Newark UMDNJ leader sold on merger despite early reservations

[srru86]

NJ Biz
Need another reason to understand why the Rutgers-UMDNJ merger was so big? Listen to the dean of the medical school

 

[Upstream]

The only people who didn't think the merger was big and complex were people who know nothing about mergers. The only people who didn't think that the merger would be transformational for UMDNJ and Rutgers are people who misestimated the level of research done at each university.

Also, anyone think it is ironic that Robert Johnson is dean of New Jersey Medical School instead of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

 

[HeavenUniv.]

Upstream,
Is the possible merger of almost all the hospitals in central and northern New Jersey a good thing for the Rutgers Biomedical Schools ?

 

[Upstream]

Upstream,
Is the possible merger of almost all the hospitals in central and northern New Jersey a good thing for the Rutgers Biomedical Schools ?

I don't know. Barnabas Health is certainly a much larger hospital network than RWJ. And Barnabas' major hospitals (St Barnabas, Newark Beth Israel, Monmouth) are certainly better options for medical research than RWJ's secondary hospitals (Hamilton, Rahway, Somerville), but none of them come close to RWJ in New Brunswick in regards to research or medical education.

If there is the opportunity for the hospital merger to benefit Rutgers, it is probably in regards to Newark Beth Israel, which potentially could become a good partner for Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark.

Other than that, there is probably no real benefit to Rutgers other than the possibility of the Rutgers name being affiliated with more hospitals around the state (and that is probably worth more to the hospitals than to Rutgers).

 

[srru86]

With Jersey Shore UMC a major teaching affiliate of RWJMS and the Meridian health group linking up with the Hackensack group you wonder about some of the cross affiliations. Hack is teaming up with Seton Hall on the new medical school and has a affiliation with Georgetown(?) for cancer. While JSUMC is oriented to RWJ/RBHS on these and other fronts.
It's a complicated world.