Research Center (e.g., the organization would not work without them)
- Willing to financially support the infrastructure of the organization
- Willingness to use respective hospital and university infrastructure and resources to support the organization
- Willing to integrate current programs into the Medical Education & Research Center (e.g., medical students, residents, health professional students) and to collaborate with member institutions (programs that need to be run by the organization).
- Representation on Board of Directors
- Institutional members will share infrastructure costs.
Full members of the Grand Rapids Medical Education & Research Center for Health Professions are:
Affiliated Members
What are the criteria to being an affiliated member?
- Involved in educational programs requiring education services of the Medical Education & Research Center and its member institutions (i.e., medical students, health professional students, residents)
- Interested in participating in the Medical Education & Research Center services and programs on a program-by-program basis (e.g., CE, CME, research, city-wide IRB, libraries)
- Cost $100,000 per year plus direct costs for resident and student education
- Infrastructure and general resources of the Medical Education & Research Center are available
- Will have a seat on the Board of Directors but will not have a vote on Reserve Powers (appointment of CEO, annual budget, membership changes, by-laws)
Affiliated members of the Grand Rapids Medical Education & Research Center for Health Professions are: