(Philadelphia,
PA) - The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
has again been ranked one of the top research-oriented
medical schools in America, according to an annual survey
of graduate schools conducted by U.S.News & World
Report. Penn was ranked fourth in the annual survey
of the top fifty schools. The complete survey will be
available in the newsstand book, Best Graduate Schools,
on Monday, April 8. Excerpts of the survey will be published
in the magazine's regular April 15th issue.
Penn was also ranked in the top ten in four specialty
programs by deans and faculty at peer institutions.
The specialties include: women's health, drug/alcohol
abuse, internal medicine, and pediatrics.
"The U.S. News survey is a strong indicator of
an institution's academic success and reputation among
its peers," said Dr. Arthur H. Rubenstein,
Dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
and Executive Vice President of Penn Health System.
"Penn School of Medicine's place on the survey
is a reaffirmation of the hard work of our faculty and
staff, and of our ongoing commitment to national leadership
in medical education, patient care and research."
The criteria used in the magazine's survey of 125 accredited
medical schools included faculty resources, research
activity and selectivity. Overall reputation was assessed
as well, based on the results of two questionnaires.
The first questionnaire was distributed to medical school
deans and senior faculty, and the second to directors
of intern-residency programs. The raw scores were converted
to weighted percentiles and combined for an overall
score.
Penn's School of Medicine was also ranked second recently
by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for government-sponsored
research.
According to survey results, the top five medical schools,
in rank order, are: Harvard University, Johns Hopkins
University, Washington University in St. Louis, University
of Pennsylvania, and Duke University.
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The University of Pennsylvania Health System is
distinguished not only by its historical significance
- first hospital (1751), first medical school (1765),
first university teaching hospital (1874), first fully
integrated academic health system (1993) - but by its
position as a major player on the world stage of medicine
in the 21st century. UPHS is committed to a three-part
mission of education, research, and clinical excellence.
Survey results are also available online at http://www.usnews.com.
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Penn Medicine is one of the world’s leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, excellence in patient care, and community service. The organization consists of the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Penn’s Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, founded in 1765 as the nation’s first medical school.
The Perelman School of Medicine is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $550 million awarded in the 2022 fiscal year. Home to a proud history of “firsts” in medicine, Penn Medicine teams have pioneered discoveries and innovations that have shaped modern medicine, including recent breakthroughs such as CAR T cell therapy for cancer and the mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System’s patient care facilities stretch from the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania to the New Jersey shore. These include the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Chester County Hospital, Lancaster General Health, Penn Medicine Princeton Health, and Pennsylvania Hospital—the nation’s first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional facilities and enterprises include Good Shepherd Penn Partners, Penn Medicine at Home, Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital, and Princeton House Behavioral Health, among others.
Penn Medicine is an $11.1 billion enterprise powered by more than 49,000 talented faculty and staff.