1 out of every 6 doctors in the U.S. has trained in the Philadelphia Region
80% of U.S. pharmecautical and biotech companies have a presence in the region
About 20 % of the region´s workforce is employed in the health care industry
Pennsylvania College of Optometry, First School in U.S. to Offer a Doctor of Optometry Degree, 1919
Salus University
Nathan F. Mossell, M.D. (1856-1946), Founder of Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital, 1895
Student Nurse Preparing to Pour Medications, Philadelphia General Hospital Training School for Nurses, circa 1940