FINDING THE PERFECT FIT IN KENYA

In 1988, Doctors Bob Einterz, Joe Mamlin, Charlie Kelley, and Dave Van Reken went on a three-week world tour looking for an international partner for the Indiana University School of Medicine. What drew them to Eldoret, Kenya was not only the need, but the vision of Moi University School of Medicine Dean, Dr. Haroun N.K. arap Mengech, who was committed to build the new school’s curriculum around broad, community-based service.

Moi University welcomed its first medical class of 40 medical students in 1990. And Dr. Bob Einterz became the first in a three-decade string of Indiana University faculty physicians to work alongside Kenyan colleagues, care for Kenyan patients, conduct health research and teach American and Kenyan medical students.