WellSpan Health and Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine Sign Memorandum of Understanding
01 August 2024 - 7:00PM
WellSpan Health and the Lewis Katz School of Medicine (Katz) at
Temple University have signed a memorandum of understanding
(MOU) to establish a new regional campus in York County.
The proposed arrangement will add the second regional campus to
Temple’s medical school, which currently enrolls 880 medical
students at the main Health Sciences Center campus in North
Philadelphia and St. Luke’s University Health Network campus in
Bethlehem, Pa.
“The high-quality care WellSpan is known for across the
Mid-Atlantic will only be enhanced by welcoming these medical
students who will soon train and hone their skills among our own
expert physicians and team members,” said Dr. Anthony Aquilina,
executive vice president and chief physician executive, WellSpan
Health. “Temple University has a strong national reputation for its
educational programs, and we’re excited to work with such a
prestigious institution knowing how it will benefit our
patients.”
“We are thrilled to work with WellSpan Health, renowned for its
commitment to exceptional patient care. This collaboration will
provide our medical students with unparalleled opportunities to
learn and grow. Together, we will advance medical education and
improve health outcomes for communities across the region. We look
forward to an incredible collaboration that will not only benefit
our institutions, students, faculty, and staff, but also the
patients and communities we serve,” said Amy J. Goldberg, MD, FACS,
The Marjorie Joy Katz Dean, Lewis Katz School of Medicine.
The arrangement will serve as a significant step in enhancing
the supply of future WellSpan physicians across the health system
and throughout central Pennsylvania communities. The first class of
approximately 40 students would begin in August 2027 and graduate
in May 2031. The proposed location of the campus will be in East
York at 3350 Whiteford Road, which is a current WellSpan
administrative building. WellSpan York Hospital will be home to the
initial clinical site for the school, with the ability to utilize
all WellSpan Health hospitals and ambulatory sites throughout the
learning experience. The campus will employ more than 100 Katz
faculty and have a staff of 30.
The increased number of students and professionals who will live
in the region because of this school will infuse and strengthen the
local economy. Analysis shows that medical schools bring a highly
diverse student and faculty network that will, in turn, advance
existing WellSpan residency and fellowship programs, and likely
lead to increased innovations, research and clinical trial
opportunities for patients.
WellSpan also recently announced it would affiliate with Jersey
College to establish a school of nursing in the region that will
offer an associate degree in nursing to help address the national
nursing shortage.
- Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Ryan Coyle
WellSpan Health
7178513151
RCoyle@WellSpan.org