Educating a Talented Workforce

Founded in 1973 to meet Northeast Ohio’s critical need for primary care physicians, Northeast Ohio Medical University opened its campus in Portage County in 1977. The inaugural class consisted of students from a consortium of universities in Northeast Ohio – Kent State University, the University of Akron and Youngstown State University.

NEOMED has grown to include three colleges (College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy and College of Graduate Studies) of its own and nine higher education partnerships – including its original consortium plus others such as Hiram College. By providing education, research and service, NEOMED improves the health, economy and quality of life of the diverse communities of Northeast Ohio. The university’s total enrollment consists of nearly 1,000 future medical professionals, most of whom return to live and work in Northeast Ohio.

Collaboration is key to NEOMED’s ongoing success. The university trains future physicians, pharmacists, researchers and other health professionals in an interprofessional environment that positions all for excellence in team-based, patient-centered care and shared research from bench to bedside. To provide a premier health sciences education, NEOMED leverages the strengths and resources of its more than 150 regional partners in health care and education.

In addition to research conducted by NEOMED’s colleges, the University’s Healthy Aging Research Collaborative (HARC) advances innovation and research in health care through five focus areas of research that are of paramount importance to the well-being of Northeast Ohio communities. The five areas of research include: hearing; community-based mental health; heart, liver and blood vessels; musculoskeletal and neurodegenerative disease, and aging.

• Three specific tech prep programs – landscape horticultural, computer-aided engineering and information technology – provide academically-strong high school students with a smooth transition to area technical schools and universities.
• Auto Services, Business Management, Carpentry, Computerized Business, Electronics and Graphic Communications.
• Maplewood Career Center offers a myriad of adult education courses as well. Many Portage County companies have had great success with these programs, from classes in Management and Leadership Training to specialized computer and Web development classes. We are able to design any training program for a company. We then streamline that program to meet specific needs, and we can teach that course either onsite or at Maplewood.