Type | Public |
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Established | November 23, 1973 |
President | Jay Gershen |
Academic staff
|
85 (2015) |
Administrative staff
|
392 (2015) |
Students |
922 (2015)
|
Location | Rootstown, Ohio, United States |
Campus | Rural, 120 acres (49 ha) |
Colors | Blue and Gray |
Mascot | Nate the Walking Whale |
Affiliations |
University of Akron, Kent State University, Youngstown State University, Cleveland State University, Hiram College Akron Children's Hospital, Aultman Hospital, St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, Summa Health System |
Website | neomed |
922 (2015)
University of Akron, Kent State University, Youngstown State University, Cleveland State University, Hiram College
Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) is a public, interprofessional, community-based health sciences university in Rootstown, Ohio. Until 2011, the school was known as the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM).
Its medical school is the only in the United States that has partnerships with four public universities (University of Akron, Cleveland State University, Kent State University, and Youngstown State University) and one private college (Hiram College). It also has 24 hospital partners, while the pharmacy school has over 100 pharmacy partners. These relationships allow the university to focus on its mission of training physicians and pharmacists oriented to practice at the community level, especially in Northeast Ohio. The class size has grown to around 160 medical and 80 pharmacy students.
The College of Medicine is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. The Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) program is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.