1st medical school & university teaching hospital in US

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

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The institution that launched America's first medical school is the College of Philadelphia (now known as the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania). Dr. John Morgan and Dr. William Shippen Jr. established the school. The program was modeled on the medical school system at the University of Edinburgh.

Founded, 1765

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1768-John Archer became its first official graduate.

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1780 - John Morgan

1799 - Surgeons’ Hall, University of Pennsylvania Department of Medicine

1815 - Medical department (on left) and the college building (on right)

Penn’s campus from 1829-1871, at Ninth and Market Streets

1830 - Medical Hall and College Hall

1925 - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, William Pepper Laboratory of Clinical Medicine

1902 - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, D. Hayes Agnew Memorial Pavilion

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