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Connections and Impact in the Region

Summa continually seeks new technology and Portage
treatment options for some of today’s most serious
medical conditions – work that will ultimately improve N Medina Summit
and transform the way patients throughout the
community, region, nation and world receive care. Stark

Summa manages $6.5 million annually in support of • Geriatric medicine
clinical research programs across various disciplines. • Hospice & Pallative
Many research programs are supported by grants or • Internal medicine
contracts from federal and state funding agencies. • Medical Simulation
Collaborative research programs exist between Summa • Obstetrics/gynecology
and its academic partners including Northeast Ohio • Ophthalmology
Medical University (NEOMED), The University of Akron, • Orthopaedic surgery
Kent State University and the Austen BioInnovation • Pathology
Institute in Akron. • Pharmacy
• Plastic surgery
As a leader in medical education, Summa Health System • Preliminary medicine
supports the education of its physicians and healthcare • Psychiatry
professionals. Summa Health System - Akron and St. • Sports medicine
Thomas Campuses are teaching affiliates of the Northeast • Transitional medicine
Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) and include a staff • Urology
of physicians and accredited residency and fellowship
programs that foster a dynamic medical environment Summa Health System - Barberton Campus has a family
practice residency program affiliated with NEOMED.
Summa Health System offers accredited residency and
fellowship programs in:
• Addiction Medicine
• Advanced gastrointestinal minimally invasive

surgery/bariatric (non-ACGME)
• Cardiovascular disease
• Cytopathology
• Family medicine (allopathic and osteopathic accredited)
• General practice dentistry
• General surgery

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