Temple's School of Medicine will invest more heavily in Western Pennsylvania's competitive healthcare marketplace as it moves to open its second branch campus. Temple and Pittsburgh's West Penn Allegheny Health System announced plans in June to launch a satellite medical school in 2013. Larry Kaiser, dean of Temple's School of Medicine and CEO of Temple University Health System, says Temple moved to open its branches to better recruit and train students across the state. In a city like Pittsburgh, Kaiser explained, schools must all vie for training locations inside hospitals and ambulatory settings. Temple's broader geographic reach "allowed us to expand without further compromising the clinical rotations here," Kaiser said.