Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine's White Coat Ceremony
Jan 22, 2026

Record $10M gift funds Hackensack Meridian med scholarships

Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine received a record $10M donation to fund full scholarships, easing student debt and helping address physician shortages.

Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine's White Coat Ceremony
Apr 14, 2025

Tuition-free initiative aims to alleviate primary care doc shortage

As the U.S. grapples with an ongoing need for more primary care physicians, the health care industry is searching for innovative ways to attract and retain the talent needed to fill those gaps.

Sixty-three students graduated from the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine in June 2022.
Feb 22, 2023

Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine fully accredited

The Liaison Committee on Medical Education bestowed the certification after a “robust” review process that included the entire curriculum, finances, infrastructure and faculty.

Dr. Jeffrey Boscamp, dean of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Dec 13, 2022

Boscamp named dean of Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

After serving in the interim position since February, Dr. Jeffrey Boscamp succeeds Dr. Bonita Stanton, who died Jan. 19 at age 70 after a sudden and unexpected illness. 

A hospital hallway.
Feb 1, 2022

HMH School of Medicine names Boscamp interim dean

Dr. Jeffrey Boscamp will assume the leadership role this fall following the unexpected passing of founding dean Dr. Bonita Stanton.

In July 2020, Hackensack Meridian Health celebrated the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine’s establishment as an independent entity after partnering with Seton Hall University to open the medical school three years ago. At the commemoration event on the school’s Nutley/Clifton campus at ON3, founding Dean Dr. Bonita Stanton, left, HMH Chief Executive Officer Robert Garrett, right, and Seton Hall President Joseph Nyre unveiled a commemorative plaque marking the school’s independence.
Sep 16, 2021

Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine dean honored with National Medical Fellowships’ Legacy Award

Dr. Bonita Stanton, the founding dean of Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, is being recognized for helping to create “a school that recognizes inequity in health outcomes and that is demonstrating to students that health care disparities are born of structural and systemic racism,” according to the NMF.