Johns Hopkins assists with establishment of Malaysia's first private graduate medical school and teaching hospital

The Johns Hopkins University, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI), the international arm of Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, USA, and Academic Medical Centre Sdn Bhd, subsidiary of Chase Perdana Sdn Bhd, a Kuala Lumpur-based private development corporation, and an associate company of Turiya Sdn Bhd, have signed an agreement to help Malaysia develop its first fully integrated private four-year graduate medical school and teaching hospital. The agreement was signed on November 2, 2010, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Tan Sri Dato' Haji Muhyiddin Bin Mohd Yassin observed the signing ceremony.

"For more than a century, Johns Hopkins has been recognized as a national and global leader in patient care, research and education," says Edward D. Miller, dean and chief executive officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine. "We are honored to have an opportunity to share our innovations and best practices with the people of Malaysia. We firmly believe that this project will help us to continue our historic and vital mission of helping to raise the standards of health care around the world."

Under the agreement, Johns Hopkins will assist with the development of every major aspect of the new medical enterprise, including medical education programs, campus design and facilities planning, and clinical affairs. Johns Hopkins also will guide academic development in alignment with the breakthroughs of the new Genes to Society curriculum and will consult on other important components, including the teaching environment and infrastructure, pedagogy, administration and student affairs.

In addition to the new medical school, Johns Hopkins will provide guidance on the design and development of a 600-bed teaching hospital that will include a full complement of ambulatory care facilities, diagnostic capabilities and ancillary support services. And, in a third major component of the agreement, Johns Hopkins will advise Malaysian colleagues on the development and integration of research programs across the entire medical enterprise. Operationally, all education, patient care and research functions and programs will be managed in accordance with the Johns Hopkins Medicine organizational and operational model.

"It is a great privilege to be able to assist Malaysia with the establishment of its first private graduate medical school and teaching hospital," says David Nichols, vice dean for education, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. "Not only will this collaboration have a transformational impact on the quality of medical education, research and health care delivery for Malaysia and the region, but it also will bring a wide range of benefits to the university, departments, faculty and staff here in Baltimore."