Is Summa Health System affiliated with a medical school?
Summa Health System is a major teaching institution of the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM), a community-based state medical school that awards the medical degree and, through consortial arrangements with the University of Akron, Kent State University and Youngstown State University, offers a combined B.S./M.D. program and Ph.D. programs in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. NEOUCOM and its 18 associated hospitals cosponsor graduate and continuing medical education programs for residents, physicians and allied health professionals. The majority of active staff physicians at Summa Health System have appointments to NEOUCOMs clinical faculty.