Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Cooper Medical School
of Rowan University

Type	Medical school
Established	2012
Parent institution	Rowan University
Affiliation	Cooper University Health Care
Dean	Annette Reboli (current)
Academic staff	450
Students	class size 80-112
Location	Camden , New Jersey , U.S.
Campus	Urban and Suburban
Colors	Red and Gold
Website	cmsru.rowan.edu

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) is a public medical school located in Camden, New Jersey. It was created as a partnership between Rowan University and Cooper University Hospital in 2009 by executive order of Governor Jon Corzine.^[1] CMSRU opened in summer 2012. It is the first medical school to be opened in New Jersey in over 35 years and the only four-year MD-granting institution located in South Jersey.

Rowan University and The Cooper Health System partnered in June 2009 to establish CMSRU to help address the physician shortage locally and nationally and to improve healthcare throughout the region. New Jersey governor and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie spoke at the school's opening. Its charter class was admitted in May 2012 and a second class matriculated in the fall of 2013. By August 2015, CMSRU had matriculated all four years of students.