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Thomas Jefferson University

Thomas Jefferson University is a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Established in its earliest form in 1824, the university officially combined with Philadelphia University in 2017.[6] The university is named for U.S. Founding Father and president Thomas Jefferson. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[7]

"Philadelphia University" and "University of Philadelphia" redirect here. For the university in Jordan, see Philadelphia University (Jordan).

Former names

Medical Department of Jefferson College in Philadelphia (1824–1838)
Jefferson Medical College (1838–1969)
Philadelphia Textile School (1884–1942)
Philadelphia Textile Institute (1942–1961)
Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science (1961–1999)
Philadelphia University (1999–2017)

"Redefining humanly possible"

1824 (1824)

$1.533 billion (2021)[1]

Matt Dane Baker

7,831[2]

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United States

Large city, 100 acres (0.4 km2)

Deep blue and bright blue[4]
   

Phil the Ram[5]

To signify its heritage, the university sometimes carries the nomenclature Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) in its branding.

College of Architecture and the Built Environment

Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce

School of Continuing and Professional Studies

Jefferson offers 160+ undergraduate and graduate programs, including the Sidney Kimmel Medical College and former Philadelphia University's flagship colleges:

(BSBA 1978, Philadelphia Textile), former professional soccer player.

Adrian Brooks

(M.D. 1977), physician, engineer, and former NASA astronaut.

James P. Bagian

(M.S. 2000), Pakistani businessman and philanthropist, who disappeared aboard the Titan submersible in 2023.

Shahzada Dawood

(M.D. 1852), discoverer of Da Costa's syndrome.

Jacob Mendes Da Costa

(M.D. 1929), orthopedic surgeon and Jefferson professor

Anthony F. DePalma

ex-Major League Baseball player, Toronto Blue Jays.

Bob File

(M.D. 1855), pioneer in the research of yellow fever, determining that it was transmitted through Aedes aegypti.

Carlos Finlay

professor of anatomy.

William S. Forbes

inventor of the heart-lung machine; awarded the Lasker Prize.

John Heysham Gibbon

discoverer of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus; awarded the Lasker Prize twice.

Robert Gallo

abortion provider and convicted murderer.[40]

Kermit Gosnell

(M.D. 1828), academic trauma surgeon; referred to as "The Emperor of American Surgery".

Samuel D. Gross

father of endoscopy (alongside Philipp Bozzini).

Chevalier Jackson

(1952, H 2003), inventor and philanthropist.

Maurice Kanbar

psychiatrist and substance abuse researcher.

Herbert Kleber

first neurosurgeon to successfully remove a brain tumor.

William Williams Keen

ex-Major League Baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals.

Curtis King

physician, surgeon, venture capitalist

Howard Krein

physician, internist and rheumatologist, best known for research into systemic lupus erythematosus and other autoimmune diseases

Robert G. Lahita

neurologist, medical researcher and multiple sclerosis expert

Fred D. Lublin

head coach of the Jefferson men's basketball team.

Herb Magee

surgeon, professor, and author.

Marty Makary

father of medical neurology.

Silas Weir Mitchell

winner of Bravo's inaugural season of Project Runway.

Jay McCarroll

(1982), academic anesthesiologist and professor; President & Chief Operating Officer of the Mount Sinai Hospital, and President of Mount Sinai Queens.

David L. Reich

(1878), pioneer of endocrinology

Charles E. de M. Sajous

neuroscientist

Richard Smeyne

performed the first laryngotomy for vocal cord cancer.

Jacob da Silva Solis-Cohen

vascular surgeon, medical researcher, and Alexander Whitehill Clowes Endowed Chair in Vascular surgery at the University of Washington

Benjamin Starnes

(Ph.D. 2000) immunologist and professor

Edward John Wherry III

former coach of Rams' men's soccer, and professional player.

Greg Wilson

athlete, businessman, philanthropist

Vincent Wolanin

Official website

Thomas Jefferson athletics website