Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy

Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, also known as NEOUCOM, is a community-based, state medical school that offers a combined B.S./M.D. program that allows students to graduate with their B.S./M.D. in as few as six or seven years.

NEOUCOM has its campus in Rootstown, Ohio, east of Akron, and is the only medical school in the country that has a partnership with four state universities: the University of Akron, Cleveland State University, Kent State University, and Youngstown State University, [cite news |author= Associated Press|title= NEOUCOM to add CSU, get new board Gov. Strickland approves changes to medical school |url= http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/3992061|work= Record-Courier|publisher= Record Publishing|date= 2008-06-25|accessdate=2008-09-23 ] as well as 17 hospitals. This relationship allows the College 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 the taxpayers of Ohio. Class size is typically around 105-110 medical students. The genesis for the medical school was begun by Dr. 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 initial planning. He was assisted by Harry Meshel, then majority leader of the Ohio Senate. With the assistance od Lyle Williams, 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, Canton and Youngstown was developed. Recently Cleveland was added. [ AJ Giannini. Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. Ohio Psychiatric Association Newsletter. 7(3):2-3, 1981.]

NEOUCOM has collaborative arrangements with other colleges and universities to offer graduate-level education in biomedical sciences and biomedical engineering, and a master of public health program.

Starting with the class of 2009, the College of Medicine has adopted an Integrated Steps Curriculum.

Beginning in the fall of 2007, the school added a Doctor of Pharmacy degree.

Dean Nora will resign her position as Dean and President of the school effective at the end of the 2009.

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* [http://www.neoucom.edu/ Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy]