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Howard
and Bermuda to Sign Medical
Agreement
WASHINGTON
(September 3, 2010)
– The Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences at Howard University
is entering a landmark agreement
to provide medical services
to Bermuda at 10 a.m. on Sept.
17. The island of Bermuda,
under the leadership of Premier
Dr. Ewart Brown, a Howard
University College of Medicine
alumnus, has aggressively
sought to improve on-island
patient care by partnering
with top U.S. medical schools.
“The
addition of Howard University
in the field of psychiatry
is appropriate and important,"
Brown said. "As a Howard
graduate, I am particularly
proud of this achievement."
William
B. Lawson, M.D., chair
of the Department of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences, will
oversee the partnership. Under
the agreement, Howard will
provide regular consultation
services in psychiatry, which
include telepsychiatry and
visits of faculty to the island.
A new fellowship is also planned.
Premier
Brown, a community-minded,
internationally acclaimed
physician, spent many years
practicing medicine in the
United States. Born in Bermuda,
Premier Brown graduated from
Howard University with a B.S.
degree in Chemistry and received
his M.D. degree from Howard’s
College of Medicine. He subsequently
earned a M.P.H. degree from
the University of California
at Los Angeles.
WHO:
Howard President Sidney A.
Ribeau, Bermuda Premier Dr.
Ewart Brown
WHAT:
Signing Ceremony for Medical
Collaboration Agreement
WHEN:
September 17, 10 a.m. - Noon
WHERE:
Louis Stokes Health Sciences
Library
501 W St., NW, Washington,
DC 20059
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