- Penn Medicine
Penn Medicine (commonly styled PENN Medicine) is the governing board that administers and coordinates the
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and theUniversity of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS). The board reports directly to the trustees of theUniversity of Pennsylvania . It was created by Penn's president,Judith Rodin , in response to a $300 Million financial crisis at the Health System. [ [http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0504/editors1.html Penn Gazette: The Rodin Years] ]The regionally ubiquitous term is sometimes misapplied to UPHS clinical care services and practices, which use the term "Penn Health". The term is also used by many to refer solely to the medical school.
University City medical campus
Many of the parts of Penn Medicine are based in
University City, Philadelphia on a site that was originally home to theBlockley Almshouse .External links
* [http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/facts.htm Penn Medicine fact sheet]
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