A message from the president and dean

Healthcare’s evolution has accelerated. Imagine learning in an environment that stays ahead — an environment ready to meet abrupt change intelligently and already leading the systemic shifts medicine requires to deliver care equitably and with concern for the whole person.

Geisinger provides that environment. Our focus on interprofessional care teams, rather than disconnected individual providers, prepare us for unexpected challenges, like those posed by COVID-19. Our physicians are also leading a revolution in primary care, an organizational change in which we are proud innovators. And Geisinger’s distinct innovations, like electronic health records with data analytics and our international prominence in genetics and genomics, are deployed in ways that benefit the clinician and the patient. As a student, you will learn from practitioners using these high-tech tools every day to improve the health of individuals and entire communities.

At Geisinger, we train tomorrow’s physician to approach medicine on both a macro and a micro level — to be capable of discerning and helping to cure the broad, societal causes of disease, and ready to render compassionate care rooted in the Geisinger values of kindness, excellence, safety, learning and innovation.

In addition to the MD, Geisinger offers an outstanding degree program in nursing and a master’s degree in biomedical sciences and a professional science master’s degree. We also have more than 500 residents and fellows, comprising 31 accredited residency programs and 27 subspecialty fellowship programs, which encompass Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education physician programs as well as dental, podiatry, pharmacy and more. Your education will be enhanced by learning and interacting with these fellow professionals.

As a young school created by community and integrated with a health system routinely held up as a national model of excellence for person-centered care, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine offers a unique and distinct medical education. We emphasize active learning, early clinical exposure and community engagement to address social determinants of health from day one. That’s why Geisinger Commonwealth graduates are known for their brilliance and their caring — for authentic empathy coupled with superior clinical skills and knowledge, all accompanied by an unparalleled ability to connect with patients. This is the kind of doctor who will lead the healthcare teams of the future. If this is the future physician you’d like to be, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine is the place to learn.

Sincerely,

Steven J. Scheinman, MD President and Dean of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Geisinger Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer