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Thomas Jefferson University is a private health sciences university in Center City
Center City, Philadelphia

Center City is the "downtown" and Central Business District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Its 2005 population of 88,000 makes it the third most populous downtown in the United States....
, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
 in the United States. The university consists of three constituent colleges, Jefferson Medical College, Jefferson College of Graduate Studies, and Jefferson College of Health Professions.

The University was founded under the name Jefferson Medical College in 1824. In 1825 the Medical College opened an infirmary to treat the poor and by 1844 Jefferson was providing patient beds over a shop at 10th and Sansom Streets.






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Thomas Jefferson University is a private health sciences university in Center City
Center City, Philadelphia

Center City is the "downtown" and Central Business District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Its 2005 population of 88,000 makes it the third most populous downtown in the United States....
, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
 in the United States. The university consists of three constituent colleges, Jefferson Medical College, Jefferson College of Graduate Studies, and Jefferson College of Health Professions.

The University was founded under the name Jefferson Medical College in 1824. In 1825 the Medical College opened an infirmary to treat the poor and by 1844 Jefferson was providing patient beds over a shop at 10th and Sansom Streets. A 125-bed hospital, one of the first in the nation affiliated with a medical school, opened in 1877, and a school for nurses began in 1891. The Medical College became Thomas Jefferson University on July 1, 1969. As an academic health care center, Jefferson is currently involved in education, medical research, and patient care.

The University is affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc (TJUH)—including Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, and Methodist Hospital Division of TJUH. Thomas Jefferson University is also the primary academic affiliate of the Jefferson Health System. Jefferson Health System was founded in 1995 when Thomas Jefferson University and the Main Line Health System signed an agreement establishing a new, nonprofit, corporate entity known as the Jefferson Health System. The agreement brought together the Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. and Main Line Health under one corporate parent. Since then, other established networks have joined Jefferson Health System as founding members, including the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Frankford Health Care System, and Magee Rehabilitation Hospital.

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    Thomas Jefferson University alumni

    Thomas Jefferson University's notable alumni include:*Isaac Newton Evans , represented Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1877 to 1879 and 1883 to 1887....


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