Choosing a medical school can be a difficult task. There are a number of factors you may wish to consider when applying, such as reputation, cost, and location. If you are planning on specializing in a particular area of medicine or conducting significant medical research, you should factor that into the decision-making process as well. There are a number of choices for aspiring medical students within the state of Pennsylvania, including one of the top medical research institutions in the world. Whether you aspire to get into a top-ranked medical school or not, the state of Pennsylvania provides ample opportunities to study medicine.
University of Pennsylvania
"U.S. News & World Report" chose the University of Pennsylvania as one of the top medical schools in the nation in 2009. The university ranked third, just behind Harvard and Johns Hopkins among all medical schools nationwide. Pennsylvania is a top-ranked research institution and is world-renowned for its interdisciplinary approach to the study of medicine. The university is affiliated with 18 different research centers and currently houses 28 separate academic departments. Because of its interdisciplinary approach to research, the university offers Ph.D. degrees in conjunction with the M.D. program for students wanting to pursue them.
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Suite 100 Stemmler Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6056
(215) 898-8001
http://www.med.upenn.edu/
Temple University
Located in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Temple University's medical school is affiliated with the Temple University Hospital and has working relationships with several other institutions such as Western Pennsylvania Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Geisinger Medical Center, St. Luke's Medical Center, Abington Memorial Hospital, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, Lehigh Valley Hospital, the Reading Hospital, Mercy and Moses Taylor Hospitals, and the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. Like the University of Pennsylvania, Temple offers its medical students the opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary research and has seven major programs, including bone biology and disease research, cardiovascular research, substance abuse research, cancer research, molecular biology, neurovirology, obesity research and education, and thrombosis research.
Temple University School of Medicine
Medicine Education and Research Building
3500 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140
(215) 707-7000
http://www.temple.edu/medicine/
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh school of medicine is a nationally ranked program in terms of its research funding. Its department of internal medicine is ranked 17th nationwide for National Institutes of Health funding. The university's medical school is located within the Health Sciences Research Department, which also includes the Graduate School of Public Health, the School of Dental Medicine, the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, the School of Nursing, and the School of Pharmacy. The medical school itself has 28 different departments, encompassing nearly every area of medicine.
University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine
1218 Scaife Hall
3550 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
(412) 648-9636
http://www.medschool.pitt.edu/
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