Medicine is a profession—some consider it a calling—that demands physicians who are smart, caring and passionate about serving others. At the Lewis Katz School of Medicine (Katz) at Temple University, our top-tier faculty members empower academically excellent Doctor of Medicine (MD) students with the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to succeed in this rigorous, yet highly rewarding, profession. Upon completion of our program, you will be prepared to take on the toughest cases and develop leading, preventative care for populations who are historically underserved.  

Since our founding as Pennsylvania’s first co-educational medical school in 1901, Katz has attained a national reputation for training humanistic clinicians and biomedical scientists. Our programs attract students and faculty committed to making a difference in patient care, research, education, and public service—at home and across the globe. Our students range from recent college graduates to those changing careers and hail from a wide variety of cultural, socioeconomic and geographic backgrounds. 

As a student at Katz, you will join a community of collective changemakers, addressing the most challenging and intricate cases, and revolutionizing outcomes and approaches for the benefit of all.

A student-centered medical education program that trains professionals who are passionate about improving care.

Katz provides education that is patient-centered, instilling in learners the school's ethic of human service and lifelong learning; research that advances and integrates basic and clinical science; and patient care that is administered with compassion and understanding, utilizing contemporary knowledge and techniques.

Program Contact 
Dr. Denise Salerno 
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education 
Email: [click-for-email] 
Phone: 215-514-7713