Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
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Northeast Ohio Medical University, also known as NEOMED, and formerly known as the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM), is a community-based, public state university that offers a Doctor of Medicine degree (M.D.) and combined B.S./M.D. program, which allows students to graduate with their B.S. and M.D. in as few as six or seven years; a Doctor of Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D.); a Master of Public Health degree (M.P.H.); a Bioethics Certificate; and, a Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in Integrated Pharmaceutical Medicine.

The campus is located in Rootstown, Ohio
Rootstown Township, Portage County, Ohio
Rootstown Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,212 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

, approximately 14 miles (22.5 km) east of Akron, and is the only medical school in the country that has a partnership with four state universities: the University of Akron
University of Akron
The University of Akron is a coeducational public research university located in Akron, Ohio, United States. The university is part of the University System of Ohio. It was founded in 1870 as a small college affiliated with the Universalist Church. In 1913 ownership was transferred to the City of...

, Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University is a public university located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1964 when the state of Ohio assumed control of Fenn College, and it absorbed the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1969...

, Kent State University
Kent State University
Kent State University is a public research university located in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region with the main campus in Kent being the largest...

, and Youngstown State University
Youngstown State University
Youngstown State University, founded in 1908, is an urban research university located in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. As of fall 2010, there were 15,194 students and a student-faculty ratio of 19:1. It is recognized as being one of the premier schools in the country, comparable to Ivy League...

, as well as 17 hospitals. This relationship allows the university to focus on its mission of providing highly trained physicians oriented to the practice of medicine at the community level, while at the same time remaining cost-effective for students and taxpayers of Ohio. Class size is typically around 105-110 medicine students.

The genesis for 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
Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

, he began the initial planning. He was assisted by Harry Meshel
Harry Meshel
Harry Meshel is a former American Democrat politician who served as the president of the Ohio State Senate and chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party...

, then majority leader of the Ohio Senate. With the assistance of Lyle Williams
Lyle Williams
Lyle Williams was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Philippi, he attended the public schools of North Bloomfield, Ohio. He served in the United States Army Reserve from 1960 to 1968, and then worked as a barber...

, congressman for the Ohio 17th district a feasibility study was begun in concert with Dr. William Bunn at Youngstown Hospital Association. Based on that initial study a three-city consortium of Akron
Akron, Ohio
Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...

, Canton
Canton, Ohio
Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 and Youngstown
Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

 was developed and then in 2008 Cleveland was added. The school was established by the Ohio state legislature in 1973 with classes beginning in 1975. The first class, which would graduate in 1981, included 42 students in a combined B.S./M.D. program. The school became fully accredited in 1981. The College of Pharmacy
Pharmacy
Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...

, approved in 2005, was inaugurated with 75 students in August 2007 in the Doctor of Pharmacy degree program. The Doctor of Pharmacy, given the school's more rural setting, also 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. Starting with the class of 2009, the College of Medicine has adopted an Integrated Steps Curriculum.

Jay Alan Gershen began his term as president of the University on Jan. 15, 2010. In his February 2010 address, he announced several major plans to raise the university's profile, including a name-change for the university to Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED). This name change was officially signed into law on April 29, 2011.

See also

  • Ambulocetus
    Ambulocetus
    Ambulocetus was an early cetacean that could walk as well as swim. It lived during early Eocene some 50-49 million years ago. It is a transitional fossil that shows how whales evolved from land-living mammals. The Ambulocetus fossils were found in Pakistan by anthropologist Johannes Thewissen...

    , or the "walking whale," was discovered by NEOMED anatomy professor Hans Thewissen.

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