The transformation from NEOUCOM to NEOMED is complete.Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED for short) unveiled a new logo and branding around its new, slimmed-down name.On Monday, NEOMED officials pulled back the curtain on new campus signage and social media accounts that featured the new branding for the Rootstown, Ohio-based university. The occasion marked the end [...]

A medical education partnership between Cleveland State University and Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) is set to kick off this fall with the goal of producing more primary care doctors in urban neighborhoods.Students in the program will begin at Cleveland State (CSU) and then move on to clinical study at NEOMED, which until recently was [...]

The Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy is closer to a new, shorter name after the Ohio House of Representatives passed a measure that would make the school known as Northeast Ohio Medical University.House Bill 139 passed by a vote of 94-1 and moves onto the Ohio Senate. An “emergency” clause in the [...]

In what it’s calling a strategic — and not financial — move, the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM) has laid off eight workers. NEOUCOM has also eliminated five vacant positions, but is recruiting to fill six others.

The Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy is moving forward with plans for a 77,000-square-foot research facility on its Rootstown campus after a state board gave the thumbs-up to a $42-million bond issue to finance the project.

Summa Physicians Inc. has named a longtime leader from the region’s medical school to serve in the newly created position of chief medical officer. Dr. Jay Williamson, 63, will assume the position in Summa Health System’s physician practice Dec. 1. He previously served as the interim dean of the College of Medicine at the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM) in Rootstown, Ohio.

Dr. Jeffrey Susman most recently worked as the director at the University of Cincinnati’s Department of Family Medicine.

Trustees of Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, more succinctly known as NEOUCOM, voted unanimously Thursday to change (and shorten) the university’s name.Introducing… Northeast Ohio Medical University.“The new name being presented is one that is very close to NEOUCOM’s roots, and also pays respect to the geographic area that we serve and to [...]

The Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM) has added a Master of Public Health degree, thanks to an accreditation extension by the Higher Learning Commission.The commission also approved the Rootstown, Ohio university for new Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in integrated pharmaceutical medicine, according to a NEOUCOM release.“These degrees [...]

Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy has appointed its first-ever dean of college graduate studies.Walter Horton Jr. is a 12-year veteran of NEOUCOM, and also works as the college’s vice president for research, according to a statement. Prior to NEOUCOM, Horton spent 10 years conducting arthritis research at the National Institutes of Health [...]