A leader in medicine for more than 240 years,
Penn opened its School
of Medicine, the nation's first, in 1765. The Hospital
of the University of Pennsylvania was established
in 1874 as the nation's first teaching hospital.
Since its founding days, Penn has expanded medical
frontiers by creating some of the nation's earliest
programs in areas ranging from dermatology, neurosurgery, ophthalmology and radiology,
to the Philadelphia region's only program to
perform transplantation
of five major organs.
Over the past 30 years, Penn physicians and
scientists have participated in many important
discoveries, including:
- The first general vaccine against pneumonia
- The introduction of total intravenous feeding
- The development of magnetic resonance imaging
and other imaging technologies
- The discovery of the Philadelphia chromosome,
which revolutionized cancer research by making
the connection between genetic abnormalities
and cancer
Penn continues to make medical advances that
help people live longer, healthier lives. We
are committed to caring for our patients with
respect and compassion while forging the medical
discoveries that will lead us through the 21st
century.
See also: History
of Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation's
first hospital
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