What You Need To Know
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One-hundred sixty-eight students from the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (HMSOM) have received their medical degrees, and will now start their careers healing those in need in New Jersey.
The medical students came from the 2022 cohort of the medical school (129 students) who graduated after four years; and the 2023 cohort (39 students), who completed their education in an accelerated three years.
The commencement’s keynote was delivered by New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill, who was sworn into office on Jan. 20 at the very same place where the HMSOM commencement was held: the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
Fifty-one percent of the Class of 2026 (84 students) will train in New Jersey for the first year of residency. Of these, 65 students matched into a Hackensack Meridian Health program. Other states where students matched for residency include New York (40 students) and California (seven), Massachusetts (six), among 21 states total.
The specialties the students matched into include: Internal Medicine (43); Psychiatry (16); Pediatrics (15); Family Medicine (14); Anesthesiology (11); Emergency Medicine (10); and Obstetrics and Gynecology (10), among other residencies.
The new group of graduates brings the total of new doctors trained by this newest medical school in New Jersey to a total of 572.