Northeast Ohio Medical University
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Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) is a
Its medical school has partnerships with four public universities (Akron, Cleveland State, Kent State, and Youngstown State)[5] and one private college (Hiram). It also has 24 hospital partners, while the pharmacy school has over 100 pharmacy partners. The class size has grown to around 160 medical and 80 pharmacy students.
History
The medical university was begun by Leonard Caccamo, who became its first chairman of the Board of Trustees. As medical director of St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio, he began the planning for the university. He was assisted by Harry Meshel, then majority leader of the Ohio Senate. With the assistance of Lyle Williams, Congressman for the Ohio 17th district, a feasibility study was begun in concert with the Youngstown Hospital Association to address a regional need for primary care physicians and use existing facilities at the state universities and hospitals in the area. Based on that initial study a three-city consortium of Akron, Canton, and Youngstown was developed with the University of Akron, Kent State University, and Youngstown State University. Cleveland State University was added in 2008.[6]
The school was established as the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM) by the Ohio state legislature in 1973, and the campus site in
The College of Pharmacy, approved in 2005, was inaugurated with 75 students in August 2007 in the Doctor of Pharmacy degree program, and the school's name was changed accordingly to the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy.[9] In keeping with the school's rural setting, the Doctor of Pharmacy program has a community pharmacy emphasis. In May 2011, the university graduated its inaugural class of 61 pharmacists.
The university has collaborative arrangements with other colleges and universities to offer graduate-level education in biomedical sciences and biomedical engineering.
Jay A. Gershen, D.D.S, began his term as president of the university on January 15, 2010. In his February 2010 address, he announced a name-change for the university to Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED). This was signed into law on April 29, 2011.[10][11]
Accreditation
The College of Medicine is accredited by the
Campus
The main campus is located in
The NEOMED Education and Wellness Center (NEW Center) houses a fitness center, bistro, coffee shop, and conference space, as well as physical therapy and childcare services. There are also plans to contain a pharmacy and medical offices through partnerships. The third floor of the NEW Center is home to the Bio-Med Science Academy, a STEM public school for grades 7–12. On the northern edge of campus, the university offers on-campus housing for professional students, faculty, and staff in The Village at NEOMED, which opened in 2014.[12]
Bio-Med Science Academy
In August 2012, Northeast Ohio Medical University opened Bio-Med Science Academy, a public high school with a
Notable alumni
- Amy Acton, M.D. (1990), director of Ohio Department of Health during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Angela Funovits (2013), magician who performed on NBC's Phenomenon
- Crystal Mackall, MD (1985) Ernest and Amelia Gallo Family Professor and Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine, Stanford University
- Poet Laureate
Notable faculty
- Frederick Frese, psychologist and schizophrenia researcher.
- C. Owen Lovejoy, anthropologist who reconstructed Lucy (Australopithecus).
- Ambulocetus natans, which inspired the NEOMED mascot, Nate the Walking Whale.
See also
- University System of Ohio
- Medical education in the United States
- List of medical schools in the United States
- List of pharmacy schools in the United States
References
- ^ "NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FINANCIAL REPORT" (PDF). Northeast Ohio Medical University. June 30, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
- ^ Abbey McCafferty, Rachel (March 30, 2023). "Former Navy surgeon general named provost at NEOMED". Crain's Cleveland Business. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
- ^ a b 2019 Key Performance Indicators. Northeast Ohio Medical University. October 4, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
- ^ Fall 2022 NEOMED Enrollment. Northeast Ohio Medical University. September 30, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
- ^ "NEOUCOM to add CSU, get new board Gov. Strickland approves changes to medical school". Record-Courier. Record Publishing. Associated Press. June 25, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2008.
- ^ AJ Giannini. Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. Ohio Psychiatric Association Newsletter. 7(3):2-3, 1981.
- ISBN 978-1-60635-030-0.
- ^ "NEOMED: 40 years". Northeast Ohio Medical University. 2016. Archived from the original on January 27, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
- ^ O'Brien, David (August 30, 2007). "NEOUCOM inaugurates new program". Record-Courier. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
- ^ "University Address". NEOUCOM.edu. Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy. February 16, 2010. Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
- ^ Smith, Diane (February 17, 2010). "New name in works for NEOUCOM: President: Med college outgrows current one". Record-Courier. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
- ^ "The Village at NEOMED". Signet Communities. 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- ^ "Bio-Med Science Academy". Bio-Med Science Academy. 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2015.