Paula Termuhlen is an accomplished medical educator and leader with extensive experience in academic medicine. Currently serving as a Senior Advisor at CFAR and as the Founder and Owner of CreativeCandor Consulting LLC, both roles focus on optimizing organizational effectiveness and problem solving within academic institutions. Paula holds influential positions including Chair of the Hospital Based and Surgery Specialties Committee at ACGME International and Professor Emerita at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. Previous leadership roles include President, CEO, and Dean at WMU Homer Stryker School of Medicine and Regional Campus Dean at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth Campus, where a commitment to training rural and Native American physicians was central. With a robust academic background, including professorships and leadership in various surgical associations, Paula Termuhlen's contributions to medical education and leadership are distinguished.
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
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Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine is a collaboration involving Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo's two teaching hospitals, Borgess Health and Bronson Healthcare. We are among only a few U.S. medical schools in several decades to be built from the ground up, but we are built on the strengths of extraordinary partners. Western Michigan University ranks among the 50 largest colleges and universities, and among the top 100 national public doctoral universities in the U.S. Our two hospital partners are recognized nationally for innovation and quality, and have provided undergraduate and graduate medical education, including through the Michigan State University Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies - now WMed - for more than 40 years. Kalamazoo has a long and extraordinary legacy of discovery in the life sciences that continues today. The medical school benefits from historic community support and engagement. This remarkable collaboration coupled with our innovative approaches to medical education and passion for achieving excellence position WMed to be not just among the newest medical schools, but among the best medical schools. Our goal for each of our learners is to realize their individual potential to be great. Our graduates will become great clinicians, great leaders, great educators, great advocates, and great researchers for our patients and our profession. WMed offers the full continuum of undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education in southwest Michigan. The institution is a private medical school supported by private gifts, clinical revenue, research activity, student tuition, and endowment income. Follow our progress as we create the future of medical education right here in southwestern Michigan.