Back جامعة تيمبل مدرسة الطب Arabic جامعة تيمبل مدرسة الطب ARZ Escuela de Medicina Lewis Katz Spanish Temple University School of Medicine ID Temple University School of Medicine NB
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| Type | State-related |
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| Established | 1901 |
Academic staff | 465 |
| Students | 800 MD |
| Location | , , U.S. 40°00′18″N 75°09′07″W / 40.005°N 75.152°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Dean | Amy J. Goldberg, MD, FACS |
| Website | medicine |
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The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM), located on the Health Science Campus of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is one of seven schools of medicine in Pennsylvania that confers the Doctor of Medicine degree. It also confers Ph.D and M.S. degrees in biomedical science, and offers a Narrative Medicine program.
In July 2014, Lewis Katz School of Medicine's scientists became the first to remove HIV from human cells.[1][2] As of 2015, Temple University's Fox Chase Cancer Center is ranked the ninth-best hospital for adult cancer by U.S. News & World Report.[3] LKSOM reported 15,624 applications in 2020 (class of 2024) for a class size of 210 students; 340 of the total 9,624 applications received acceptance, translating to a 1.3% acceptance rate.
- ^ "HIV 'eliminated' from cultured human cells for the first time". Medical news. 22 July 2014.
- ^ "Genome Editing Cuts Out HiV". The Scientist. 21 July 2014.
- ^ "Best Hospital for Adult Cancer". U.S. News & World Report. 6 April 2015.