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Carmela Rocchetti, MD

Assistant Dean of Community Engaged Medical Education
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Rumson NJ, New Jersey, United States

Dr. Carmela Rocchetti, Assistant Dean of Community Engaged Medical Education and Director of the Human Dimension (HD) curriculum at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine is a clinician educator dedicated to improving health outcomes for historically underserved communities. As a general internist with multiple leadership roles in community health, she focuses on reducing health disparities and facilitating community outreach through community-engaged medical education. Dr. Rocchetti develops transformative programs and curricula that equip trainees with essential skills and inspire them with a profound sense of responsibility to address health equity. The innovative Human Dimension course she and her team designed mobilizes medical students to provide impactful support to communities while gaining experiential learning.

A physician leader at Hackensack Meridian Health since 2012, Dr. Rocchetti has undertaken roles such as Internal Medicine Assistant Residency Program Director at Jersey Shore University Medical Center and Director of Ambulatory Education. Before joining Meridian Health, she served as the Director of the Lenox Hill Primary Care Center in NY. She has held faculty appointments at New York University Medical Center and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.Dr. Rocchetti, a first-generation college and medical school graduate, graduated from Cornell University, where she was recognized as a Cornell National Scholar. She completed her Internal Medicine training at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell, serving as ambulatory chief resident. Married and the proud mother of three children, her deep commitment to addressing social determinants of health is rooted in her family's hardship and resilience after immigrating from Italy. Dr. Rocchetti is passionate about inspiring the next generation of physician leaders to transform healthcare delivery and promote equitable healthcare access for all.

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