University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
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The University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine (PennVet) was founded in 1884. It has two campuses; the main campus is located in Philadelphia, and a second campus is located in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
. At the Philadelphia campus, first, second, and third year veterinary students attend classes. It is also the home to numerous research facilities as well as the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital. The second campus, New Bolton Center
, is home to the George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals.
Over 6,000 veterinarians have graduated from the school, the only veterinary school
in Pennsylvania
. The school awards the Veterinariae Medicinae Doctoris (VMD) degree rather than a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM). It also offers a VMD-PhD program and a VMD-MBA program.
Ryan Hospital is one of the busiest veterinary teaching hospitals in the country, seeing more than 31,000 small animal patient visits each year, 13,000 of which are emergency cases. The Emergency Service—open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year—is staffed by emergency medicine clinicians and emergency/critical care specialists, as well as nursing specialists in emergency/critical care, augmented by on-call specialists.
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
School of Veterinary Medicine (PennVet) was founded in 1884. It has two campuses; the main campus is located in Philadelphia, and a second campus is located in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Kennett Square is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known as the Mushroom Capital of the World because mushroom farming in the region produces over a million pounds of mushrooms a year...
. At the Philadelphia campus, first, second, and third year veterinary students attend classes. It is also the home to numerous research facilities as well as the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital. The second campus, New Bolton Center
New Bolton Center
The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s 700 acre New Bolton Center campus in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, is home to one of the busiest large animal teaching veterinary clinics in the nation. Founded in 1964 with contributions from equestrienne Esther du Pont Thouron and...
, is home to the George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals.
Over 6,000 veterinarians have graduated from the school, the only veterinary school
Veterinary school
A veterinary school is a tertiary educational institution, or part of such an institution, which is involved in the education of veterinarians. To become a veterinarian one must first complete a veterinary degree A veterinary school should not be confused with a department of animal science...
in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. The school awards the Veterinariae Medicinae Doctoris (VMD) degree rather than a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM). It also offers a VMD-PhD program and a VMD-MBA program.
Ryan Hospital is one of the busiest veterinary teaching hospitals in the country, seeing more than 31,000 small animal patient visits each year, 13,000 of which are emergency cases. The Emergency Service—open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year—is staffed by emergency medicine clinicians and emergency/critical care specialists, as well as nursing specialists in emergency/critical care, augmented by on-call specialists.