Dr. William M. Kettyle

William Kettyle, director and head of MIT Medical, is the co-principal investigator.

The work was originally sparked by concerns within MIT and nationwide about incidences of harmful and risky behavior on campuses, including suicides.

William M. Kettyle, MDMIT Medical Department77 Massachusetts Avenue, E23-379Cambridge MA 02139Phone: (617)253-1716 Fax: (617)253-6373

DiFava has been a mentor to the student EMTs, Benedict's office has provided financial backing, and Dr. William M. Kettyle, director of MIT Medical has provided many additional resources.

MIT Medical Director William M. Kettyle said that several factors went in to the increase.About five years ago, MIT Medical had accumulated a several-million-dollar surplus and decided to expand prescription drug and mental health care coverage.Increase in demand for those services led, in part, to a "more rapid depletion of the reserve than we had anticipated," he said.
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MIT did not impose steeper rate increases in the past because "we did not want to increase the premium significantly" and put a strain on MIT students paying for insurance, Kettyle said.He said that "unfortunately" they did not anticipate such a rapid depletion of the surplus that subsidized new benefits.
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Kettyle said that the outside mental health benefit was sufficient for most students, and that it would be too expensive to provide more care."We have to average out" in order to offer affordable insurance, he said, and emphasized the increase in MIT's mental health care capacity.

MIT Medical Head William M. Kettyle said that the new student premiums for the next academic year, due to be announced by the end of the month, are expected to stay the same, both for the MIT basic plan, which is included in tuition, and for the Student Extended Insurance Plan, which is partially subsidized by MIT's departments for graduate students with research and teaching assistantships.
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Kettyle wrote in the Jan/Feb issue of the faculty newsletter that the report should be "in time to have a significant impact on the generation of the Medical Department's Fiscal Year 2007 budget request."
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Kettyle emphasized the importance of a reserve fund for guaranteeing stability in student premiums despite year-to-year fluctuations in the cost of the plans.

The $200,000 grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence against Women was first announced in August 2005 by William M. Kettyle, director of MIT Medical.

We know that most people in the MIT community have extraordinarily busy schedules , and we are going to make it easier for students and staff to get the care they need , when they need it , Medical Director Dr. William Kettyle said in a press release.

Besides the expanded evening clinic hours , the institute is also expanding the psychotherapy coverage offered in their health plan.

The new coverage offers unlimited visits with no co-payment , one of the most comprehensive plans in the country.

The grant was first announced in August of this year by William M. Kettyle, director of MIT Medical, who recognized both Stuart and Maryanne Kirkbride, clinical director for campus life, as key players in leading the effort to obtain this grant.

William Kettyle, medical director at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said fear of retribution makes students reluctant to come clean about hazing.Treating students on campus, he said he encounters patients whose injuries don't match their explanations - but attempts to identify hazing meet with only marginal success.

One student described a skateboard injury, but Kettyle and his staff thought he had been hit with a paddle - a common hazing practice."It took a while for everyone to agree that it was probably hazing", he said.The patient never acknowledged it.

Kettyle said he reports such episodes to the dean's office, though if students describe hazing in confidence, he withholds names and details.Doctors should be more aware, he agreed, though he cautioned that if ER visits bring harsh penalties to teammates or fraternity brothers, it could keep hazing victims from seeking care.

William M. Kettyle M.D.Medical Director