metro
Jewish graduates:
Ariel Mintz,
Nicole Lederman,
Adam Weiner,
Sara Singer and
Kimberly Lemkin.
New Doctors
Oakland University William Beaumont School
of Medicine graduates charter class.
Brian Bierley
Special to the Jewish News
F
riday, May 15, was a day that five
members of the Jewish community
will never forget.
That day, Nicole Lederman, Kimberly
Lemkin and Adam Weiner, all of West
Bloomfield, Ariel Mintz of Minneapolis,
Minn., and Sara Singer of Bloomfield Hills
were among the 47 students who crossed
the stage during Oakland University William
Beaumont School of Medicine's first-ever
commencement exercises, becoming gradu-
ates of Michigan's first new M.D.-granting
allopathic medical school in nearly 50 years.
OUWB became the state's fourth medi-
cal school to produce physicians, joining
the University of Michigan, Wayne State
University and Michigan State University.
The commencement ceremony came just
weeks after OUWB celebrated its first Match
Day, when students found out where they
will start their residency training this sum-
mer. OUWB students were placed into resi-
dencies in more than a dozen specialty areas
at health systems in Michigan and at some
of the most prestigious institutions through-
out the country. Leading the way, medical
school partner Beaumont Health accepted 14
OUWB students as residents.
After spending the past four years as part
of a tight-knit group of charter class stu-
dents, Lederman will fulfill her residency in
psychiatry at the University of New Mexico;
Lemkin's residency takes her to Tufts Medical
Center in Massachusetts; and Mintz plans
to return to his home state of Minnesota for
a psychiatry residency at Hennepin County
Medical Center. Singer is headed south to
Ohio State University, where she will con-
tinue her training in internal medicine, and
Weiner looks forward to a transitional year
of residency followed by more training in
ophthalmology at Beaumont.
When a reporter asked Lemkin how it felt
to be called `doctor; the newly minted grad-
uate said that even though there is already
a Dr. Lemkin in her family (her mother is a
physician), she liked the sound of it.
Born in Israel, Weiner lived in several
states growing up and spent his formative
years in West Bloomfield. Weiner, who
completed his undergraduate studies at the
University of Michigan, says he calls Metro
Detroit home and is excited to maintain his
Beaumont ties during his residency. "I don't
know where my fellowship training will take
me next, but it's likely I will return to the area
and settle down here eventuall y; ' he said.
This first graduation day was eight
years in the making for OUWB Founding
Dean Robert Folberg, his staff at Oakland
University and partners from Beaumont
Health, who began with a collective vision
in 2007 and welcomed the first class of 50
students in August 2011.
"We never wanted to model ourselves after
the existing schools. We wanted to make our
school stand out and feel like a small, high-
achieving liberal arts school; Folberg said.
"Our goal is to make sure we have students
who are academically brilliant, but who
are also going to be compassionate, empa-
thetic caregivers who are engaged with their
patients and their community'
Guided by its "kindness curriculum:'
OUWB has taken a holistic approach to
teaching medical students. Not only do stu-
dents learn basic science, but they also spend
time interacting with patients, developing
cultural awareness and understanding each
patient's unique perspective in managing
their health care. Students are told to listen
to patient questions, avoid interrupting and
spend time helping patients understand their
situation and treatment options.
Folberg said the greatest compliment he
has received so far is when a medical student
told him she imagines a day when patients
will be seen by their doctor, be treated with
kindness and say, "You must have trained
at Oakland University William Beaumont
School of Medicine:'
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Brian Bierley is director of media relations at
Oakland University.
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