Penn State Hershey Medical Center

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Shown in Pennsylvania
Geography
Location	Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates	40°15′53″N 76°40′35″W / 40.2647°N 76.6763°W / 40.2647; -76.6763Coordinates: 40°15′53″N 76°40′35″W / 40.2647°N 76.6763°W / 40.2647; -76.6763
Organization
Hospital type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Pennsylvania State University
Services
Emergency department	Level I trauma center
Helipad	Yes
Beds	548
History
Founded	1966
Links
Website	hmc.pennstatehealth.org
Lists	Hospitals in Pennsylvania

Penn State College of Medicine

Type	State-affiliated Private School
Established	1967
Dean	A. Craig Hillemeier, M.D.
Postgraduates	1,004
Location	Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Website	med.psu.edu

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, 10 miles (17 km) east of Harrisburg, is Penn State’s medical school and academic medical center.

In 1963, the M. S. Hershey Foundation offered $50 million to the Pennsylvania State University to establish a medical school and teaching hospital in Hershey, Pennsylvania. With this grant and $21.3 million from the U.S. Public Health Service, the University built a medical school, teaching hospital, and research center. Ground was broken in 1966 and Penn State's College of Medicine opened its doors to the first class of students in 1967. Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center accepted its first patients in 1970.

The original buildings at Penn State Hershey Medical Center included the Medical Science Building and medical center, Animal Research Farm, Laundry and Steam Plant, and University Manor Apartments. Since 1970, the campus has grown from 318 to 550 acres (2.2 km²). Many additions have been made to the academic and patient-care facilities.

Today, Penn State Hershey Medical Center has completed several carefully planned construction projects. Additions were made to reflect a steady increase in patient demand for services and to expand research and teaching programs.

Penn State College of Medicine students have gone on to become productive physicians and scientists. As of May 2011, the College of Medicine has granted 3,904 medical degrees and 1,004 graduate degrees. The College of Medicine offers degree programs in anatomy, biochemistry and molecular biology, bioengineering, cell and molecular biology, genetics, integrative biosciences, microbiology and immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and physiology, and two postdoctoral programs leading to an M.S. degree in Laboratory Animal Medicine, the only such program in the Commonwealth, and a M.S. in Public Health Sciences and a newly inaugurating M.P.H. Graduate program. Each year, more than 550 resident physicians are trained in medical specialties at the Medical Center.