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Welcome to Penn State College of Medicine

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, research center, and teaching hospital—Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. The University broke ground in 1966, and Penn State College of Medicine opened its doors to students in 1967. Penn State Hershey Medical Center accepted its first patients in 1970.

The College of Medicine was the first in the nation to have a dedicated Department of Humanities and a Department of Family and Community Medicine. Both were original departments as the College opened.  More...

Currently there is a shortage of physicians in central Pennsylvania, which has made it difficult to manage the health needs of Penn State faculty and staff, retirees and their dependents. The Penn State Hershey medical team in State College is growing and working hard to overcome this challenge.

In early 2010, the Penn State Hershey Medical Group in State College consisted of one location on Park Avenue. Today, the Medical Group has expanded to five outpatient sites in the State College area. Penn State Hershey continues to recruit highly trained providers in a variety of specialties to practice at these locations.

This growth is part of a larger vision to build a regional medical campus for Penn State College of Medicine at University Park, in collaboration with Mount Nittany Medical Center. E. Eugene Marsh, M.D., senior associate dean of the University Park Regional Campus, is helping to develop a wide spectrum of medical education opportunities, including clerkships for third and fourth year Penn State medical students, residency training in family medicine, and additional fellowship opportunities for those who have completed residency. Marsh is working with the University to develop a range of dual-degree programs. The University Park Regional Campus will enhance research collaboration with the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center campus, translating into world-class scientific discoveries and breakthroughs. Learn more about our University Park Regional Campus.

In June 2010, the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching hosted a workshop/conference in Palo Alto, CA to advance new models for inter-professional education within the nation’s academic health centers. The two foundations believe that if nursing, medical, and other health professions students learn jointly in clinical settings, as graduates they will improve patient outcomes by working more collaboratively, communicating better with each other, and fostering a health care delivery system that assures quality and patient safety. Learn More>>

Professor Awarded Fulbright Scholarship

John Ellis, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology and Director of the Molecular Neuropharmacology Laboratory within the Department of Psychiatry at Penn State College of Medicine, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to do research at the University of Bonn, in Bonn, Germany, according to the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Scholarship Board.

He is one of approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who are traveling abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program.
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