St. Vincent's and Quinnipiac Form Educational Partnership

Quinnipiac University's School of Medicine, located on the North Haven campus, has announced that St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport will serve as its principal clinical partner when the department enrolls its first class in 2013.

“St. Vincent’s Medical Center submitted a very impressive vision document detailing what a principal clinical partnership with Quinnipiac would mean from its perspective,” noted Dr. Bruce Koeppen, the founding dean of the School of Medicine, in a press release issued today. “St. Vincent’s commitment to education; its emphasis on quality and patient safety; its support of our mission of primary care and interprofessional education; and its enthusiasm to partner made St. Vincent’s the best choice for Quinnipiac.”

Under the partnership, the institutions will collaborate on curriculum, as well as work together to recruit instructing physicians.

Furthermore, the chairmen of service at St. Vincent's will take positions as chairs of their respective clinical departments in the School of Medicine, including anesthesiology, cardiovascular medicine, emergency medicine, medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology, pathology, pediatrics, psychiatry, radiology and surgery.

“St. Vincent’s Medical Center is honored to have been selected as the partner hospital of the Quinnipiac University School of Medicine,” said Susan Davis,  president and CEO of St. Vincent’s Medical Center. “We look forward to this exciting opportunity to partner with the School of Medicine and our collective plan to create a new approach to medical education.”

The School of Medicine marks a new bid by Quinnipiac to further its national reputation, and expand its North Haven Campus, already home to its Schools of Health Sciences and Nursing.

“This major development for the School of Medicine is another example of Quinnipiac’s emergence as a major national university," Quinnipiac University President John L. Lahey said of the development. "When the School of Medicine begins classes in the fall of 2013, Quinnipiac will be among approximately 100 of the nearly 4,500 public and private universities in the United States to have both accredited medical and law schools.”

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