Exciting changes are underway for a key Eastern AHEC partner, Mount Desert Island Hospital. Construction is nearing completion on a new center in Bar Harbor to advance the Hospital\u2019s Medical Education program and partnerships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scheduled to open in late March, the Kogod Center for Medical Education, funded by a generous gift from Arlene and Robert Kogod, will serve as a welcoming home for medical students and residents who come to MDI Hospital for their rural rotations. Along with living quarters, the facility features conference, seminar, and meeting spaces for students and their colleagues. The Kogod Center is the next step in a decades-long effort to increase access to best-quality, lifesaving care in rural practice, increasing healthcare readiness and responsiveness and bolstering staff recruitment, while addressing the housing shortage on Mount Desert Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Kogod family recognized early that medical students and residents were key to the Hospital’s strategic vision to train providers in rural medicine and illuminate the complexity of caring compassionately for the community,\u201d said Chrissi Maguire, President\/CEO. \u201cThe foresight and exceptional generosity of the Kogod family will make a huge impact on every community member who steps through our doors in need of care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Kogod Center will house students and residents from the University of New England, Penn, Tufts, Maine Medical Center, Colby, and Brown, among others. Students stay with the Hospital from a few weeks to a few months, completing rotations and clerkships in various areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n