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.

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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

November 21, 2022

Building a Strong Foundation for Veterinary School, in the Classroom and the Lab

Undergraduate research experiences, rigorous coursework and close faculty mentorship helped Jess Sommer ’21 on her way to the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.
November 9, 2022

In Search of Cures

Decades of research on neurodegenerative disorders enabled Dr. Howard E. Gendelman ’75 to bring potentially game-changing treatments to clinical trials.
October 21, 2022

Muhlenberg College School of Graduate Studies Announces New Master’s in Medical Leadership Program

The new graduate program is scheduled to hold its first classes in the 2023-24 academic year.
October 14, 2022

Three Recent Biology Alumni Publish Papers on Bumblebee Research

The alumni — now in medical, dental and veterinary school — worked in the lab of Professor of Neuroscience and Biology and Chair of Neuroscience Jordanna Sprayberry during their time at Muhlenberg.

Contact Information

Cailin Cordon-Waldman

Director, Health Professions Advising

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

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