Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

A partnership between Cooper University Health Care and Rowan University, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) opened in summer 2012. It is the only four-year, MD-granting medical school in South Jersey. CMSRU is proudly mission-driven, focused on developing highly skilled and socially conscious physician leaders who value a patient-centered, team approach to health care. Its innovative curriculum provides students with small-group, self-directed learning with early and continuous patient care experiences, beginning the third week of medical school in the Cooper Rowan Clinic.

The CMSRU Medical Education Building is located at the corner of Broadway and Benson Streets in Camden, New Jersey, in the heart of the Cooper Health Sciences Campus. The six-story building includes large and small learning and study spaces, research and anatomy labs, administrative offices, and student wellness spaces. In 2019, CMSRU moved its Clinical Skills and Simulation Center from the CMSRU Medical Education Building to the newly constructed Joint Health Sciences Center – a collaborative space for researchers and educators from Rowan, Rutgers University-Camden, and Camden County College. The Joint Health Sciences Center is located at Broadway and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.

CMSRU has been listed among the “Top 10 Most Competitive” medical schools for admission in U.S. News and World Report, and was the recipient of the 2019 Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Engagement, one of the most prestigious awards presented by the Association of American Medical Colleges. CMSRU earned full accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) in June 2016 and received full re-accreditation for the maximum eight years in November 2021.

Today, renowned physician, educator and researcher Annette C. Reboli, MD, is the dean of CMSRU. There are more than 400 medical students in four classes enrolled at CMSRU.

Since its first Commencement in 2016, CMSRU has graduated nearly 750 physicians, all with a commitment to practicing confidently and compassionately, and with a drive to effect change in their communities. These physicians practice medicine, conduct research, and educate medical students across the country.