The North Philadelphia campus is part of Temple University’s vibrant Health Sciences Center, which includes Temple’s School of Pharmacy and School of Dentistry. For medical students, home base is MERB, a spectacular 11-story, 480,000 square-foot structure featuring state-of-the-art facilities for education, research, and student life, including open research spaces, smart classrooms and a state-of-the-art 12,000-square-foot clinical skills and robotic simulation center.  

Directly across the street from MERB is Temple University Hospital—a world-class tertiary/quaternary hospital that serves as Pennsylvania’s leading safety-net provider for underserved populations and as a primary clinical learning site for medical students, residents and fellows in 45 graduate medical education programs. Medical students also have the opportunity to rotate at other Temple Health hospitals, at the St. Luke’s regional campus and at our other clinical affiliate sites. The North Philadelphia campus is located just a few miles away from the city’s downtown area, which bustles year-round with arts, sciences, entertainment and culture.

Located in beautiful, historic downtown Bethlehem, the St. Luke’s Regional Campus offers all the benefits of a large academic medical center with a hometown, community-focused feel. Featuring a class size of 40, students benefit from outstanding mentorship and diverse clinical experiences. The medical education building is located directly across the street from the hospital. St. Luke’s University Health Network is a 14-hospital health system that serves 11 counties in central Pennsylvania and western New Jersey. With a Level I Trauma Center and a robust graduate medical education program, our students are well-prepared for residency and life beyond the classroom. St. Luke’s campus students can also rotate at Temple Health hospitals for clinical learning experiences in the final phase of the MD program.

Located in historic York, Pennsylvania, the Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine at WellSpan Health combines the strengths of a large teaching medical center with a rich outpatient and educational environment.

The campus advances WellSpan’s vision to reimagine healthcare through the delivery of exceptional healthcare, simplified. An integrated delivery system focused on leading in value-based care, WellSpan is a nine-hospital health system, with more than 23,000 employees, serving 12 counties in more than 250 locations throughout Central Pennsylvania and Northern Maryland.

WellSpan experts provide a range of services, from wellness and employer services solutions to advanced care for complex medical and behavioral conditions. Our clinically integrated network of 3,000 aligned physicians and advanced practice providers is dedicated to providing the highest quality and safety, inspiring our patients and communities to be their healthiest.

With 40 students per class, students at Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine at WellSpan Health gain the benefits of close mentoring and learning relationships throughout the entirety of WellSpan York Hospital and the WellSpan health system.

The WellSpan medical education building is located about 10 minutes from WellSpan York Hospital, and two blocks from the Jersey College School of Nursing at WellSpan Health.

WellSpan York Hospital is a 593-bed, Level 1 Trauma Center, with a Comprehensive Stroke Center with endovascular neurosurgery capabilities, a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and a Chest Pain and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Center. WellSpan York Hospital is known for its world-class heart care. It is one of only two hospitals in the world and remains the only hospital in the United States to have an in-lab 4DCT imaging modality used to support complex cardiac care.

The hospital has more than 92,000 annual emergency department visits, 32,000+ admissions, 3,100 deliveries, and 17,000 surgeries annually.

Located just two miles from WellSpan York Hospital is WellSpan Surgery and Rehabilitation Hospital and several outpatient facilities—WellSpan York Cancer Center, WellSpan Heart and Vascular Center. The campus also features Apple Hill Medical Center for complex general, gynecologic, and orthopedic surgeries and high-risk pregnancies, as well as an outpatient imaging center.

With a Level I Trauma Center and a robust Graduate Medical Education (GME) program with 100+ years of resident and fellow training, our students are well-prepared for residency and life beyond the classroom.

WellSpan campus students can also rotate at Temple Health hospitals and St. Luke’s University Health Network campus hospitals for clinical learning experiences in the final phase of the MD program. 

Learn more about the WellSpan campus.