UMass Chan & Lahey Hospital & Medical Center to establish regional medical campus

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UMass Chan Medical School and Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (Lahey), part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, have received approval from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) to establish a new regional medical school campus in Burlington. LCME is the accrediting body for medical schools in the United States and Canada.   The UMass Chan-Lahey regional campus will emphasize leadership, health systems science and interprofessional education, preparing students to lead and create solutions to future challenges in health care. The new track will be called LEAD@Lahey, which stands for lead, empower, advocate and deliver. The first cohort of medical students participating in the program will begin in August 2024. Guests for this episode include: Anne Larkin, MD, associate professor of surgery and vice provost and senior associate dean for educational affairs at UMass Chan Anne Mosenthal, MD, chief academic officer at Lahey Hospital Medical Center, and inaugural regional executive dean of the UMass Chan-Lahey regional campus. Read about the new program at: umassmed.edu/news Get more information at: https://www.umassmed.edu/umass-chan-lahey