The medical school has more than 2,450 full-time, part-time and volunteer faculty and 2,530 staff members. Approximately 757 medical students[5] are enrolled at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School as well as 120 PhD students. The Class of 2017 has 134 students with 54% women and 53% native New Jersey residents. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School ranks among the top 10 percent nationally of medical schools in minority student enrollment. 42 percent of the student body are alumni of Rutgers University and 16 percent attended Ivy League colleges. Eighty percent had a single or double major in the biological or physical sciences, and four students were pre-accepted as members of the MD/PhD program.
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School sponsors 49 programs in graduate medical education, 41 of which are accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), five accredited by Specialty Boards or Societies and two without the option of accreditation. These include: anesthesia, family medicine, medicine, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, pathology, pediatrics, psychiatry, radiology and surgery. There are 447 residents and fellows in programs accredited by the ACGME or the ABMS. There are four additional fellowships for which ACGME or ABMS accreditation is not available. Continuing medical education programs are conducted on a global basis.
The medical school's faculty physicians provide clinical care as part of Rutgers Health and Rutgers Health Group. The school has more than 500 physician members and 200 clinical programs. Faculty physicians provide clinical care at numerous hospitals and ambulatory care sites throughout the state.
The Eric B. Chandler Health Center, a federally qualified health center owned by the medical school, provides more than 60,000 patient encounters. It is the only family health center of its kind in New Jersey that is supported by a medical school and operated jointly with a community board.[6]
Major Clinical Affiliates
Clinical Affiliates
- Bayshore Medical Center - Holmdel, NJ
- Capital Health Regional Medical Center - Trenton, NJ
- Carrier Clinic - Belle Mead, NJ
- CentraState Medical Center - Freehold, NJ
- Children's Specialized Hospital - New Brunswick, NJ
- Deborah Heart and Lung Center - Browns Mills, NJ
- Hunterdon Medical Center - Raritan, NJ
- JFK Medical Center - Edison, NJ
- Monmouth Medical Center - Long Branch, NJ
- Morristown Medical Center - Morristown, NJ
- Ocean Medical Center - Brick, NJ
- Overlook Medical Center - Summit, NJ
- Riverview Medical Center - Red Bank, NJ
- St. Francis Medical Center - Trenton, NJ
- St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center - Paterson, NJ
- University Behavioral Health Care - Piscataway, NJ
- VA New Jersey Health Care System, Lyons Campus - Lyons, NJ
- Virtua Memorial - Marlton, NJ
- Virtua Voorhees - Voorhees, NJ
- St. Luke's Warren - Phillipsburg, NJ
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School received $89 million in research grant awards in FY 2012. Of this amount, $50 million was from the National Institutes of Health. There is substantial strength within cancer, child health, neuroscience, and cell biology research programs.
Centers and Institutes
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has approximately 85 affiliated centers and institutes. The major centers and institutes include:[7]
- Cardiovascular Institute of New Jersey
- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
- Child Health Institute of New Jersey
- Clinical Research Center
- Women's Health Institute
- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine