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Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine graduated its first class ever Thursday, adding new 18 doctors to New Jersey s dwindling doctor pool.
While just a trickle, it promises to become a continuous stream of young doctors direly needed to fill New Jersey s growing physician shortage.
Part of the reason the school, the Garden State s first new private medical school in decades, was founded was to address the shortfall, which is believed to be several thousands doctors in the state.
“We are achieving our vision,” said Bonita Stanton, M.D., the school’s founding dean. “These 18 students have already contributed to the communities they serve, and their careers bring so much promise into our future. This is a proud day.”
First Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Commencement Ceremony to Send Graduates into Residencies
The 18 graduates to begin careers after completing accelerated three-year medical degree
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NUTLEY, N.J., June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Eighteen students from the first class of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine will graduate this evening – and start their medical careers.
The medical students, who began working toward their degrees in 2018, will have graduated in an accelerated three-year program after tonight s commencement at the School of Medicine campus. All will start residencies across the Hackensack Meridian
Health network. This is the fulfillment of a dream to improve our health system, from its very foundations, said Robert C. Garrett, CEO of Hackensack Meridian
Hackensack Meridian
Health, New Jersey’s largest, most comprehensive and integrated health network, and Eisai Inc., the U.S. pharmaceutical subsidiary of Eisai Co., Ltd., have entered into a research collaboration agreement that initially aims to help address the significant unmet needs of people living with Alzheimer’s disease, especially those experiencing the earliest stages of the disease, known as Mild Cognitive Impairment.
“We are proud to join forces with Eisai in our quest to expand early Alzheimer’s disease detection and improve community services for patients, caregivers and families impacted by the disease and other types of dementia,” said Robert C. Garrett, FACHE, CEO, Hackensack Meridian