General Questions about PHMI

  • Q: What is PHMI's relationship to Harvard University and Partners HealthCare?
  • A: PHMI was founded originally in 1994 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard University, with the name Harvard Medical International (HMI). In April 2008, Harvard University and Partners HealthCare System executed an agreement whereby the organization formerly known as Harvard Medical International became Partners Harvard Medical International (PHMI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Partners HealthCare. Today, although PHMI is no longer technically part of Harvard University, PHMI maintains strong linkages with faculty at the university's professional schools. In particular, PHMI continues to work closely with faculty members at Harvard Medical School. Each year some 250 faculty and staff from Harvard Medical School and its affiliated teaching hospitals participate in the delivery of PHMI's services to clients.
  • Q: What is Partners HealthCare System?
  • A: Partners HealthCare System is an integrated health care delivery system, based in Boston, that was founded by Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital, two of the oldest and most renowned academic medical institutions in the United States. In addition to these top medical centers, the Partners HealthCare network includes a number of community and specialty hospitals, community health centers, a physician network, home health and long-term care services, and other health-related entities. Partners annual revenues are in excess of $7 billion (FY2008). Partners HealthCare is also one of the nation’s leading biomedical research organizations, with research funding approximating $2 billion.
  • Q: What is the leadership structure of Partners Harvard Medical International?
  • A: The President & Chief Executive Officer of Partners Harvard Medical International is Dr. Andrew A. Jeon. Dr. Jeon interfaces with PHMI’s Board of Directors, which is comprised of representatives of both Partners HealthCare and Harvard University, and which is chaired by Jay Pieper, Vice President of Corporate Development and Treasury Affairs at Partners HealthCare.

Questions about PHMI's Client Relationships

  • Q: What is PHMI's relationship to Dubai and Dubai Healthcare City?
  • A: The relationship between PHMI and the Government of Dubai began in 2002, when then-Harvard Medical International (HMI) worked (via the Dubai Development Investment Authority, or DDIA) on the concept development of Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC). In 2003, HMI deployed a landed team in Dubai, which worked with DDIA and DHCC to create and begin implementation of various components of DHCC, including the governance model, regulatory and standards framework, and quality oversight model, culminating with HMI, DHCC, and DDIA entering into a long-term strategic collaboration agreement in 2004. HMI worked closely with DHCC to develop and launch the Harvard Medical School Dubai Center (HMSDC) Institute for Postgraduate Education & Research as well as the Dubai Harvard Foundation for Medical Research. Today PHMI continues to provide a wide range of services to support the development of DHCC and its multiple components. PHMI has also served as lead planner for the University Hospital, a tertiary care center currently under construction in DHCC. (Please note that the HMSDC is a postgraduate education institute created to develop postgraduate and continue medical education programs; it is not a medical school.)
  • Q:How are PHMI's programs and services supported financially?
  • A: PHMI enters into agreements based on a fee-for-service model whereby PHMI provides mutually agreed upon deliverables within a defined timeline. Prospective PHMI clients must have sufficient resources, including adequate funding, to carry on a collaborative relationship.
  • Q:Does PHMI provide access to Harvard branding via its client relationships?
  • A: PHMI does not provide Harvard branding.
  • Q:Does PHMI, either alone or through its client relationships, award degrees or certifications?
  • A: PHMI does not award degrees or certifications and does not engage in client relationships to develop joint degree-granting programs.