Penn State Hershey Medical Center
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Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, located in Hershey, Pennsylvania 10 miles (17 km) east of Harrisburg, is the medical campus of Pennsylvania State University and is the only medical school and university hospital in Pennsylvania located outside the urban areas of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. It is also one of two Level I trauma centers in central Pennsylvania.
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[edit] History
In 1963, The M. S. Hershey Foundation offered $50 million to the Pennsylvania State University to establish a medical school in Hershey. With this grant and $21.3 million from the U.S. Public Health Service, the University built a medical school, teaching hospital, and research center. Ground was broken in 1966 and Penn State's College of Medicine opened its doors to the first class of students in 1967 and Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center accepted the first patients in 1970.
The original buildings at the Medical Center included the Medical Science Building and medical center, Animal Research Farm, Laundry and Steam Plant, and University Manor Apartments. Since 1970, the campus has grown from 318 to 550 acres. Many additions have been made to the academic and patient-care facilities.
Since 1970, there have been several carefully planned construction projects and additions to the medical campus. Additions were made to reflect a steady increase in patient demand for services and to expand research and teaching programs.
Since 2006, there is a new affiliation with the Mount Nittany Medical Center hospital in State College, Pennsylvania.
[edit] Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State College of Medicine students have gone on to become world renowned productive physicians and scientists. As of May 2001, the College of Medicine has graduated 2,808 physicians and 598 scientists with Ph.D. or M.S. degrees. The College of Medicine offers degree programs in anatomy, biochemistry and molecular biology, bioengineering, cell and molecular biology, genetics, integrative biosciences, microbiology and immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and physiology, and two postdoctoral programs leading to an M.S. degree in Laboratory Animal Medicine, the only such program in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and an M.S. in Health Evaluation Sciences. Each year, more than 360 resident physicians are trained in medical specialties at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. The medical center also maintains a School of Nursing.
College of Medicine statistics:
- Enrollments exceeding 21,000 annually.
- $60.1 million in awards from federal, state, and private agencies, businesses, and individuals annually.
- Admitted 20,622 patients and provided care through 524,411 outpatient and 33,705 emergency-service visits.
- 5,028 employees, 500 volunteers, and the College of Medicine enrolls more than 600 students annually.
[edit] Notable physicians
Gus Rosenberg, original designer of the Ventricular Assist Device.
