Welcome to Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital

Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center ranks higher than 90 percent of children’s hospitals nationwide in inpatient patient satisfaction, according to Press Ganey, a satisfaction measurement company used by hospitals across the nation.

Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital also showed significantly improved patient satisfaction at two outpatient facilities: University Pediatrics on Cherry Drive, Hershey and Children’s Heart Group on Nyes Road, Harrisburg. A faculty celebration held on the front lawn of the Medical Center recognized Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital physicians and staff for their efforts.  More...

In the presence of faculty, friends and peers, current graduate students were invited to be the first to recite the Graduate Student Oath. Then incoming students received their first white laboratory coat, a symbol of their entrance into the biomedical research profession.   Learn More >>

"Without a doubt, I would not be where I am today without the training and guidance I received at Penn State  College of Medicine. The curriculum, laboratory training, and scientific interactions I experienced during my graduate training prepared me well for a career in academic research."

 

Ed Harhaj, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Miami School of Medicine
Ph.D. in 1999, Microbiology & Immunology

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Professor Awarded Fulbright Scholarship

John Ellis, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology and Director of the Molecular Neuropharmacology Laboratory within the Department of Psychiatry at Penn State College of Medicine, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to do research at the University of Bonn, in Bonn, Germany, according to the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Scholarship Board.

He is one of approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who are traveling abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program.