For Immediate Release
KMK Consulting Retained by the University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, April 22, 2002-KMK Consulting Company is proud to announce that it has been retained by the University of Cincinnati Medical Center to assist in bringing its vision of firmly establishing itself as one of the top 20 Medical Center's in the United States to reality. Known as the Millennium Plan, the goals include: increasing National Institutes of Health (NIH) research support to $300 Million per year with 260 full-time investigators; building state-of-the-art research facilities; developing basic research in genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, and imaging; promoting translational and clinical research to allow commercial application of findings to improve health and economic development; becoming one of the Centers of Excellence in the Biomedical Revolution; and promoting entrepreneurial economic development. In addition, the UC Medical Center will focus on programs already established as Centers of Excellence: cancer, cardiovascular/pulmonary, neurobehavioral and perinatal/early development. KMK Consulting Company will focus on strategy, leadership development, organization, capital formation issues and the final budgeting scope of the project. Jim McGraw, President of KMK Consulting, said, “We are excited about the opportunity the Millennium Plan represents for the Greater Cincinnati community and are honored by the Medical Center’s decision to hire our firm. As the Medical Center strengthens its position as a national leader, our regional economy will continue to grow and prosper.” The UC Medical Center includes: the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Allied Health Sciences; University Hospital, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Shriner’s Hospital, and The Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Hoxworth Blood Center and UC Physicians; and Bio/START.
About KMK Consulting
KMK Consulting provides business consulting services, primarily to corporate, entrepreneurial, not-for-profit, community and executive clients. KMKC specializes in advisory services in connection with company restructuring; business formation; acquisitions; strategic issue analysis; strategic planning; leadership development; government affairs; economic development; marketing strategies; business alliances and public/private partnerships. Collectively, the KMKC team has extensive expertise with all types and sizes of corporations including experience serving on boards of directors of a variety of enterprises from family businesses to publicly held global companies. Learn more on the Internet at www.kmkconsulting.com
About the University of Cincinnati Medical Center The Medical Center has been a major source for medical care in Cincinnati, training health professionals and providing leading-edge medical research and patient care. It has also been the source of medical care to many people who otherwise would not have received it. The high quality of medicine that is readily available in Greater Cincinnati was--and still is--very much tied to the high quality of people and programs at the Medical Center. Learn more about the UC Medical Center on the Internet at http://medcenter.uc.edu. |
