Tower Health, Drexel U. College of Medicine Break Ground on New Regional Campus

Drexel University and Tower Health officials held a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony for the new project earlier this week.

WEST READING, PA—Construction has begun on a new four-year regional campus for the Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health here.

Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health, located on Parcel 9 of The Knitting Mills redevelopment, will feature state-of-the-art technology, as well as traditional classrooms, learning communities and lecture halls. The facility, located less than a mile from Reading Hospital, will include traditional and nontraditional instructional venues where students will advance their medical skills and education via simulated patient rooms, anatomy laboratories and simulation labs to promote interdisciplinary education with residents, physicians and nurses.