WHAT:
Penn Medicine and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, in partnership with The University City Science Center and Wexford Science & Technology, are set to break ground on a new 11-story tower at 3737 Market Street on The Science Center’s Campus in West Philadelphia. Penn Presbyterian Medical Center will be the anchor tenant.
The Penn Center for Specialty Care will serve to revitalize the 38th Street community, while simultaneously expanding Penn Presbyterian Medical Center’s services by adding more than 150,000 square feet of outpatient and surgical care space, including the multidisciplinary Penn Musculoskeletal Institute.
The modern, welcoming, and comfortable building will house nearly 110 exam rooms, six outpatient operating rooms, and an outpatient radiology center.
WHEN:
Thursday, September 27
5:30pm - 7:00pm
WHERE:
PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER
51 North 39th Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
WHO:
The event will be attended by members of the University of Pennsylvania Health System’s senior leadership team, PPMC faculty and staff, donors and sponsors. The evening will feature remarks by:
- Ralph W. Muller
Chief Executive Officer, University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Michele M. Volpe
CEO and Executive Director, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
- James R. Beren
Chairman, Wexford Science & Technology, LLC
- Stephen S. Tang, Ph.D., M.B.A.
President and Chief Executive Officer, University City Science Center
- Alan Greenberger
Deputy Mayor for Economic Development
- Jannie L. Blackwell
City Councilwoman
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.