Houshmand, Reboli, Cavalieri named to NJBIZ 2024 Education Power 50

Rowan University President Ali Houshmand, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Dean Annette Reboli, and Dr. Thomas Cavalieri in the Virtua Health College of Medicine & Life Sciences were recognized this month in a list of the most impactful educators in the state.

Named to the NJBIZ 2024 Education Power 50 list, Houshmand, Reboli and Cavalieri were recognized for leadership, accomplishment and drive.

Houshmand, editors noted, became Rowan’s seventh president in 2012 and “embarked on a mission to transform the South Jersey institution. Under Houshmand, Rowan has evolved into a Carnegie-classified national research university with two medical schools and will soon field the state’s first veterinary school.”

The news magazine also noted Houshmand’s success in driving Rowan’s enrollment to more than 23,000 students, in the University becoming the third fastest-growing public research university in the country, and in fostering the development of Rowan Boulevard, a public-private partnership that has transformed downtown Glassboro with restaurants, retail, parking and a vibrant town square.

Reboli, NJBIZ noted, is a distinguished professor of medicine who became dean of CMSRU in 2017.

“With her solid history of scholarship and a longstanding commitment to medical education, Reboli has played a pivotal role in the development and launch of CMSRU,” editors wrote. They noted a recent study naming the school “one of the 2024 Best Medical Schools for Primary Care and Research by U.S. News & World Report.”

Board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases, Reboli has authored or co-authored more than 180 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and abstracts, editors wrote, adding, “over the years, she has received numerous teaching awards and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and the Philadelphia College of Physicians.”

Last winter, NJBIZ editors wrote, Dr. Cavalieri took the helm of the VHC College of Medicine and Life Sciences, “a major academic-health partnership between the university and South Jersey’s largest health system.”

Established in 2021, that collaboration is aimed at bringing together leaders to improve the quality, experience and capabilities of health care, editors wrote.

“Cavalieri brings extensive experience and expertise to the role – having previously served as dean of the Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine. In addition to serving as senior vice provost of the College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Cavalieri is also chief academic officer of Virtua Health.”

NJBIZ also noted that Cavalieri was the founding director of the Rowan-Virtua New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging.