Summa Health System-NEOMED Program

Family Medicine Analyst Verified · Sep 17, 2026

Summa Health System-NEOMED Program

Summa Health System-NEOMED Program is a residency program specializing in Family Medicine, located in Akron, Ohio, directed by Maria A. Schiaffino, MD and coordinated by Josie Fournier. The program accepts applications through January 9, 2027 and holds an accreditation status of Continued. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at fournierj@summahealth.org or (330) 375-3144. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

Summa Health/NEOMED is a longstanding community-based, university-affiliated Family Medicine program (one of the earliest in the U.S., founded 1970) built around a Clinic First, Patient-Centered Medical Home model with 1000 hours of continuity clinic and a multidisciplinary team (behavioral health, pharmacy, social work, addiction medicine) caring for medically complex, underserved Akron patients. Scholarly activity is structured but modest in scope, requiring two projects (one quality-improvement) with local/regional dissemination rather than a research-driven identity, supported by a broader Summa research infrastructure (CRC, DISCOVER Center, TRC) that residents can access but are not centrally required to use. The program offers an osteopathic recognition track, six months of PGY2/3 electives allowing individualized "tracks," and skill-building workshops in POCUS, dermatology, and musculoskeletal medicine, with graduates dispersing into hospice/palliative care, sports medicine, addiction medicine, geriatrics, hospitalist work, rural and international medicine, and leadership roles. The program explicitly values whole-person, team-based generalist care, community engagement (food insecurity programs, legal aid partnership), and workforce diversity reflecting its patient population.

Who it fits

An applicant oriented toward broad-spectrum, continuity-based community family medicine who values team-based chronic disease management, underserved population care, and flexible post-residency paths (rural, addiction, hospice, sports medicine) over a narrow subspecialty or research trajectory.

Research intensity

Moderate - two scholarly projects required (including a quality-improvement project) with presentation encouraged, but not central to program identity.

Career orientation

Mixed - Community Practice, Fellowship

Important

The program offers a designated osteopathic recognition track with defined OMM coursework and eligibility criteria for DO and non-DO residents, and requires at least one letter of recommendation from a family medicine physician the applicant has worked with.

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Family Medicine

Deadline 01/09/2027

95 days left

Accreditation Status Continued

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VISA POLICY

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GRADUATION CUT OFF

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ECFMG CERTIFICATE

PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT

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