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About Penn Medicine - Overview

Penn Medicine is a $3.6 billion enterprise dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine – founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school – and the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Penn's School of Medicine is currently ranked #3 in the nation in U.S.News &World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools. The School received over $366 million in NIH grants (excluding contracts) in the 2008 fiscal year. Supporting over 1,700 full-time faculty and 725 students, the School of Medicine is recognized worldwide for its superior education and training of the next generation of physician-scientists and leaders of academic medicine.

PENN MEDICINE: FY08 Profile

Economics & Funding
Annual Operating Budget $3.6 billion
Research
NIH Funding $390 million
State Funding $5.7 million
Health Care
Outpatient Visits 1,408,756
Admissions 80,485
Emergency Department Visits 120,349
Births 9,314
School of Medicine
Faculty 1,737
Students 725
% Receiving Financial Aid 85%
Philanthropy
Gift Amounts $171 million
Donors 17,845
Facilities & Employees
Employees 17,894
Net Square Feet of Building Space 6.3 million
Community Benefit $282.1 million
Uncompensated Care $103 million
Physician Training Support $40.6 million
Research Support $138.5 million

The University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) includes its flagship hospital, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, rated one of the nation’s top ten “Honor Roll” hospitals by U.S.News &World Report; Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation's first hospital; and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, named one of the nation’s “100 Top Hospitals” for cardiovascular care by Thomson Reuters. In addition UPHS includes a primary care provider network; a faculty practice plan; home care, hospice, and nursing home; three multispecialty satellite facilities; as well as the Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse campus, which offers comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation facilities and outpatient services in multiple specialties. Multidisciplinary units reaching across the School of Medicine and the Health System foster research initiatives to advance patient care. Some of Penn Medicine’s centers and institutes include:

Sampling of Biomedical Achievements

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Facts and Figures
  • Founded in 1765 as the nation’s first medical school.
  • Featured in U.S.News & World Report's “Best Graduate Schools,” ranking 3rd out of the nation's top medical schools.
  • 725 medical students.
  • 1,057 residents and fellows.
  • 628 postdoctoral fellows working in 57 departments, divisions, and centers in the School of Medicine.
  • 2008 Entering Class: 154 admitted; 53% male, 47% female, 21% under-represented minorities
  • Approximately 85% of all students receive financial aid.
  • Awarded 33 patents for FY08.
  • 2,727 School of Medicine employees. (corrected 2008 figure)
  • 2 million net square feet; 10 interconnected buildings on the School of Medicine’s core campus plus 24 sites in and around West Philadelphia.
  • Approximately 1.2 million net square feet research space; a new research building of 300,000 net square feet scheduled to open in 2010.

295 John Morgan Building, 3630 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 662-4000 www.med.upenn.edu

The curriculum of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine centers on the Science of Medicine, the Art and Practice of Medicine, and Professionalism and Humanism.

Special programs include the “Doctoring” course, a four-year, patient-centered experience which includes the opportunity for pairs of medical students to follow a chronically ill patient to better understand the consequences of chronic illness for the patient and family.

Biomedical Graduate Studies

  • PhD training programs in biochemistry andmolecular biophysics, cell andmolecular biology, epidemiology and biostatistics, genomics and computational biology, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacological sciences, as well as bioengineering and biology as affiliate programs.
  • 560 full-time pre-doctoral students who are generally awarded financial support for the five years required, on average, to obtain the PhD degree.
  • 144 MD-PhD students in biomedical graduate studies.
  • Penn's NIH-sponsored Medical Scientist Training Program is one of the largest in the nation.

Master’s Degree Programs

Research

  • In the federal FY 2008, Penn's School of Medicine received over $366 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) support, excluding contracts.
  • Major research facility of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), with a total of six investigators from the School of Medicine.

The University of Pennsylvania Health System

Major "Safety Net" Provider

When HUP was established over 130 years ago as the nation’s first teaching hospital, it began its fruitful association with its West Philadelphia neighbors. Today, that rich tradition of community service remains unchanged.

The role of the Health System as a major “safety net” provider for uninsured and under-insured patients is rooted in its long and uninterrupted tradition of community service, as well as its modern-daymission and values. Penn caregivers demonstrate that commitment by providing an enormous amount of charity care.

The financial commitment to uncompensated care at Penn Medicine is significant. In FY08, uncompensated care totaled $103 million.

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The University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) was created in 1993 and includes its flagship hospital, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Hospital, and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. In addition UPHS includes a primary-care provider network; a faculty practice plan; home care, hospice, and nursing home; three multispecialty satellite facilities; as well as the Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse campus, which offers comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation facilities and outpatient services inmultiple specialties. UPHS physicians are consistently leaders in Philadelphia magazine's annual "Top Docs" issue.

The Ruth and Raymond Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine

The Ruth and Raymond Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine is a state-of-the-art, 500,000 square foot outpatient facility located adjacent to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The $302 million facility is the largest capital project undertaken in the history of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. It is designed to create an ideal environment for patient-focused care and collaboration among health professionals. Constructed with environmental sustainability in mind, the Center is built with recycled, locally sourced materials and wood from sustainable forests, and its operations are 15% more energy-efficient than older buildings.

The Perelman Center houses 12 clinical specialties including the Abramson Cancer Center, radiation oncology, cardiovascular medicine and an outpatient surgical pavilion. The Roberts Proton Therapy Center, opening in the fall of 2009, will use proton beam radiation to precisely target tumors while leaving surrounding tissues unaffected. Penn’s proton therapy center will be the only center in the nation combining proton treatment with research.

Abramson Cancer Center

The Abramson Cancer Center (ACC) of the University of Pennsylvania, established in 1973, is a national leader in cancer research, patient care, and education. It has been designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute for more than 30 years, one of 41 such Centers in the United States. The ACC is dedicated to innovative and compassionate cancer care. The clinical program, composed of a dedicated staff of physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, physical therapists, nutritionists, and patient support specialists, currently seesmore than 50,000 outpatient visits, 7,400 inpatient discharges, and providesmore than 25,000 chemotherapy treatments andmore than 66,000 radiation treatments annually. In addition, the ACC is home tomore than 300 research scientists who work relentlessly to determine the pathogenesis of cancer. Together, the faculty is committed to improving the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Facts and Figures
  • Nation’s first teaching hospital.
  • 697 licensed beds.
  • 6,026 employees.
  • 1,663 physicians.
  • 38,753 adult admissions.
  • 1,150,437 outpatient visits.
  • 58,452 Emergency Department visits.
  • 4,063 births.
  • 16 interconnected buildings; 1.9 million net square feet.

3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 662-4000 pennhealth.com/hup

Founded in 1874 as the nation's first teaching hospital, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) is the flagship hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

The hospital provides a comprehensive range of both in- and outpatient services, including highly specialized tertiary and quaternary levels of care in more than 200 specialty programs and clinics. HUP has also been recognized as one of the top 10 “Honor Roll” hospitals by U.S.News & World Report, and has achieved Magnet status – the highest institutional honor awarded for nursing excellence – from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Specialties include:

HUP’s Level I Trauma Center cares for critically injured patients following car crashes, violence, and other accidents. The program includes PennSTAR, a critical-care flight program which operates six helicopters serving Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and beyond. PennSTAR has safely flown more than 30,000 patients in 20 years of service.

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Facts and Figures

3900 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 662-8000, pennhealth.com/presby

Penn Presbyterian was founded in 1871 as a 45-bed facility on 2 1/2 acres. Today the medical center spreads across a 16-acre campus and includes a large array of medical institutes, specialty centers, and research programs. Penn Presbyterian offers its patients state-of-the art services, from primary and family care to the most complex medical and surgical treatments available.

Specialties include:

Pennsylvania Hospital

Facts and Figures
  • Founded as nation’s first hospital
    in 1751.
  • Ranked as one of the top 10 hospitals in the nation in AARP - Modern Maturity.
  • 501 licensed beds.
  • 2,705 employees.
  • 964 physicians.
  • 24,712 adult admissions.
  • 152,246 outpatient visits.
  • 27,062 Emergency Department visits.
  • 5,251 births – the largest number in Philadelphia.
  • 15 buildings; 957,000 net square feet.

800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 829-3000, pennhealth.com/pahosp

Pennsylvania Hospital – the nation’s first – was founded in 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond. Today, the acute care facility offers a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic medical services and is a major teaching and clinical research institution. The campus, located in the historic Society Hill district, also includes specialty treatment centers such as the Joan Karnell Cancer Center, the Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery, the Penn Neurological Institute, and the radiosurgical Gamma Knife® Center.

Specialties include:

Satellites and Off-Site Clinical Services

In addition to its three hospitals, the University of Pennsylvania Health System includes a primary care provider network; a faculty practice plan; three multispecialty satellite facilities; home care, hospice, and nursing home; as well as the Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse campus.

Penn’s provider network of primary and specialty care physicians, Clinical Care Associates (CCA) / Clinical Health Care Associates of New Jersey, PC (CHCA), also known as PennCare, is one of the largest in the Philadelphia area. Its practices provide routine and specialized care at more than 50 locations in the region.

The Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse campus provides comprehensive post-acute medical care. The main building includes a 38-bed long-term post-acute-care hospital operated by Good Shepherd Penn Partners, a joint venture between UPHS and the Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network; an inpatient rehabilitation facility; an inpatient hospice unit; and the Penn Medicine Clinical Simulation Center. The Tuttleman Center building includes an outpatient surgery center and radiology suite operated by Pennsylvania Hospital, a primary care practice, and the Penn Pain Medicine Center.

Three satellite facilities provide both primary and multispecialty care to patients throughout
the region.

Penn Home Care & Hospice Services, which serves approximately 17,000 patients annually, is composed of:

In addition, the Penn Center for Rehabilitation and Care, located at 36th and Chestnut Streets, offers skilled and rehabilitative nursing home care.
 
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