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Office of Graduate Medical Education

Office of Clinical and Health Affairs

The Office of Graduate Medical Education oversees more than 130 residency and fellowship programs across Rutgers Health. As a sponsoring institution with a single accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), Rutgers Health boasts the largest graduate medical education (GME) program in New Jersey and one of the largest in the nation, representing more than 1,700 residents and fellows, and offering rigorous and unique training opportunities in fields such as cardiothoracic anesthesia, developmental-behavioral pediatrics, forensic psychiatry, complex general surgical oncology, pediatric endocrinology, and more.

Contact the Office Meet Our Team Find Resources, Contacts & Policies

Explore Our Programs

Explore a broad range of residency and fellowship programs delivered in conjunction with our schools and clinical affiliate, RWJBarnabas Health. Learn from the best minds in health care and receive superior hands-on clinical training while benefiting from resources and interprofessional opportunities across Rutgers Health.

Explore GME Programs

Resources

  • Rutgers Health offers a number of resources and tools to support resident wellness and education. A NetID is required to access some resources.

    • Wellbeing Resources - Find tools that promote trainee wellbeing at Rutgers Health.
    • Recorded Educational Presentations - Access recorded Grand Rounds events and other educational presentations from Rutgers Health events.
    • Grand Rounds Calendar - See flyers and links to upcoming Rutgers Health GME Grand Rounds sessions and access instructions on how to register for CME for these sessions.
    • Call Room Information – Access information on who to contact if you experience an issue with a call room throughout Rutgers Health.
    • Lactation Room Information - Access information about private lactation spaces throughout Rutgers Health.
    • Chief Resident Retreat - Learn about the interdisciplinary program for chief fellows and residents across Rutgers Health.
    • Root Cause Analysis FAQs for Trainees
    • Social Media Resources | Communicating about Rutgers
  • Find development resources, forms, and more resources to support program directors and coordinators. A NetID is required to access some resources.

    • Development Sessions for Coordinators
    • Resources for Teaching Quality and Patient Safety
    • Transitions of Care Educational Materials
    • Coordinator Forms
    • Psychological First Aid
    • Health Equity Lecture Series
    • CANDOR Didactic Sessions

Contacts

  • Location Contact
    Community Medical Center danette.meyer@rwjbh.org
    Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center debbie.paciga@rwjbh.org
    Jersey City Medical Center eneida.wolfe@rwjbh.org
    Monmouth Medical Center priya.fernicola@rwjbh.org
    New Jersey Medical School GME@njms.rutgers.edu
    Newark Beth Israel Medical Center yashonda.thomas@rwjbh.org
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset kathryn.schmidt.rwjbh.org
    Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
    or University of Medicine and Dentistry of New
    Jersey (UMDNJ)
    SRB201@rutgers.edu
    Trinitas Regional Medical Center  melissa.mann@rwjbh.org
  • Location Ombud Contact
    New Jersey Medical School Dr. Christin Traba morancm@njms.rutgers.edu
    Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Dr. Lynn Clemow clemowlp@rwjms.rutgers.edu
    RWJBarnabas Health Dr. Robert Walter robert.walter@rwjbh.org

Policies

    • 01-001 Resident and Fellow Appointments (PDF)
    • 01-005 Promotion Appointment Renewal and Dismissal (PDF)
    • 02-001 Clinical and Educational Work Hours (PDF)
    • 03-001 Supervision (PDF)
    • 03-002 Transitions of Care (PDF)
    • 04-001 Professional Liability Insurance (PDF)
    • 04-002 Health and Disability Insurance (PDF)
    • 04-003 Resident Services (PDF)
    • 4.3 Dress Code (PDF)
    • 4.4 Social Media (PDF)
    • 05-001 Vacations and Leaves of Absence (PDF)
    • 06-001 Grievance (PDF)
    • 07-001 Non-Competition (PDF)
    • 08-001 Substantial Disruptions in Patient Care or Education (PDF)
    • 09-001 Closures and Reductions (PDF)
    • 10-001 Vendor Interactions (PDF)
    • 11-001 Policy Mechanisms for Confidential Reporting (PDF)
    • Rutgers Health Clinical Policies (NetID required)

Concerns and Feedback

Rutgers Health Graduate Medical Education offers resources to support resident wellness and education and ways to report concerns. Please email us if you have a suggestion for improving wellbeing or the clinical learning environment.

Report a Concern

2024-2025 GME Professionalism Awards

Congratulations to the 2024-2025 GME Professionalism Awards recipients and nominees.

Parveen Gaba
Ali Tayebi Meyobi
Ashley Toussaint
Alissa Ruszkowski
Anesthesiology department team members hold an award
David Suster
Benjamin Kuritzkes

Parveen Gaba, MD
NBIMC Infectious Disease

Ali Tayebi Meyobi, MD
NJMS Neurological Surgery

Ashley Toussaint, DO
RWJMS General Surgery

Alissa Ruszkowski, MD
JCMC Internal Medicine

RWJUH Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
(Team Award)

David Suster, MD
NJMS Pathology
(Faculty Award)

Benjamin Kuritzkes, MD
RWJMS Colon & Rectal Surgery
(Faculty Award)

Accordion Content

    • Ashley Asensio, RWJMS Emergency Medicine
    • Baburao Koneru, NJMS Surgery
    • Biren Saraiya, RWJMS/Rutgers Cancer Institute
    • Catherine Ye, NJMS Internal Medicine
    • CBMC ICU Attendings, CBMC ICU
    • Chief Residents, NJMS PM&R
    • Christopher Didzbalis, NJMS Plastic Surgery
    • Connor Thimjon, CMC General Surgery
    • Daniel Giraldo Herrera, NJMS Diagnostic Radiology
    • Davis Chacko, NJMS Pathology
    • Mohammad Dastjerdi, NJMS Ophthalmology
    • Dylan Oliver, NJMS Orthopaedic Surgery
    • Henry Herrera, RWJMS Neurology
    • Jessica Greenberg, NJMS OB/GYN MFM
    • Lam Tu, NJMS Diagnostic Radiology
    • Malika Reddy, UH Podiatric Medicine and Surgery
    • Marko Oydanich, NJMS Ophthalmology
    • Melanie Liukart, NJMS Emergency Medicine
    • NJMS ID Fellows , NJMS Infectious Disease
    • Rijul Asri, NJMS Psychiatry
    • Ryan Raffel, NBIMC OBGYN
    • Sarthak Shah, CMC Internal Medicine
    • Shawn Chawla, RWJMS Cardiology
    • Stephanie Ruthberg, NJMS Psychiatry
    • Sudheesh Ramachandran, NJMS Neurology
    • Trinitas Medicine Clinic Nurses, TRMC DOM
    • Yida Cai, NJMS Plastic Surgery
    • Yusuf Sendil, NJMS Psychiatry

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