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North Philadelphia Campus - Philadelphia, PA 

The North Philadelphia campus is part of Temple University’s vibrant Health Sciences Campus, which includes the Schools of Pharmacy and Dentistry. For medical students, home base is the Medical Education and Research Building (MERB), a spectacular 11-story, 480,000 square-foot structure featuring state-of-the-art facilities for education, research, and student life. Directly across the street from MERB is Temple University Hospital -- a world-class tertiary/quaternary hospital that serves as Pennsylvania’s leading safety-net provider for underserved populations and as a primary clinical learning site for medical students and residents/fellows in 45 graduate medical education programs. Medical students also have an opportunity to rotate at other Temple Health hospitals, at the St. Luke’s regional campus, and at our other clinical affiliate sites. The North Philadelphia campus is located just a few miles away from the city’s downtown area, which bustles year-round with arts, sciences, entertainment, and culture.

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St. Luke's Campus - Bethlehem, PA 

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At the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, clinical learning encounters enable medical students to obtain the skills and competencies required for success in residency and in future practice.

Our clinical learning sites -- which consist of Temple University Health System facilities in Philadelphia, our regional campus’ health network plus partner institutions across southeastern and central Pennsylvania and central western New Jersey -- represent the full continuum of care, with several providing quaternary-level services. Katz clinical learning sites are fully accredited, best-practice providers staffed by clinicians with extensive teaching experience. All have longstanding reputations for superior quality, service, and safety in patient care, with many consistently earning top ratings from independent groups such as Leapfrog, US News and World Report, HealthGrades®, Press Ganey, and other independent monitoring and ratings agencies.

Katz clinical teaching partners serve diverse patient populations across various urban, suburban, and rural communities -- exposing medical students to patients of varied social, ethnic, economic, and cultural backgrounds. This enables our students to learn how to conduct culturally sensitive care as they learn about the medical management of health disorders.

Our clinical learning sites are described in brief here:

Temple University Health System Sites

Temple University Hospital - Main Campus

Temple University Hospital (TUH-Main), located on the Philadelphia campus of the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, is an academic medical center with a national reputation for excellence. Medical students benefit from a robust clinical environment at TUH-Main, a major regional referral center (that includes Level I care and an extensive range of tertiary and quaternary services) and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s leading primary care provider for at-risk populations. The hospital, founded in 1892, serves as home base for the Katz School’s clinical faculty and GME programs.

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Temple University Hospital - Episcopal Campus

TUH–Episcopal Campus, located just two miles from TUH-Main, provides general medical-surgical services and emergency care – and is the primary location for behavioral health services systemwide. Specifically, at TUH-Episcopal, medical students participate in diagnosing and treating patients with a wide variety of psychiatric disorders in both in- and outpatient settings. They also learn about emergency psychiatry, as TUH-Episcopal operates the busiest psychiatric crisis response center in Philadelphia.

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Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus

At TUH-Jeanes Campus, located in Northeast Philadelphia at its suburban border, medical students participate in academic-level care in a community hospital setting. Services include cardiac catheterization; neurology/neurosurgery; vascular surgery; bariatric surgery; orthopaedics; and ENT. Jeanes, the nation’s only Quaker-founded hospital, is well-known for community health programming, patient education, and screening programs.

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Fox Chase Cancer Center

A founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and one of the first cancer hospitals in the United States to earn National Cancer Institute (NCI) comprehensive cancer center designation, Fox Chase Cancer Center engages Katz medical students in best practices in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with every kind of cancer. The hospital conducts a broad array of basic, translational, and clinical research programs in cancer prevention, detection, survivorship, and community outreach.

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Capital Health 

Ample learning opportunities are available to Katz medical students at Capital Health, a leading primary and specialty care provider based in western central New Jersey. The two hospitals that anchor the system -- the Regional Medical Center (Trenton, NJ) and the Capital Health Hopewell Medical Center (Pennington, NJ) – provide primary care and advanced services such as a state-designated Comprehensive Stroke Center, robotic surgery, the region’s only trauma center, and a state-designated regional perinatal center. Capital operates a busy ambulatory facility in Hamilton, NJ, as well – covering a wide spectrum of outpatient needs.

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Grand View Hospital

Clinical learning opportunities ranging from routine outpatient visits to in-patient specialty care are available to Katz medical students at Grand View Hospital. Located in Sellersville, PA, a rapidly growing area of Bucks County, PA, Grand View Hospital is a community hospital with a robust network of outpatient primary care and special centers. At Grandview, Katz medical students can take advantage of state-of-the art clinical learning opportunities across a wide range of disciplines including trauma, emergency care, bariatrics, orthopaedics, pediatrics, surgery, and women's health.

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Lancaster General Hospital

Lancaster General Hospital, the largest, most advanced teaching and tertiary care hospital in Lancaster County, provides a wide range of clinical services across primary care, specialty and subspecialty disciplines. Services include advanced options for oncology such as CAR T-Cell therapy and Proton Beam; nationally ranked heart and vascular; neuroscience; and community-based programs for high-risk patients.

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Main Line Health System

Main Line Health is a five-hospital academic health system serving Philadelphia and its Western suburbs. Its hospitals, which includes Lankenau Medical Center, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Paoli Hospital, Riddle Hospital, and Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital (one of the nation’s premier facilities for rehabilitative medicine) rank prominently in regional ratings for hospital quality overall – and for services including COPD, Heart Failure, Knee Replacement, and Obstetrics and Gynecology. Main Line Health also manages several accredited residency and fellowships programs.

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St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, a 188-bed pediatric hospital in North Philadelphia, has been a leader in pediatric care delivery since its founding in 1875. At St. Christopher’s, Katz medical students work with teams providing holistic care for children from throughout the region and beyond. The hospital and its satellite centers offer comprehensive services for children and adolescents – including those with complex conditions and special needs. Specialty areas include pediatric burn care, pediatric oncology, and more.

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