St. Luke’s University Health Network and Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine expanded their partnership so that incoming students may complete their entire medical school education in Bethlehem, making Temple/St. Luke’s the Lehigh Valley's first four-year medical school campus. Many graduates continue with residencies in the St. Luke’s health network and join staff when they complete their studies.
St. Luke's hospital-based School of Nursing, founded in 1884, is the nation's oldest nursing school in continuous operation.