Washington, DC — Dr. Donald Warne in partnership with Leavitt Partners is pulling together representatives from Tribes and Tribal Interest Organizations, Health Systems, Higher Education Institutions and the Private Sector to form the American Indian Medical Education Strategies Alliance (AIMES). This new alliance will pursue a common agenda focusing on the creation of an Indian Health Service (IHS), equivalent to the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) Office of Academic Affiliations, to create and coordinate graduate medical education (GME) partnerships and opportunities between teaching hospitals and IHS facilities.