members with expertise in teaching and clinical care have been appointed to the WMU medical school. Over the coming months, other clinicians, basic scientists and experts from the community who desire to serve as medical school faculty will be appointed. The medical school will also recruit additional faculty to Kalamazoo.

"The WMU School of Medicine is extremely fortunate to gain the expertise of the faculty and staff of KCMS as they become the core of the new medical school," Jenson says. "Through KCMS, Borgess Health and Bronson Healthcare have almost 40 years of collaboration in providing undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education in Kalamazoo. We are building on this solid foundation to create a new medical school in Kalamazoo that aspires to be among the nation's best."

Jenson also announcedtwo new leadership positions in the medical school: William Fales, M.D., assistant dean for clinical applications, and Charles Zeller Jr., M.D., assistant dean for continuing medical education. Both are fellows of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

William Fales

Fales will be responsible for the third- and fourth-year curriculum of the medical school, which includes the clinical clerkship training held in area hospitals and other outpatient sites. He is an associate professor of emergency medicine, director of pre-hospital care and disaster medicine and is co-director of the Simulation Center. Fales has also served as the Kalamazoo County EMS medical director since 1993. In 2002, he was appointed by the state of Michigan to serve as the regional medical director for healthcare preparedness, covering the nine counties of southwest Michigan.

Fales earned