SCRANTON – Clarks Summit resident Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., president and dean of The Commonwealth Medical College was elected to the executive committee of the board of the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) at the board’s May meeting. Scheinman has been a member of the NRMP board since 2011.

NRMP places students and graduates of United States and international medical schools into residency and fellowship training programs in the U.S. The 19-member NRMP board of directors includes medical school deans, graduate medical education program directors, medical students, residents and fellows, and one public member.

The NRMP executive committee is authorized to act on behalf of the board of directors in lieu of the full board. Scheinman previously served on the NRMP violation review committee and is currently a member of the data release and research committee. His one-year term on the executive committee commences July 1.

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