Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

What Robert Wood Johnson Medical School does

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) is a comprehensive academic medical school and a component of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, operating across 17+ locations primarily in New Brunswick and Piscataway, New Jersey, with additional satellite facilities in Somerset, Monroe Township, and Edison. Founded in 1962 (originally as part of UMDNJ) and integrated into Rutgers in 2013, the school enrolls approximately 160 students per MD cohort, supports 49 graduate medical education residency and fellowship programs, offers five dual-degree tracks, and employs 2,500+ clinical and basic science faculty across 19 departments. Its academic outputs include a 96% residency match rate (2026, versus a 93.5% national average) and a median graduate debt of $180,000 (2018).

RWJMS's core technology and research portfolio spans clinical care delivery through the Rutgers Health network, translational and basic science research, and biomedical computation. Notable proprietary assets include the PRISM computational tool for tumor microbiome analysis (>90% sensitivity/specificity), the NIH-funded enCLS next-generation neurostimulation device for drug-resistant epilepsy, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) research showing meaningful reductions in hospital length of stay, and patents in glycosylation inhibition held by the Omar Boraie Endowed Chair. The school also operates clinical facilities including the Eric B. Chandler Health Center (a federally qualified community health center) and the SIDS Center of New Jersey, alongside the CARE-PC research hub for person-centered care.

The institution operates as a non-profit public academic entity with four revenue streams: tuition and fees from MD and dual-degree programs, competitive research grants from NIH and the National Institute on Aging, clinical care revenue through Rutgers Health, and alumni donations. Governance sits with the Rutgers Board of Governors under Chancellor Brian L. Strom, with Dean Amy P. Murtha, MD, leading the medical school. RWJMS is preparing for full LCME accreditation to merge with New Jersey Medical School into the Rutgers School of Medicine (anticipated 2027), which is positioned to become one of the largest medical schools in the U.S., alongside physical expansion through the new HELIX building in New Brunswick.

Name

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Legal name

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Website

https://rwjms.rutgers.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is a Rutgers University academic medical school in New Jersey offering MD and residency programs, biomedical research, and clinical care across 17+ locations to 2,500+ faculty and roughly 160 students per cohort.

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Product category

Academic Medical Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Offices of Physicians (62111), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting) (EDAHAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Research Universities with Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) (EDAHAAAC), Health Administration & Health Policy Schools (MHA/MPH Policy) (EDAHAGAL)

Keywords

• Medical education
• Graduate medical training
• Clinical research
• Biomedical research
• Patient care services

Headquarters

HQ city

New Brunswick

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices14 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Medical Education: Tuition and fees from MD program, dual-degree programs, and continuing medical education programs.
2. Research Funding: Competitive grants from NIH, National Institute on Aging, and other federal agencies supporting research training and projects.
3. Clinical Care Revenue: Patient care services through Rutgers Health providing healthcare services.
4. Alumni Donations: Annual fund contributions and major gifts from alumni supporting student scholarships and programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) is a comprehensive academic medical school offering a four-year MD program, dual-degree programs, 49 graduate medical education residency and fellowship programs, and continuing medical education. The school delivers patient care through the Rutgers Health network across 17+ locations in New Jersey and conducts federally funded biomedical, translational, and clinical research across 19 basic science and clinical departments.

Product overview

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is an academic medical school offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational programs and healthcare services. The core offerings include a four-year MD program, 49 graduate medical education residency and fellowship programs, medical student research opportunities, and clinical trials through Rutgers Health. The school operates clinical facilities including the Eric B. Chandler Health Center (a federally qualified community health center) and the SIDS Center of New Jersey. Research centers such as CARE-PC (Center Advancing Research and Evaluation for Person-Centered Care) support population health research. Continuing medical education programs serve practicing healthcare professionals. The institution is part of Rutgers University's integration toward the future Rutgers School of Medicine (anticipated accreditation in 2027).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MD Program
• Graduate Medical Education Residency and fellowship training programs offered across 49 graduate medical education specialties for physicians pursuing advanced clinical training.
• Dual Degree Programs Combined degree pathways (including MD/PhD and other dual-degree tracks) integrating medical training with research or other graduate disciplines.
• Continuing Medical Education Professional development and continuing education programs for practicing physicians and healthcare professionals.
• Medical Student Research Training Structured research opportunities for medical students, including the INSPIRE Program and the MD/PhD program, providing training in biomedical investigation.
• Rutgers Health Patient Care Services Clinical care services delivered to patients through the Rutgers Health network at 17+ locations across New Jersey.
• Eric B. Chandler Health Center Federally qualified community health center operated by RWJMS providing primary care services to underserved populations in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
• SIDS Center of New Jersey Statewide center dedicated to research, education, bereavement support, and risk reduction related to Sudden Unexpected Infant Death, operating under a New Jersey Department of Health grant.
• Center Advancing Research and Evaluation for Person-Centered Care (CARE-PC) Interdisciplinary research hub within Rutgers Health that mobilizes resources to enable patients to make informed health decisions and to study person-centered care delivery.
• Clinical Trials Clinical research studies offered to patients seeking advanced treatment options through Rutgers Health.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96% match rate to residency programs in 2026, exceeding national rate of 93.5%
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• TriSalus Life SciencesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 April 2026Academic collaboration for research on Pressure Enabled Drug Delivery (PEDD) platform covering applications in liver-directed therapies and uterine artery embolization. Company executives highlighted growing body of evidence supporting PEDD as differentiated approach.
• RWJBarnabas HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 March 2026Collaborative research partnership presenting 70 cardiovascular research abstracts at ACC.26, reflecting research across multiple hospitals and academic institutions.
• Stanford UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 February 2026Collaboration on COAST study developing neuropsychological tests for early Alzheimer's detection in Mandarin-speaking older adults, funded by National Institute on Aging.
• National Specialty Care Access Coalition (NSCAC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 February 2026Collaboration of more than 20 major US health systems including University Hospitals to address growing gap in access to medical specialists, particularly in rural communities and underserved urban neighborhoods.
• New Jersey Healthcare LeaderscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 January 2026Public-private partnerships driving innovation and expanding access across New Jersey, with emphasis on technology, AI, community trust, and shared accountability.
• Emory University School of MedicineminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 September 2025NIH-funded study collaboration on next-generation neurostimulation device (enCLS) for epilepsy. Emory provides neuroimaging and brain activity datasets to refine and test enCLS algorithms. Principal investigator is Hai Sun at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
• Stevens Institute of TechnologyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 September 2025Collaborating institution in $2.8 million NIH grant for development of next-generation neurostimulation device for drug-resistant epilepsy.
• RWJBarnabas HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 September 2025Strategic partner in NIH-funded research on epilepsy technology. Major health system partner integrated with Rutgers Health.
• Butterfly NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 January 2025Collaborative research study revealing preliminary findings on impact of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in hospital care, demonstrating significant reductions in length of stay and healthcare costs.
• Hackensack University Medical Center (HMH Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIDS Center of New Jersey operates under grant from NJ Department of Health and is based at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and HMH Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: NYC-based medical school with major hospital system integration, NIH-funded research, and MD/PhD programs. Comparable in academic medicine operating model, graduate medical education breadth, and translational research portfolio.
• Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: NYC-based research medical school at a private Ivy League institution with strong NIH funding, residency programs, and clinical integration with NewYork-Presbyterian. Comparable in MD education, biomedical research output, and GME scale to a public peer of similar research caliber.
• NYU Grossman School of Medicine: NYC-based research-intensive medical school with full-tuition scholarship model, large research portfolio, and clinical integration with NYU Langone. Comparable to RWJMS in MD education, residency training, and academic-clinical model, with substantially larger resources and reputational pull in the NY/NJ medical market.
• Perelman School of Medicine (University of Pennsylvania): Ivy League, Philadelphia-based academic medical center with an MD program, large research portfolio, and AMC integration. Comparable to RWJMS in operating academic medicine, biomedical research, and clinical training, though at substantially larger scale and private versus public status.

Direct peers

• Rutgers New Jersey Medical School: The fellow Rutgers medical school (Newark-based) with which RWJMS is merging to form the future Rutgers School of Medicine. Same parent institution, same governance structure, same MD program and resident training footprint — the most directly comparable peer and the explicit integration partner for the 2027 LCME-accredited Rutgers School of Medicine.
• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine: Public research medical school with a major hospital partner (UPMC) and strong NIH-funded physician-scientist training. Comparable as a public-AMC-anchored MD program with research mission; RWJMS's new Senior Associate Dean Alison Morris previously led Pitt PACCSM, underscoring overlap.
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine: NYC-area research medical school with MD program, MD/PhD training, and an affiliated clinical network serving diverse urban communities — comparable to RWJMS in mission, scale, and breadth of GME programs.

Regional players

• Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University: Philadelphia-area private medical school with integrated hospital system, focused MD curriculum, and regional draw. Comparable to RWJMS in mid-Atlantic academic medicine footprint and MD education delivery model.
• Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine: Pennsylvania-based community-focused medical school with a regional integrated health system (Geisinger) and emphasis on community health and rural care delivery. Comparable to RWJMS in academic-community-medicine model and population-health research mission.
• Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine: New Jersey-based, newer community-focused medical school with a 3-year accelerated MD pathway and integrated health system. Operates in the same NJ market as RWJMS and competes for in-state applicants, faculty, and clinical placements.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RWJMS
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/RWJMS
• Facebookfacebook.com/RWJMedicalSchool
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rutgers-robert-wood-johnson-medical-school
• Instagraminstagram.com/rwjms

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Subsidiaries2 records

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