The Temple University School of Medicine (TUSM), located on the Health Science Campus of Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, is one of 7 schools of medicine in Pennsylvania conferring the doctor of medicine (M.D.) degree. It also confers the Ph.D. (doctor of philosophy) and M.S. (masters of science) degrees in biomedical sciences. USNews ranks Temple University School of Medicine 56th among the nation's medical school research programs. This p...
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The Temple University School of Medicine (TUSM), located on the Health Science Campus of Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, is one of 7 schools of medicine in Pennsylvania conferring the doctor of medicine (M.D.) degree. It also confers the Ph.D. (doctor of philosophy) and M.S. (masters of science) degrees in biomedical sciences. USNews ranks Temple University School of Medicine 56th among the nation's medical school research programs. This places Temple 2nd among Philadelphia medical schools and 3rd in Pennsylvania.
Founded in 1901 as Pennsylvania’s first co-educational medical school and as a medical school for the common man, the institution has attained a national reputation for training humanistic and dedicated clinicians. The School has been home to a number of renowned alumni and faculty, including W. Wayne Babcock M.D., inventor of the Babcock surgical forceps; Chevalier Jackson, M.D., pioneer in the field of otolaryngology; Waldo Nelson M.D., editor of the Nelson’s...
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