On Friday, March 20, 159 students from the Perelman School of Medicine found out, one by one, where they are headed for residency training during an emotional event filled with lots of cheering, hugs and more cheering. What an exhilarating day! For our last blog, Anna Jesus shares her Match...

Students applying to medical school today can expect to have grappled with chemistry and organic chemistry, biology, and physics. The MCATs test their knowledge of physical sciences and biological sciences, considered essential for the profession. But 250 years ago, when John Morgan, MD, was presenting his ideas for what would...

It may look like something that belongs in a museum, but the hyperbaric chamber at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania has a rich history and continues to provide important treatments for a variety of patients — including those with bone infections, wounds that won’t heal and carbon monoxide...

Each year, Perelman School of Medicine students and medical students across the country count down to annual “Match Day,” which marks one of the most important days in a medical student's career. Friday, March 20, students will come together with their classmates and wait for the envelope that will tell...

Did you know that Penn Medicine has a $6.5 billion impact on the state of Pennsylvania each year? Or that it maintains nearly 2,000 licensed hospital beds to care for patients throughout the greater Philadelphia region? The latest edition of Penn Medicine’s 2015 Facts & Figures has been released and...

Each year, Perelman School of Medicine students and medical students across the country count down to annual “Match Day,” which marks one of the most important days in a medical student's career. Friday, March 20, students will come together with their classmates and wait for the envelope that will tell...

Anyone who works at a hospital, especially one that has been operating in virtually the same location for the past almost 264 years, will come to realize two things: Hospitals truly are pillars of the communities in which they’re located and serve, providing medical care, economic support and stable employment...