Dr. Maurer on the importance of Chinese collaboration

SHANGHAI — UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., made the following comments Tuesday on the first day of the Second Annual Shanghai Sino-U.S. Family Medicine Symposium.

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UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., presents a personalized stethoscope to Xingpeng Wang, M.D, president of Tongji University Affiliated Tenth Hospital. Dr. Wang also is the executive associate director of the Shanghai Sino-U.S. Family Medicine Exchange and Training Center.

“It’s important for the University of Nebraska to become part of global health care education and research. We selected China as most important to become involved with early on as a strategic goal. We did so because we knew China would grow and develop and have excellent science because science is moving from the United States and Europe to Asia and the leader in Asia in the development of research is China.

“It’s important for UNMC, which wants to become a world class medical center, to really engage in international activities and bring all the cultural, educational and research experiences from other countries to Nebraska to benefit our students and our residents. At the same time, we want our students, residents and researchers to exchange ideas with those in China, India, Russia and other countries.

“Universities now engage in developing global relationships. It’s a small world. We’re all intertwined. It’s one economy. One country is dependent on another. With the use of information technology, almost anything can be done today. So it’s very important for UNMC to be a global partner and to have a strategic focus on developing a mutually beneficial, long-term relationships in the international arena.”