Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine
Community is the MSOM Difference
Western Maryland's largest healthcare provider, with a 120-year legacy of providing community-based care, is proud to be launching the Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine to train physicians who will be socially responsible, professionally accomplished, and community oriented.
Become a community-oriented physician.
Our goal is to educate great doctors who have experience engaging in the community. Click below to see the impact of the ways Meritus cares for its community. Medical students will have volunteer and research opportunities to participate in these initiatives and more.
Shape your medical future.
Benefit from hands-on learning and an expanding residency program at Meritus Health, preparing you for a successful medical career.
Addressing Community Health Needs
Meritus Health has been doing community-based care for over 120 years. To us, this means living our mission every single day by engaging with the community to serve all of their health needs whatever it may take. For example, here are just some of the community-based initiatives we're doing today:
- Giving free groceries to our neediest patients at our practice locations
- Weekly conversations with patients who indicate they lack social companionship
- Employing a fleet of vans and drivers so nobody misses an appointment due to lack of transportation
- Providing over $65M in community benefit including over $12M in free medical care
MSOM is taking that tradition of caring for the community and incorporating it into our curriculum.
"Our mission is to improve health in the region," explained Meritus Health President and CEO Maulik Joshi. "As an anchor organization for this community, it is our privilege and obligation to positively impact the lives of over 200,000 people in our region. The Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine will do that. It will change the game for the health, education and economy for everyone."
+ Our Mission
+ Our Mission
Prepare future generations of physicians who are professionally accomplished, socially responsible, and community oriented.
+ Our Vision
+ Our Vision
To be a leader in community-based medical education.
+ Our Plan
+ Our Plan
Please see our Strategic Plan.
+ Our Virtual Tour
+ Our Virtual Tour
The Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine
supports a growing need
There is a growing shortage of physicians, and there are not enough new physicians being produced. Maryland is graduating fewer physicians, relative to population, than any other state.
124K
PHYSICIANS
National projected shortage of physicians by 2030
52
PHYSICIANS
Current Shortage in Washington County, Maryland
1 in 3
PHYSICIANS
is over the age of 60