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Empowering learners, healers, and innovators to make a meaningful impact.

Our Differentiators

At Penn State College of Medicine, experts in the basic sciences and clinicians collaborate to improve health now and for generations to come.

Living Our Land Grant MissionDr. Michael McShane walks up a sidewalk to a home in rural Snow Shoe, Pa., with a backpack of medical supplies.

Living Our Land Grant Mission

As Pennsylvania’s only rural academic medical center, we strive to improve our communities by addressing shortages, reducing disparities, and promoting inclusive policies.

Whole Person-Centered CareAnesthesiologists in surgical caps and masks hold a tube and mask over a patient.

Whole Person-Centered Care

As the nation's first medical school with a humanities department, we train learners to see the whole person, not just the disease.

Where Local and Global Opportunities CollideGlobal Health students pose with an international flag

Where Local and Global Opportunities Collide

Take your medical education beyond borders through dynamic learning experiences both domestically and abroad.

2025 Annual Report - Eminence in Action with illustration of a hand holding a globe and Penn State College of Medicine logo

Eminence in Action: Our 2025 Annual Report

The 2024-2025 Penn State College of Medicine Annual Report reflects our distinctive achievements and the vision that unites us. Across research, education and clinical innovation, our esteemed faculty, staff, learners and partners embody what it means to be eminent in purpose, turning discovery into action and impact.

Research trainees have a platform to develop health care innovations that address unmet medical needs through translation, commercialization, and business disciplines.

College of Medicine researchers are unlocking the mysteries of the brain in neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and ADHD.

Students at the College of Medicine lead the Lion Mobile Clinic which supports the health and wellness of the residents in rural Pennsylvania communities.

Congratulations to the Class of 2025! Penn State College of Medicine students celebrated the end of a journey during commencement May 10.

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