Become a doctor
Medical School Admissions at NEOMED
Whether you want to serve as a primary care physician in an underserved area or prepare for a specialty within the world’s best health systems, you can attend NEOMED to accomplish your career goals.
Which Path To Becoming A Physician Is The Right Fit For You?
Start the Early Assurance Program
If you are interested in:
- Reserving your seat in medical school as a college sophomore
- Attending Baldwin-Wallace, Hiram College, Kent State University or The University of Akron as an undergraduate student
- Attending Cleveland State University through the CSU-NEOMED Partnership for Urban Health as an undergraduate student
- Attending Youngstown State University as an undergraduate student in the YSU Bacc./Med program
Start the Post-Baccalaureate Early Assurance Program
If you are interested in:
- Building upon your existing bachelor’s degree as a college graduate by strengthening your academic preparation to succeed in medical school
- Entering medical school and becoming a doctor as a second career from the medical field
- Practicing as a community-based doctor in an urban setting in a primary care field such as family medicine
- Participating in distinctive hands-on, co-curricular service and shadowing opportunities and pre-medicine courses at Cleveland State University exclusively for CSU-NEOMED Partnership for Urban Health students
Start the Traditional Admission Process
If you are interested in:
- Applying to medical school after obtaining your undergraduate or graduate degree
- Applying to medical school in your last year prior to completing you bachelor’s degree
Transfer to NEOMED
If you are interested in:
- Advancing community health in Northeast Ohio and beyond,
- AND are entering your third year of medical school.
Did You Know?
NEOMED offers multiple tracks and pathways that provide opportunities in family medicine, and rural and urban medicine!
Graduate in 3 years
Eligible first-year medicine students can apply for the Accelerated Three-Year Family Medicine Track.
Rural Medicine Pathway
Become a scholar in rural medicine, provide service to rural communities, and champion rural health care systems in the Rural Medical Education Pathway.
Urban Medicine Pathway
Serve the needs of the diverse communities in Northeast Ohio and beyond through the NEOMED-CSU Partnership for Urban Health.
Why NEOMED?
Students graduating from this program will:
- Have a strong interprofessional education to provide the very best care for their patients as a member of an integrated health care team
- Have an understanding of and experience with the diverse patients to whom they will administer care
- Hone clinical skills through participation in experiences and clerkship rotations throughout northern and central Ohio in a distinctive community-based physician education model
- Enter residencies, world-ready, in a variety of primary care and specialty practice areas committed to improving community health in a leadership role
Who Should Apply?
Medical school at NEOMED is designed for students with an interest in advancing community health in Northeast Ohio and beyond. Our typical applicants include those who are interested in:
- Continuing their rigorous academic journey in a challenging yet supportive setting
- Practicing primary care in a rural or urban area, particularly in medically underserved regions
- Clinical training opportunities in partnership with teaching hospitals and clinical training sites across northern and central Ohio
- Advancing community health as a practicing physician
- Obtaining an interprofessional education to provide the very best care for your patients as the leader of an integrated 21st century health care team
- Preparing to serve diverse populations
- Building lifetime connections to a leading network of health care professionals and other stakeholders
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