The Department of Medicine at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is made up of physicians who practice internal medicine, the discipline that focuses on the care of adult patients.
Doctors who practice internal medicine (known as internists) do so across an extremely broad range of clinical activities, including general medical and primary care, hospital-based care, and focused care of specific diseases and patient groups. Thus, the Department is made up of 10 subspecialty divisions, and represents the largest group of clinicians in the Medical Center.
Internists also seek to discover new medical knowledge and apply it to the care of patients. Internal medicine is responsible for a majority of research sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Department of Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine oversees the largest research portfolio.
Because internists are trained to care for such a broad range of patients, they are also well suited to educate our future physicians. The Department of Medicine is extensively involved in medical education, from teaching students in the basic sciences through residency education and subspecialty training.
We invite you to browse this site to learn more about internal medicine (under the ‘About Us’ section) and the wide range of clinical services, research activities, and educational efforts in the College of Medicine and Medical Center.
