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Empowering learners, healers, and innovators to make a meaningful impact.
Our Differentiators
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 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 Collide
Take your medical education beyond borders through dynamic learning experiences both domestically and abroad.
Penn State College of Medicine recently welcomed new students into the Physician Assistant Program and introduced them to the responsibilities, expectations and privileges of the PA profession. Members of the Class of 2028 received their white coats, were presented with new stethoscopes and recited the Physician Assistant Professional Oath.
"The White Coat Ceremony marks the beginning of a remarkable journey,” said Larissa Whitney, DBA, MHS, PA-C, assistant dean and program director of the PA Program and assistant professor of emergency medicine. “We are honored to walk alongside the Class of 2028 as they learn, grow and prepare to become the next generation of physician assistants.”
Congratulations to the Class of 2026! Penn State College of Medicine students celebrated the end of a journey during commencement May 16.
Fourth year medical students celebrate a milestone achievement in their medical career, Match Day.
THON, Penn State’s 46-hour dance marathon and the world’s largest student-run philanthropy, raised a record-breaking $18.8 million in 2026 to support Four Diamonds pediatric cancer research at the College of Medicine.
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.
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MD Students Matched to Residency Programs
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NIH-Funded Research College at Penn State
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First-Time Board Certification Pass Rate for PA Students
