RAMA and Team NEO

On February 25, the RAMA team met with the Team NEO (Northeast Ohio). The main topic of our discussion was development of the business cooperation between Ohio and several regions in Russia using RAMA Medical Missions Program as a vehicle.

The letter from Jay Foran:

Dear all,

Thanks for meeting with me today to discuss a variety of opportunities to increase the level of economic exchange and investment between Northeast Ohio and select regions of Russia.  Jorge, thanks for including me in this meeting!

Per our meeting today I will take the following steps:

1. Assemble Ohio marketing packages for RAMA to be delivered to Russia. These marketing packages will be used to tell the Northeast Ohio story to interested parties in Russia.
2. Work with local business institutions to identify 5 to 10 companies that have a near term interest in expanding their business to Russia. Once assembled, this information will be shared with the RAMA group.

Following Boris’ trip to Russia and hopefully, the identification of prospective Russia-based companies interested in Northeast Ohio, I will work directly with you and/or these companies to develop an agenda for their visit to our region. Lastly, please visit www.clevelandplusbusiness.com and www.clevelandplusbiomedical.com to learn more about our region and our biomedical competence.  

I look forward to working with each of you to advance the business and medical opportunities between Russia and Northeast Ohio.

Jay Foran

Jay P. Foran |  Senior Vice President |  Team Northeast Ohio

Charter One Global Enterprise Center | 737 Bolivar, Suite 2000 |Cleveland, OH 44115 

Office 216.363.5407 | Mobile 216.214.1739 | Fax 216.363.5401 

jforan@teamneo.org | http://twitter.com/jforan |  www.clevelandplusbusiness.com

 

Meeting at the Cleveland Clinic

Today our team (Yakov Elgudin, Mike Malone, Diana Gurley, David Montgomery and I) met with the senior leadership of the Cleveland Clinic. 


We discussed potential partnership arrangements between RAMA and the Cleveland Clinic, which could prove beneficial to both parties. We reached a tentative agreement that Cleveland Clinic will help us with bringing doctors and medical administrators to Cleveland for training and development.

There are many ideas and possibilities that we have to study further, and we have our work cut out for us. However, the team is elated that we have at least ‘opened the door’ to future cooperative efforts with this prestigious world-class medical institution. This is just a beginning.

More details to follow soon.

Western New York Chapter of RAMA

Dear all,

I have more great news. Julia Stein, MD - jstein01@rochester.rr.com (Internal Medicine - Rochester, NY) took the initiative and is organizing the Western New York Chapter of RAMA. Please, welcome and help as much as you can. If you live and work in Rochester, Buffalo, or Niagara Falls, please, join the group. Invite your friends and colleagues.

She will be the moderator of the same section on the RAMA Forum as well as a new member of the Council of States.

Connecticut Chapter of RAMA

Dear all,

I have more great news. Joseph Aferzon, MD (Neurosurgery - Hartford, CT) took the initiative and is organizing the Connecticut Chapter of RAMA. I just talked to him on the phone. Please, welcome and help as much as you can. If you live and work in Connecticut, please, join the group. Invite your friends and colleagues. He will be a moderator of the CT Chapter section on the RAMA Foprum and is the newest member of the Council of States.


His contact information:

114 W Main Street, Suite 101, New Britain, CT 06051

Tel: (860)832-4664

Fax: (860)832-4665

jaferzon@neuron.uchc.edu

www.csimis.com