MUMC Fellowship Trains Physicians in Advanced Information Technology
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The ultimate goal is to graduate fellows with master’s-level education and training that will allow them to easily attain positions as chief medical information officers around the country in industry, healthcare systems, or academia,” said Robert Pallay, M.D., director of the family medicine residency program at MUMC.Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) is a two-state healthcare organization serving a 35-county area in southeast Georgia and southern South Carolina.### Savannah, GA, June 26, 2009 --( PR.com )-- Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) is the first hospital in the nation to offer a leadership and management focused fellowship in health information technology.The ultimate goal is to graduate fellows with master’s-level education and training that will allow them to easily attain positions as chief medical information officers around the country in industry, healthcare systems, or academia,” said Robert Pallay, M.D., director of the family medicine residency program at MUMC.The applied informatics fellowship curriculum will involve information technology, family medicine training, and elements from a Master of Medical Informatics program offered at Northwestern University in Chicago.Funding for the fellowship is provided by MUMC’s information services department, scholarships, and/or grants.The first fellow accepted to the program is Rajesh Reddy, M.D., is a third-year family medicine resident training at MUMC.