The New Jersey Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act passed legislation in June, and Gov. Chris Christie signed the bill into law in August. The legislation calls for part of Rutgers University to merge with Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J., and to divide the schools of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey between the two.
Representatives of Rutgers and UMDNJ already serve on 13 integration teams to facilitate every aspect of the transition. According to the release, the following changes will take effect July 1, 2013:
• Except for UMDNJ’s University Hospital in Newark and the School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, N.J., all of UMDNJ will become part of Rutgers.
• The Cancer Institute of New Jersey will be designated a separate institute within Rutgers University.
• The School of Osteopathic Medicine, located on UMDNJ’s Stratford campus, will be transferred to Rowan University, which will be designated a research university.
• University Hospital will become a freestanding institution with its own board of directors, and a financial firewall will be created so that the hospital’s losses will no longer be covered by academic operations. University Hospital will remain the principal teaching hospital for the Newark-based medical and dental schools.
• Rutgers’ board of governors will be expanded from 11 to 15 members, with eight appointed by the governor and seven selected by the Rutgers’ board of trustees.
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