MCW Office of Global Health

Medical College of Wisconsin - Global Affiliation Agreements

There are several faculty with established affiliation agreements for their global health partnerships. These local/global partners have a long-term relationship with MCW faculty and include two or more departments in their global health efforts.

Beyond faculty's individual global engagement, department-wide efforts are also addressing health inequities within their specific specialty. For example, explore more details about the Department of Surgery’s global engagement efforts in community engagement, education, patient care, and research.

View a summary of MCW faculty’s global engagement efforts from neighborhoods of Milwaukee to nations (PDF)

MCW faculty are also collaborating with non-profit organizations, like BioVentures for Global Health, based in Seattle who works at the crossroads of the private and public sectors to advance research and improve health. It connects MCW faculty to people, resources, and ideas across biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, governments, and nonprofits to solve global health issues. It strategically develops and manages programs across the for-profit and non-profit sectors to accelerate R&D for poverty-related diseases like neglected tropical diseases to build biomedical Research and Development capacity in low- and middle-income countries.

Office of Global Health Facilitated Signed Agreements

The purpose of an Affiliation Agreement is to combine efforts of the global partners and to stimulate scientific cooperation and strengthen research, teaching, and patient care, broaden the international experiences, and promote cross-cultural knowledge and understanding among the collaborating faculty, staff, trainees and students.

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Active Ingredient Medicine Associates
Active Integrative Medicine Associates
Milano, Italy
August 2014-present

The purpose of this agreements is to strengthen the existing offsite elective for PM&R residents and M4 students in Italy and to build upon these initial collaborations towards additional education and research opportunities between our two organizations.
Aegis Trust

Aegis Preventing Crimes Against Humanity
Kigali, Rwanda
July 19, 2024-present

Alliance Women Advocating for Change

Alliance Women Advocating for Change
Kampala, Uganda
February 17, 2022-present

Andean Health and Development
Andean Health & Development
Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Ecuador
July 2011-present

The purpose of this agreement is to combine efforts of the Parties and to stimulate scientific cooperation and strengthen research, teaching and patient care, broaden the international experiences, and promote cross-cultural knowledge and understanding among students, faculty and staff of Andean and MCW.
Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Institute of Gastroscience

Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Institute of Gastroscience
Kolkata, India
November 2013-present

Dr. Kulwinder Dua has been collaborating with the Director, Dr. Goenka for nearly 10 years and has visited his hospital. He has provided over 50 lectures on various GI disorders and provided clinical care advising on complex cases across India for over 17 years. The goal of this affiliation agreement is to formalize the long-term partnership Dr. Dua has had and to explore additional ways to strengthen academic partnerships while improving health care and services in India.
Asian healthcare Foundation

Asian healthcare Foundation
Hyderabad, India
November 11, 2021-present

Belize Ministry of Health Karl Huesner Memorial Hospital

Belize Ministry of Health, Karl Huesner Memorial Hospital
Belize City, Belize
December 2013-present

In 2010, Belizean physicians asked Milwaukee area Emergency Medicine doctors to provide continuing medical and nursing education to strengthen pre-hospital transport and emergency care at their flagship hospital Karl Huesner Memorial Hospital (KHMH). Since 2010, our collective efforts have put forth a plan to address emergency care, disaster preparedness and response development for the country by developing a two year Training of the Trainers (TOT) program.

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Center for Policy Development

Center for Policy Development
Kigali, Rwanda
10/21/2022-present

Esperanza Viva Jovene de Mexico Managua

Esperanza Viva Jovene de Mexico Managua
Puebla City, Mexico
February 29, 2020-present

Hawassa University

Hawassa University
Hawassa, Ethiopia
June 2021-present

The purpose of this Affiliation Agreement is to combine efforts of the Parties and to stimulate scientific cooperation and strengthen research, teaching and patient care, broaden the international experiences, and promote cross-cultural knowledge and understanding among the Parties’ faculty, staff, trainees and students.

Health Builders

Health Builders
Kigali, Rwanda
September 30, 2021-present

Hillside Healthcare International
Hillside Healthcare International
Punta Gorda, Belize
July 2012-present

Dr. Jacquelyn Kuzminski (Nohl) has been volunteering with Hillside since she was a medical student. Her family members are the founding directors of Hillside and she is currently on the board of directors. Pediatric residents will also rotate at Hillside and this agreement secures 10 annual spots for MCW medical students. This agreement does not include reciprocal exchanges and therefore, neither staff nor clinicians from Belize will rotate on our campus.

A second agreement was signed in November 2012 for the purpose of improving patient care by collaboration through use of teledermatology. This partnership specifically involves development of a Teledermatology Initiative in the MCW Department of Dermatology and an IRB-approved research study on Teledermatology in Belize.
Jordan University

Jordan University
Amman, Jordan
September 20, 2023–present

Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST)

Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST)
Irbid, Jordan
October 26, 2022-present

Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences

Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences
Dhulikhel, Nepal
May 26, 2022-present

King Faisal Hospital Rwanda

King Faisal Hospital Rwanda
Kigali, Rwanda
January 22, 2024–present

KO-MED Centra Kliniczne

KO-MED Centra Kliniczne
Lublin, Poland
09/23/2019- present

La Corporación Medica Monte Sinaí
La Corporación Medica Monte Sinaí
Cuenca, Ecuador
November 2012-present

In 2011, Dr. Dua was selected by the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) as their Ambassador to teach and mentor international physicians at the highest level of GI endoscopic care. La Corporación Medica Monte Sinaí, La Universidad Estatal De Cuenca was selected as the 2011 awardee and Dr. Dua spent one week there in November. He provided several lectures on endoscopy related topics and provided clinical care advising. Dr. Dua would like Monte Sinai faculty to visitor our campus to observe advanced techniques to strengthen their gastroenterology knowledge and clinical skills and to travel to Cuenca and perform and train locally other Monte Sinai faculty in advanced procedures.
Midas Multispecialty Hospital
Midas Multispecialty Hospital
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
August 2012-present

The goal of this affiliation agreement is to formalize the long-term partnership Dr. Kulwinder Dua a professor in the Department of Medicine at MCW has had with Midas. Under this agreement, MCW medical students and Gastroenterology and Hepatology residents would be invited to rotate there for one-month electives. Additionally, Dr. Dua would like to sponsor Midas faculty on our campus to observe advanced endoscopy techniques and supervise hands-on training locally at their Institute to strengthen their gastroenterology knowledge and clinical skills.
Ministry of Health (Rwanda)

Ministry of Health
Kigali, Rwanda

Princess of Naradhiwas University

Princess of Naradhiwas University
Naradhiwas, Thailand
December 5, 2014-present

Research for Development

Research for Development
Kigali, Rwanda
October 11, 2023-present

Rwanda Biomedical Centre

Rwanda Biomedical Centre
Kigali, Rwanda
June 19, 2023-present

The AIDS Support Organization (TASO)

The AIDS Support Organization (TASO)
Kampala, Uganda
February 18, 2022–present

Universidad Industrial de Santander

Universidad Industrial de Santander
Santander, Colombia
January 28, 2022-present

Universidad Nacional Nicaragua Managua
Universidad Nacional Nicaragua Managua
Managua, Nicaragua
November 2012-present

Dr. Schwab and a multidisciplinary team of orthopaedic and physical therapy services have been attending to Nicaraguan children and adults and partnering with governmental and non-profit institutions in-country for nearly 11 years. His team goes to Nicaragua twice a year to partner with the Nicaragua Ministry of Health to improve child and adult health. The purpose of this Affiliation Agreement is to combine efforts of these partners and to stimulate scientific cooperation and strengthen research, teaching and patient care, broaden the international experiences, and promote cross-cultural knowledge and understanding among MCW and UNAN faculty and staff.
Universidad San Pablo CEU

Universidad San Pablo CEU
Madrid, Spain
June 5, 2020-present

University College Dublin, National University of Ireland
University College Dublin, National University of Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
May 2011-present

The purpose of this agreement is to combine efforts of the Parties and to stimulate scientific cooperation and strengthen research, teaching and patient care, broaden the international experiences, and promote cross-cultural knowledge and understanding among students, faculty and staff of Dublin School of Medicine and MCW.
University of Basel

University of Basel
Basel, Switzerland
December 3, 2019-present

University of Global Health Equity

University of Global Health Equity
Kigali, Rwanda
August 2, 2022-present

University of Lille

University of Lille
Lille, France
February 11, 2020-present

University of Nairobi

University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
December 13, 2019-present

University of Port-Harcourt Teaching Hospital

University of Port-Harcourt
Port-Hartcourt, Nigeria
October 28, 2021-present

University of Rzeszow

University of Rzeszow
Rzeszow, Poland
June 23, 2022-present

Yarmouk University

Yarmouk University
Irbid, Jordan
October 5, 2023–present