Health Professions

Attention Students: If you consider yourself a Prehealth student at Muhlenberg, and would like to be included on our mailing list please take a moment to complete our Advising Interest Form.

The Office of Health Professions Advising works with faculty advisors to build customized academic plans that address the specific goals of students pursuing a career in health and medicine. We work to advance the quality of the undergraduate preprofessional student’s lifelong learning process. Through self-assessment workshops, research opportunities, experiential learning, competency development and extensive preparation for the professional school application process, prehealth students are challenged to discover and define their individual career goals.

About Prehealth

Learn more about the prehealth track at Muhlenberg College.

2300

More than 2300 Muhlenberg alumni work in medical and health professions, and many serve current students as mentors.
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Over the past eight years, 87 percent of all graduates who applied to medical school were admitted.
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Students are designated as members of the College's prehealth track.

Prehealth

Explore the many options available to Muhlenberg students interested in medical and health careers.

Research & Clinical Experience

Research Opportunities and Clinical Experiences On and Off Campus.

Shankweiler Scholars

Muhlenberg's newest honors program is designed for highly motivated undergraduates who are preparing to pursue a medical degree after graduation.

Advising & Resources

Muhlenberg's Approach Builds on Decades of Pre-Medical Success.

Outcomes & Success Stories

Muhlenberg Graduates are Positioned for Medical School Placement and Career Success.

Academic Partnerships

Pathways From Muhlenberg to Top Medical & Dental Schools.

NEWS AT MUHLENBERG

December 15, 2021

Campus Hunger: Advocating for Change

A symposium at Muhlenberg this fall highlighted the often invisible issue of hunger on college campuses and the state and national legislation that can help.
December 8, 2021

Biology Courses Propel Graduate Toward Med School

Bahaa Abdellatif ’21 found success in the classroom and a sense of fulfillment in the community.
November 23, 2021

Kevan Shah ’22 Named Rhodes, Marshall Scholar Finalist

The awards, which are considered among the most exclusive and celebrated graduate fellowships, are among several Shah has been nominated for in recent years.
November 4, 2021

Personally Speaking: Michael Albdewi ’22

Michael Albdewi ’22 is a biochemistry and Russian studies major on the premedical track from Brooklyn, New York.

Contact Information

Cailin Pachter

Director, Health Professions Advising

Email cailinpachter@muhlenberg.edu Telephone 484-664-3427

Address Muhlenberg College Office of Health Professions Advising Lower Level Seegers Union 2400 Chew Street Allentown, PA 18104