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Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) is a
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in
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. It specializes in
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in medicine and pharmacy but also has a College of Graduate Studies. Its medical school has partnerships with four public universities (
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, Cleveland State, Kent State, and
Youngstown State Youngstown State University (YSU or Youngstown State) is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio. It was founded in 1908 and is the easternmost member of the University System of Ohio. The university is composed of six undergraduate colleges an ...
) 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
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, he began the planning for the university. He was assisted by
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, 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
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, Canton, and
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was developed with the
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,
Kent State University Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio. The university also includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio and additional facilities in the region and internationally. Regional campuses are located in As ...
, and
Youngstown State University Youngstown State University (YSU or Youngstown State) is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio. It was founded in 1908 and is the easternmost member of the University System of Ohio. The university is composed of six undergraduate colleges an ...
.
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was added in 2008. 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 Rootstown along
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near
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was selected in 1974 with groundbreaking in December 1975. The first class was selected in September 1977 and included 42 students from UA, KSU, and YSU in a combined B.S./M.D. program. They graduated in 1981, the same year the school became fully accredited. 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. 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.


Accreditation

The College of Medicine is accredited by the
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and the College of Pharmacy is accredited by the
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. The
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program is accredited by the
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.


Campus

The main campus is located in
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, approximately east of
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, west of
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, and southeast of
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. General campus amenities located within the original, twentieth century buildings include a bookstore, a biomedical library, research labs, and a landscaped courtyard. 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.


Bio-Med Science Academy

In August 2012, Northeast Ohio Medical University opened Bio-Med Science Academy, a public high school with a
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(STEM) curriculum and an additional focus on medicine (STEM+M). The first class had 70 students with successive freshmen classes added each school year. As of August 2015, enrollment is approximately 400 students in grades 9–12.


Notable alumni

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, M.D. (1990), director of
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during the
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* Angela Funovits (2013), magician who performed on NBC's
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* Crystal Mackall, MD (1985) Ernest and Amelia Gallo Family Professor and Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine, Stanford University *
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, M.D. (2003), Ohio's first
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Notable faculty

* Frederick Frese, psychologist and schizophrenia researcher. * C. Owen Lovejoy, anthropologist who reconstructed
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. *
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, paleontologist who discovered '' Ambulocetus natans'', which inspired the NEOMED mascot, Nate the Walking Whale.


See also

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University System of Ohio The University System of Ohio is the public university system of the state of Ohio. It is governed by the Ohio Department of Higher Education. The system includes all of Ohio's public institutions of higher education: 14 four-year research univ ...
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Medical education in the United States Medical education in the United States includes educational activities involved in the education and training of physicians in the country, with the overall process going from entry-level training efforts through to the continuing education ...
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List of medical schools in the United States This list of medical schools in the United States includes current and developing academic institutions which award the Doctor of Medicine (MD), or the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) a professional level of education, either of which is requir ...
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List of pharmacy schools in the United States This is a list of schools of pharmacy in the United States. Current pharmacy schools Accreditation Status based on Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Dis ...


References


External links


Official website
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