St. Matthew's University (SMU) is a for-profit private university located in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands in the British West Indies. It comprises the School of Medicine and the School of Veterinary Medicine, which confer M.D. and D.V.M. degrees, respectively. It was founded in Belize in 1997 by Grand Forks, North Dakota native Jeffrey S. Sersland and was named for Sersland's friend Matthew Uhrich of North Dakota. During 2001, the board of directors abruptly changed the university's administration, with Sersland and his wife both removed from their positions on campus. Under interim president B.D. Owens the school moved to the Cayman Islands in 2002. Sersland then formed the Medical University of the Americas Belize in 2002 which closed in 2007 The School of Veterinary Medicine was established in 2005. The school was acquired by Greenwich, Connecticut-based Equinox Capital in conjunction with Chicago-based Prairie Capital in 2005. SMU is chartered by the government of Cayman Islands to confer the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) degrees.