UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine
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The School of Osteopathic Medicine (abbreviated SOM, also known as UMDNJ-SOM) is one of eight schools that form the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
. The school is located in Stratford
, New Jersey
, United States
. It is one of the top medical school for geriatric care as ranked by the US News Report.
The school has expanded its class size in recent years, with 135 students in the class of 2013 and 150 students in the class of 2014. The school also offers combination degrees including MPH, JD, MS, and PHD along with D.O. degree.
UMDNJ-SOM has one of the largest graduate medical education programs. The school offers several post graduate residency and fellowship positions through affiliate hospitals including endocrinology, cardiology, critical care, GI, nephrology, Infectious disease, and many others seen on their Graduate medical education web page at http://som.umdnj.edu/education/graduate_medical/fellowships.html.
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey is the state-run health sciences institution of New Jersey, United States. It has eight distinct academic units...
. The school is located in Stratford
Stratford, New Jersey
Stratford is a Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 7,271. A campus of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey is located in Stratford....
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States
United States
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. It is one of the top medical school for geriatric care as ranked by the US News Report.
The school has expanded its class size in recent years, with 135 students in the class of 2013 and 150 students in the class of 2014. The school also offers combination degrees including MPH, JD, MS, and PHD along with D.O. degree.
UMDNJ-SOM has one of the largest graduate medical education programs. The school offers several post graduate residency and fellowship positions through affiliate hospitals including endocrinology, cardiology, critical care, GI, nephrology, Infectious disease, and many others seen on their Graduate medical education web page at http://som.umdnj.edu/education/graduate_medical/fellowships.html.
Residency Programs
- Emergency Medicine
- Family Medicine - Kennedy / Lourdes Medical Center Hospitals
- Family Medicine - Christ Hospital
- General Psychiatry
- General Surgery
- Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine / Emergency Medicine
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- OMM/NMM +1*
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Otolaryngology / Facial Plastic Surgery
- PediatricsPediatricsPediatrics or paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician or paediatrician...
- UrologyUrologyUrology is the medical and surgical specialty that focuses on the urinary tracts of males and females, and on the reproductive system of males. Medical professionals specializing in the field of urology are called urologists and are trained to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with urological...