Melissa Fowler Placed In Residency Program Following Graduation from Northeast Ohio Medical University

2013 Apr 24

Melissa Fowler of Unionport, Ohio, will pursue a postgraduate year one pharmacy residency at Akron General Medical Center in Akron, Ohio, following graduation from Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) this spring. Fowler is a graduate of Indian Creek High School .

Twenty-one NEOMED pharmacy graduates placed into residency positions, 16 of whom will remain in Ohio and 11 of those remaining in Northeast Ohio, for their continued education.

The majority placed in one-year, health-system pharmacy programs; three placed in two-year, combined health-system pharmacy programs offering a concurrent master's degree program; and, one placed in a one-year community pharmacy residency program.

Individuals from the College of Pharmacy who participated in the match program were among graduates nationwide who received results of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Resident Matching Program. The program includes both postgraduate year one and postgraduate year two pharmacy residencies. The program is sponsored and supervised by the ASHP and administered on behalf of the ASHP by National Matching Services Inc. Nineteen students submitted a rank list this year and matched, equating to 79 percent; well above the 63 percent national average for this year's match.

Northeast Ohio Medical University is a community-based, public medical university with a mission to improve the quality of health care in Northeast Ohio working in collaboration with its educational and clinical partners. With a focus on scientific and medical research, and the interprofessional training of health professionals that is unique to the state of Ohio, the University offers a doctor of medicine (M.D.) and a doctor of pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree, in addition to graduate-level coursework and research opportunities leading to master's and doctoral degrees in other medical areas. Northeast Ohio Medical University is a founding member of the Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron. Visit www.neomed.edu.