Facts about the Medical Education & Research Institute (MERI)

 

  • The Medical Education & Research Institute is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit hands-on medical teaching and training facility located at 44 Cleveland in Memphis, TN.

  • The MERI supports state-of-the-art hands-on educational courses in minimally invasive training and research and medical simulation training for physicians, nurses, Paramedics, and other health care professionals from across the country and around the world.

  • At the MERI, medical professionals are introduced to the latest innovations in medicine, and have the opportunity to learn first-hand about the most up-to-date medial techniques and technologies.

  • The MERI supports research in all specialties of medicine, providing students with the environment necessary for developing, testing and refining the latest medical procedures and devices.

  • Inspired in 1992 by Memphis neurosurgeon, Dr. Kevin T. Foley, today the MERI is governed by a 12-member board of directors, which includes leaders from its charitable member organizations Baptist Memorial Health Care, Methodist-Le Bonheur Healthcare, and Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute.

  • Many professional medial associations and societies act as grantors, sponsoring courses for physicians in a variety of medical specialties.

  • With the use of un-embalmed anatomical specimens, the MERI offers a unique, authentic, hands-on operating room training experience in which new techniques, technologies and devices perform just as they would in a live patient.

  • Through our Mobile MERI unit, we are proud to provide courses and support to our sponsors off-site throughout the continental United States.

  • In 2008 MERI added a simulation center that enables us to serve the training and competency assessment needs of local hospitals, physicians, nurses, medical schools and emergency response team as well as enhance local disaster preparedness and support national homeland security needs.  hands-on training to include more nurses, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, EMTs, paramedics, and other healthcare professionals.

  • MERI has the unique ability to combine hands-on donor and patient simulator training resulting in the best-possible training experience.