The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) is one of the world's premier universities as well as one of the top medical research institutions. U.S. News & World Report ranked the university's medical school as the second best in the nation in 2010. The medical school has one of the best pediatric medical departments in the nation. The university's medical program sponsors 18 different research centers. The medical school is comprised of 10 different basic science departments and 18 different clinical research departments. Penn offers two primary doctorates within the medical school, the doctor of medicine (M.D.) and the Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
237 John Morgan Building
3620 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6055
215-898-8001
www.med.upenn.edu
The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is the second most prominent medical research institution in the state. U.S. News & World Report ranked Pitt's medical school as the 14th highest rated program in America in 2010. Pitt offers the Ph.D. and the M.D. as doctorate options. Within the Ph.D. program, the university offers several concentrations: biomedical informatics, computational biology, molecular biophysics and structural biology, neurobiology and neuroscience, integrative molecular biology, clinical and translational science and interdisciplinary studies. Students can also pursue a joint-degree program in conjunction with the M.D. and receive an additional master of arts degree in bioethics.
University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine
401 Scaife Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
412-648-9891
www.medschool.pitt.edu
Temple University is among the top medical programs in the nation. Ranked 52nd in the nation in 2010, Temple is best known in medical circles for its highly rated pediatric medicine department. Temple offers the Ph.D. and the M.D. Concentrations in the Ph.D. program include pharmacology, biochemistry, pathology, biomedical neuroscience, cell biology, molecular biology and genetics, immunology and microbiology and cellular and molecular physiology.
Temple University School of Medicine
Medicine Education and Research Building
3500 N. Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA 19140
215-707-7000
www.temple.edu/medicine/