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We heard that too. This is what I heard from reliable sources: NYCOM and Touro had signed a non-competition agreement for 5 years which runs out next year. We hired one of your old clinical deans (Steier, not sure if he was an assistant or a full dean) to be our clinical dean. TUMEC (touro university MEC. Which is CA and NV, not NY) wants to pull out of its eastern holdings and hand them over to TouroNY but we dont have a true consortium yet (we do have a NJ one, but as its run by one dude and hes only NJ, it wont apply to the various NY holdings).
and then I heard a solution being thrown out there is to let the NJ Consortium be a subset of a shared clinical site network that would be NYCOM sites, our NJ sites and our couple of sites Touro CA/NV is trying to formally pass on to us. I figure the assumption here is touro wants to move east into LI and NYCOM wants to move west into NJ. Given that the NJ sites are supposed to be opening up a crapton of residencies within their little nucleus, it makes sense for both schools to try to do this. NYCOM could use more sites with residencies under their purview (I think any school could, for that matter) and Touro needs diversity of sites. Cooperation sounds cool to me.
Having more rotation sites in NJ would not be bad.
More sites to choose from means more opportunity for NYCOM students to expand and showcase their knowledge base.
NYITCOM is better, IMHO, then NYIT NYCOM. The latter is too long, the former is succinct and actually sounds cooler. But really, who cares. What matters is the experience and the board scores that will secure a student an amazing residency.
Touro will have a tough time moving into East LI, as NYCOM and Stony Brook already have a strong home base there. But who knows. Honestly, it doesn't matter. All medical schools are slowly increasing their enrollment, so if NYCOM expands into NJ that could only be a win-win for the school.