Robert Wood Johnson Medical School JOURNEY

ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL

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The White Coat Ceremony — a Robert Wood Johnson Medical School tradition marking the moment when incoming students assume the symbol of their new profession.The first step along a journey that...

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BARTON KAMEN, M.D., PH.D. Case Western Reserve University ’76, Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of HematologyOncology, Director of Pediatric Oncology at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey • Dr. Kamen applies basic research to patient care and is designated as one of only nine American Cancer Society clinical research professors nationwide, and the only pediatric hematologistoncologist. Currently he is studying reasons why some patients fail therapy or why treatment is sometimes too toxic.

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Our professors are engaged in cutting-edge basic and clinical research.Take the challenge and join these scientific pioneers on their journeys.

ANN STOCK, PH.D. University of California–Berkeley ’86, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Associate Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute • Dr. Stock has received numerous awards including the National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award.

Dr. Stock uses an array of modalities— molecular genetic, biochemical, and Xray crystallographic— to unravel the complexities of structure and function in signal transduction proteins.

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At Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, talented educators with innovative curricula teach you the skills necessary for lifelong learning

ROBERT L. TRELSTAD, M.D. Harvard ’66, Professor and former Chair of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 1981-1998, Acting Director of Child Health Institute of New Jersey, Harold L. Paz Chair in Developmental Biology • Dr. Trelstad was the President of the Society for Developmental Biology and a member of the Advisory Council of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. He was the 1992 recipient of the Distinguished Teacher in the Basic Sciences national award from Alpha Omega Alpha and the Association of American Medical Colleges. Dr. Trelstad’s forward thinking replaced the Pathology course traditional lecture format with reading, small group discussions and computedassisted learning. Small group Path Talk and Case Base serve as prototypes for the educational experience at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

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serve the community...

We believe that health care is a basic right. Become inspired and enlist in the mission to care for the underserved.

DENISE V. RODGERS, M.D. Michigan State University ’79, Professor of Family Medicine, Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, and Associate Dean for Community Health • Dr. Rodgers has led Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in its mission to provide high quality care to the underserved. Students are instructed in the community environment with a focus on cultural competence and the family unit.

U.S. News and World Report ranks Robert Wood Johnson Medical School second in the nation in Community Health.

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DAVID S. KOUNTZ, M.D. SUNY–Buffalo ’85, Associate Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Primary Care and Associate Dean for Postgraduate Education • With Dr. Kountz, students will learn of the complexities of practicing primary care medicine while observing a master in doctor-patient communication.

GLORIA A. BACHMANN, M.D. University of Pennsylvania ’74, Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Professor of Medicine, and Associate Dean for Women’s Health • Dr. Bachmann has been a pioneer in the areas unique to the changing female physiology. She has brought the issues of the midlife and menopausal woman to the forefront.

deliver compassionate care At Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, our clinicians provide state-of-the-art care intertwined with humanistic ideals.

Learn from these mentors and proceed to your training prepared to practice the science and art of medicine.

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Diverse interests, diverse cultures, diverse backgrounds. Learn from each other...

CHERYL DREYFUS, PH.D. Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences ’76, leading investigator in trophic factors in brain development leads a small group session • Dr. Dreyfus is the Director of one of the many undergraduate research opportunities for those interested in medicine, The Neuroscience Undergraduate Summer Research Program.

DAVID SEIDEN, PH.D. Temple University ’71, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Course Director Anatomy, Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs • Dr. Seiden travels throughout the country preparing students in the approach to anatomy.

Our Gross and Developmental Anatomy course has changed continually in order to keep it relevant. We have incorporated the use of radiology including CT and MRI scanning to visualize normal and abnormal structure. Students participate in cooperative learning exercises. Clinical anatomy is emphasized by clinical presentations relating developmental processes with common congenital defects. Practicing clinicians teach alongside basic scientists.

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WILLIAM ZEHRING, PH.D. University of Chicago ’82, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Course Director of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award of the Foundation of UMDNJ I’m helping to train individuals who will be practicing medicine in the year 2050. Our understanding of the genetic and molecular biological basis of human health and disease is expanding at an unprecedented pace. Tomorrow’s physicians and their patients will benefit from a body of knowledge that presentday doctors can only dream of. In Medical Biochemistry, our faculty models a way of thinking and understanding that links the clinical presentation of a disease with the underlying genetic and biochemical cause and with its treatment as well.

We include physician and patient interviews, which put a face — and a heart— onto the topics we cover. It makes for some pretty interesting stuff. Our goal is to provide a foundation of knowledge in human biochemistry and molecular biology that will serve our students not only in their subsequent medical school training, but well into their careers. And the learning is just beginning!

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Work in small groups, where the curriculum shifts from lecture to interactions, in the clinic where learning shifts from the bench to the bedside...

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JENNIFER SCHERR, a B.A./M.D. from Rutgers University, has coordinated the service efforts of the student-created, student-run Homeless and Indigent Population Health Outreach Project (HIPHOP) as Student Director and has represented the student body on the Curriculum Committee. Jennifer was diagnosed with type I diabetes in 1987. She enjoys counseling others and sharing her view that she is not a diabetic but a person with diabetes and many other aspects to her life.

TANISHIA WILLIAMS, Seton Hall University, is a former participant in Access Med Program, an articulated degree program with Rutgers University and Seton Hall University to encourage disadvantaged students to enter the medical profession.

Tanishia is currently in the laboratory, studying to complete her M.D./Ph.D. dual degree.

ourstudents in actıon CHRIS LANGAN, Dartmouth, took advantage of our flexible curriculum so that he could maintain his training program in running. Chris was able to qualify for the 2000 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, vying for a spot to represent the United States at the Summer Olympics. His time placed him in the top twenty-five percent of runners.

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Find Support among your peers GEOFFREY YOUNG, PH.D. Ohio State University ’90, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs • Dr. Young has created the Peer Mentoring Program. Upper classmen are specifically trained to be there should you need some help along the way. The Student Affairs Office provides an array of services from career counseling to cognitive skills enhancement.

NORMA SAKS, ED.D. Rutgers University ’86, Assistant Dean for Educational Programs, Director of the Cognitive Skills Program • Dr. Saks recognizes that students who have been very successful and have been admitted to medical school may need advice on integrating the information presented in a medical school curriculum.

She has developed a program available to all students and tailored to individuals. She has a national reputation and is the author of the acclaimed book entitled “How to Excel in Medical School.”

Where your professors are accessible and approachable... to programs beyond the preclinical curriculum which surround you on the campus. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School enjoys a close relationship with Rutgers,The State University of New Jersey. Many of our facilities are co-administered with Rutgers, affording opportunities for more collaborative research and dual degree education. Pick a scientist from the Research Tower or from the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine.Try a summer fellowship, be a Student Scholar for a year, or earn your Ph.D. Learn the business of medicine with our 5 year M.D./M.B.A. degree, or get on the fast track with a M.S. in Informatics.

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HAROLD L. PAZ, M.D. University of Rochester, ’82, M.S. Lifescience Engineering Tufts University ’79, Dean, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, conducts teaching rounds in Pulmonary Clinic.

MARK FISHER, Brandeis University ’97, Class of 2002, will gain a dual M.D./M.P.H. degree with the School of Public Health on an epidemiology track.

JAMES CREEDEN, Rutgers University Ph.D., Class of 2001 One of the great strengths of our medical school is its flexibility, allowing students with a variety of backgrounds and ambitions the chance to pursue other interests while completing the preclinical curriculum. As a result the student body is very diverse, with students pursuing Ph.D.s, M.P.H.s and J.D.s working alongside the traditional medical students, each bringing his/her unique skills and experiences.

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NADIA OVCHINSKY, B.A./M.D. from Rutgers University, RWJMS Class of 2002, is completing her study in the M.B.A. program, healthcare management track.

TRY AN ELECTIVE OR CREATE ONE. Robert Wood Johnson offers an array of non-credit electives offered weekly at convenient times. Learn medical Spanish, find out about Alternative and Complementary Medicine, check out the fast pace of an emergency department, learn about issues in pediatrics, geriatrics or women’s health.

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RAYMOND C. ROSEN, PH.D., SUNY Stony Brook ’72, Professor of Psychiatry and acting Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, is an internationally renowned researcher in sleep disorders and sexual dysfunction. Dr. Rosen has authored over 100 papers and chapters on aspects of sleep disorders and human sexuality. He is well known for his work in erectile dysfunction. SANDRA R. LEIBLUM, PH.D., University of Illinois ’71 , Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, joins Dr. Rosen as the Co-Director of the Center for Sexual and Marital Health. She specializes in sex therapy, women’s health, and infertility, has authored or co-edited over 80 chapters and articles, and is the North American Editor of the Journal of Sexual and Marital Therapy.

STUDENTS AT Robert Wood

Johnson Medical School complete their third and fourth years on one of two clinical campuses, in New Brunswick where Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is the principal teaching hospital, along with other affiliate hospitals, and in Camden where Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center serves as a single teaching site.

Eight week blocks of core clinical clerkships in Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Family Medicine, and

Psychiatry are spent in our many state-of-the-art facilities with accomplished clinical scientists.

Students try out their newly acquired clinical skills through a series of Objectively Structured Clinical Exercises (OSCEs).

Students perform history and physical examinations on real or standardized patients, form a differential diagnosis, and establish a management plan.

MICHAEL LEWIS, PH.D. University of Pennsylvania ’62 , University Distinguished Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Director of the Institute for the Study of Child Development, world renowned child psychologist, leads a faculty of diverse professionals in understanding individual children through the study of normal and atypical behavior patterns. Ask “why do children….?” and Dr. Lewis is likely to know the answers.

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School will prepare physicians in the care of the ever increasing older population. ELAINE LEVENTHAL, M.D., PH.D., University of Wisconsin ’74, Ph.D., Yale University ’66, Professor of Medicine, is the Director of the Gerontological Institute and the Director for the Geriatric Assessment Center. She coordinates an interdisciplinary team of health care professionals in the comprehensive medical assessment of patients 55 years of age and older.

Attending physicians provide immediate feedback to the students on their physical examination skills, communication skills, and professionalism.

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Preparing you to meet opportunities and take them to the limit...

A degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School leaves graduates well-rounded from the experiences offered by a first-rate institution

GINO CHIAPETTA Rutgers University ’97, RWJMS Class of 2001, academic superstar, was awarded junior Alpha Omega Alpha, and plans a career in orthopedics

PRIYA GOR University of Chicago ’96, RWJMS Class of 2000, Alpha Omega Alpha, residency in internal medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Robert Wood Johnson has provided me with a nurturing environment for both academic and personal growth. The professors are approachable and enjoy teaching. I found mentors that modeled professionalism in their patient care and their academic pursuits. Because of the knowledge and skills I gained in basic and clinical sciences, I felt prepared to pursue training in any residency program. Many of my classmates matched in top-notch residency programs. As an intern, I appreciate and utilize the knowledge and skills I acquired as a medical student. I earned my wings here at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and I am prepared to fly.

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Diverse minds, high aspirations...

JAMES ZAMORA California State ’96, RWJMS Class of 2001, class leader and community advocate, husband and father, plans a career in pediatric emergency medicine.

LIZ ROBINSON Harvard University ’97, RWJMS Class of 2002, is a student scholar in surgical research, ballet dancer, and aspiring surgeon.

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JAMIE LYNNE REEDY, M.D. RWJMS ’95, M.P.H. Johns Hopkins University ’94, internship and residency Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Chair of the Advocacy Committee of the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved and Chair for the Government Affairs Committee of the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians.

JEFFREY BRENNER, M.D. RWJMS ’95, internship and residency Swedish Medical Center, Washington State, Instructor in Family Medicine Robert Wood Johnson Medical School–Camden, and strong community advocate in Camden, runs a solo practice providing comprehensive family services, including obstetrics. He continues the tradition of community service and teaching by running the StOP-Student Outreach Program at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School-Camden.

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F. CHARLES BRUNICARDI, M.D. RWJMS ’80, residency in surgery, Health Science Center, SUNY–Brooklyn, is Chair, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine and Executive Director of the Multiple Organ Transplant Center at Methodist Hospital. He is also an accomplished guitarist and composer.

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RICHARD J. JACKSON, M.D. RWJMS ’71 residency in medicine and pediatrics at University of California–San Francisco and M.P.H. in Epidemiology at the University of California– Berkeley and the Centers for Disease Control, is the director of the National Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control.

had just started medical school.They wanted to increase their exposure to patients and to help the needy.

They founded HIPHOP— Homeless and Indigent Population Health Outreach Project.

This project has received funding from President Clinton’s Corporation for National and Community Service. A quarter of our students take part in HIPHOP. In addition, many other projects now thrive: IN 1990, DRS. BRENNER AND REEDY

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MOMS — the matching of a pregnant teenager with a HIPHOP volunteer through prenatal care to delivery

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CARE — support services for cancer patients

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STAATS — Students Teaching AIDS Awareness to Students

Alumnae Deans at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Doctors Dunston: mother and daughter alumnae FRANCES DUNSTON, M.D. RWJMS ’78, M.P.H. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ‘85, residency Medical College of Virginia, was the New Jersey State Commissioner of Health and Associate Dean for Special Programs at New Jersey Medical School. She is currently Professor and Chair of Pediatrics at Morehouse School of Medicine. Her daughter KARLA DUNSTON, M. D. graduated from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School–Camden in 1998 and is currently completing her residency in emergency medicine at Emory as Chief Resident.

She had been awarded the Excellent Teaching Resident Award. Dr. Dunston’s academic interests include Public Health and International Emergency Medicine.

MARIE TRONTELL, M.D. RWJMS ’76, residency and fellowship Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs GEZA KISS, M.D. RWJMS ’95, residency in anesthesiology and fellowship in Pain Management at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has joined the faculty as Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology. Dr. Kiss, having trained as a doctor of chiropractic medicine, represents one of the many graduates who came to our school having initially pursued another career path. We graduate physicians who were teachers, attorneys, physical therapists, athletes, dancers, clergy, musicians...

DAVID A. LASKOW, M.D. RWJMS ’81, residency Beth Israel Medical Center and fellowship University of Alabama, where he remained for 10 years as the Director of Pancreas Transplant Surgery and Pediatric Kidney Transplant Surgery.

Dr. Laskow is currently the Chief of Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Surgery at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Since the inception of the Transplant service in 1999, Dr. Laskow has performed hundreds of surgeries.

Dr. Laskow is researching the risk factors associated with graft and patient survival.

SUSAN ROSENTHAL, M.D. RWJMS ’75 residency Boston Children’s Hospital and fellowship Massachusetts General Hospital, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs CAROL A. TERREGINO, M.D. RWJMS ’86 residency and fellowship Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Assistant Dean for Admissions

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WITH STATE-OF-THE ART FACILITIES in Piscataway, New Brunswick, and Camden, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School offers the most diverse, well-rounded, and intellectually stimulating medical school education available. Fast-paced urban teaching hospitals in New Brunswick and Camden provide unique opportunities to learn and participate in diagnositic evaluations, treatment modalities, and community outreach.The facilities on the Piscataway campus create an unparalleled environment where students interact with researchers in a contemplative scholarly setting.

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The RESEARCH TOWERS and the DANIEL I. KESSLER TEACHING LABORATORIES on the Piscataway campus (above), house the laboratories and offices for basic science faculty and instructional environment for the basic science curriculum.

The CENTER FOR ADVANCED BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE (right) houses cutting-edge research efforts, allowing students access to the latest in equipment and the brightest minds in a variety of fields.

ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (left), a tertiary care referral center and Level I Trauma Center which provides care for the surrounding Central New Jersey community, includes a helipad (above) for receiving severe trauma cases.

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The CLINICAL ACADEMIC BUILDING (right) houses research laboratories, outpatient services and administrative offices for the clinical faculty.

Our structures and our ideas are in rapid expansion phase...

At Robert Wood Johnson Medical School we are committed to the young. The CHILD HEALTH INSTITUTE will break ground soon. The research focus will be in developmental biology with particular emphasis on genetics, cell differentiation, brain and behavior. The broad scope of the institute will be to integrate with other medical school institutes and develop an international center with emphasis on disease treatment and prevention. And there is more. The construction of a new Children’s Hospital by Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is in progress.

The CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY is the only center in the state designated by the National Cancer Institute, and only one of 13 designated nationwide. It has a strong basic science research base and its clinical researchers conduct numerous clinical trials.

Students learn about the outpatient practice of oncology in both adult and pediatric populations. An inpatient hospital facility is being built by Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital adjacent to the Cancer Institute to provide some of the most comprehensive oncologic services in the nation.

The ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES INSTITUTE offers an array of programs of study toward the M.P.H. degree: environmental and occupational health, biometrics, epidemiology, health systems and policy, health education and behavioral science, and family health.

COOPER HOSPITAL/UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (above), a tertiary care facility and a Level I trauma Center with a helipad, which serves the sprawling Southern region of New Jersey and the CORIELL INSTITUTE (right), a center for studies on cancer and human genetics with the world’s largest cell repository.

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Dual Degree Programs at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

the a path to excellence...

FIRST YEAR COURSES Biochemistry; Introduction to the Patient-Case Based Learning; Medical Ethics; Cell Biology and Histology; Gross and Developmental Anatomy; Neuroscience; Environmental and Community Medicine; Medical Genetics; Biochemistry of Nutrition; Medical Physiology; Medical Microbiology and Immunology SECOND YEAR COURSES Pathology and Laboratory Medicine-Behavioral Science and Psychiatry; Biostatistics/Epidemiology; Clinical Pathophysiology; Human Sexuality; Physical Diagnosis and Clinical Decision Making; Physical Diagnosis and Clinical Decision Making in Psychiatry; Pharmacology-Case-based Learning

Application Process

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Robert Wood Johnson Medical School participates in the American Medical College Applications Service (AMCAS). Applications may be obtained from the AAMC World Wide Web site at http://www.aamc.org. All applications will be reviewed after the Admissions Committee receives your Medical College Admissions Test scores and letters of recommendations (a pre-medical advisory committee evaluation or three academic recommendations). Interviews will be arranged at the invitation of the Admissions Committee.

Preference for admission is given to bona fide residents of the state of New Jersey. However, we recognize the importance of geographic diversity among our students and we encourage out of state applicants with outstanding credentials to apply to our school.

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School places high value on a balanced undergraduate education. While this balance will vary with the background and interests of the individual, it is expected that applicants will have exposed themselves to course work in the humanities, the behavioral sciences, and the liberal arts as well as the premedical sciences.

THE M.D./PH.D. PROGRAM at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, in conjunction with UMDNJ-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Rutgers University, offers an in-depth biomedical scientific education.

Tuition support and stipend are available.

THE M.D./J.D. PROGRAM allows for completion of both degrees in six years of full-time study. Both Rutgers University School of Law in Camden and Seton Hall Law School sponsor this dual degree program.

THE M.D./M.P.H. PROGRAM allows completion of both degrees in a five year period. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School sponsors this program with the School of Public Health and Rutgers University. There is full tuition support during the M.P.H. phase for selected students.

THE M.D./M.B.A. PROGRAM is sponsored by Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Rutgers University Graduate School of Management. The program may be completed in five years with full tuition support during M.B.A. phase available for selected students.

New Jersey Institute of Technology and the UMDNJ-School of Health Related Professions join Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in offering the M.D/M.S. IN INFORMATICS PROGRAM. An M.D./M.S. IN JURISPRUDENCE IN HEALTH LAW AND POLICY is offered in association with Seton Hall Law School. This program is specifically designed for those who desire to study Health Law and Health Policy without obtaining a J.D. degree. The program is completed in five years.

We encourage students in post baccalaureate programs to apply. We also encourage applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds and careers in other disciplines.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS the MCAT and a minimum of three years of college consisting of 90 semester hours of college work. The following undergraduate courses are required: Biology or Zoology (with laboratory) ..............................................2 semesters Inorganic Chemistry (with laboratory) ............................................2 semesters Organic Chemistry (with laboratory) ..............................................2 semesters Physics (with laboratory) ................................................................2 semesters College Mathematics ......................................................................1 semester English ............................................................................................2 semesters

Academic Departments

Interdepartmental Centers

Anesthesiology Biochemistry Emergency Medicine Environmental and Community Medicine Family Medicine Medicine Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Neurology Neuroscience and Cell Biology Obstetrics,Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences Ophthalmology Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Pediatrics Pharmacology Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physiology and Biophysics Psychiatry Radiation Oncology Radiology Surgery

Center for Biomedical Imaging Center for Biostatistics Center for Child and Reproductive Environmental Health Center for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Center for Molecular Therapeutics Center for Neuroscience Center for Stress Management and Behavioral MedicineGastrointestinal and Liver Tumor Center Genitourinary Tumor Study Group Center Gerontological Institute The Heart Center of New Jersey Leukemia/Lymphoma Study Center The Melanoma and Sarcoma Center The New Jersey Center for Environmental Hazards Research (Gulf War Research Center) New Jersey Comprehensive Breast Care Center Perinatal Institute Thoracic Tumor Study Group Center Trauma Center The Vascular Center of New Jersey

Independent Centers and Institutes Affiliated with RWJMS/UMDNJ The Cancer Institute of New Jersey Dean and Betty Gallo Prostate Cancer Institute at CINJ Cardiovascular Institute Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine Child Health Institute of New Jersey Clinical Research Center Coriell Institute for Medical Research Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Center of Excellence The Eric B. Chandler Health Center The Women’s Health Institute

Department-Based Centers and Institutes New Jersey Pain Institute Centers for Education and Training in Environmental Health Clinical Center of EOHSI Ozone Research Center The Resource Center of EOHSI Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity Sports Medicine Center Cardiac Arrhythmia Center Center for Coronary Artery Disease Reversal Center for Disease Management and Clinical Outcomes Center for HIV Infection

PRODUCTION CREDITS Produced by the Office of Admissions, UMDNJ–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Text: Carol A. Terregino, M.D. Art Direction & Design: Bruce Hanson/EGADS Principal Photography: Dennis Connors Photography Assistants: WIll Landin, Michael Cardone, Karenann Sinnocchi, Jennifer Capaldo, Josh Davis, Mary Beth Dus, Elisabeth Sherman Additional photography: Page 8/Chris Langan, courtesy Chris Langan; Page 12/F. Charles Brunicardi, courtesy F. Charles Brunicardi, Richard J. Jackson, courtesy Richard J. Jackson; Page 12-13/Dunstons, Nigel Marson Image of the Child Health Institute on Page 15, courtesy Robert Trelstad.

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Comprehensive Sleep Disorders Center Corporate Wellness Center Crohn’s and Colitis Center of New Jersey Digestive Disease Center Geriatric Assessment Service Heart Failure Center Hypertension Outpatient Center Initiative in Molecular Medicine Lipid Disorder Center Lyme Disease Center The New Jersey Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lupus New Jersey Regional Hemophilia Program Osteoporosis Center Psoriasis Clinic Research Disease Center Robert Wood Johnson Dialysis Center Scleroderma Program Thrombosis Center University Renovascular Center of New Jersey Advanced Center for Parkinson’s Disease Research Comprehensive Epilepsy Center Neuromuscular and ALS Center The Center for Women’s and Perinatal Health Initiatives Fetal Wellness Center Institute for Reproductive and Perinatal Genetics University Center for Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility Women’s Wellness Center Center for Human Development and Developmental Disabilities Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities – The University Affiliated Program of New Jersey The Child Sexual Abuse Program of the Central New Jersey Regional Child Abuse Center Institute for Children with Cancer and Blood Disorders Institute for the Study of Child Development New Jersey SIDS Resource Center

Center for Psychopharmacology Research Center for Sexual and Marital Health Comprehensive Services on Aging Institute for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders

Student Interest and Activity Groups American Medical Student Association Christian Medical and Dental Society Emergency Medicine Interest Group The Student National Medical Association Obstetrics & Gynecology Interest Group Catholic Medical Student Association Jewish Medical Students Society HIPHOP (Homeless and Indigent Population Health Outreach Project) Operation Smile — RWJMS Chapter SALUD Student Government Association American Women’s Medical Association Sports Medicine Society American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin Family Medicine Interest Group Clinical Neuroscience Society HARTS (Healing Arts) Laennec Society (Internal Medicine Interest Group) Valentine-Mott (Surgery Interest Group) International Healthcare Group Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People in Medicine MD/MPH Student Organization Medical Students for Choice Military Medical Student Association Multicultural Diversity Group Muslim Student Association Organization of Student Representatives of the Association of American Medical Colleges Peer Mentor Contacts RWJ Today Scribe Service BA/MD Student Association

ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL For more information call the Office of Admissions (732) 235-4576 Visit our Admissions website at http://rwjms.umdnj.edu To learn more about Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, visit http://rwjms.umdnj.edu/admissions