PHILADELPHIA – Julia Puchtler has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), effective July 1, 2024. Puchtler currently serves as chief financial officer of the Hospital of the …
PHILADELPHIA— The rate of colorectal cancer screenings more than doubled when patients were given a choice between which type of screening they wanted—a take-home kit or colonoscopy—compared to those who were only offered the colonoscopy, according to new …
U.S. Women’s Open Trophy at Lancaster Country Club in Lancaster, PA. Copyright USGA/ Jason E. Miczek Beginning May 28, more than 100,000 spectators will line the fairways at the Lancaster Country Club for the U.S. Women’s Open golf championship. While most …
No one wants to go to the emergency department, no matter where or who they are. Going to the emergency department means, inherently, that something has gone wrong. For those coming in, it’s a time of pain, anxiety, maybe fear, maybe even anger. None of …
Top: Axons in female and male subject brains Bottom: damaged axons in male and female brains after injury PHILADELPHIA— Important brain structures that are key for signaling in the brain are narrower and less dense in females, and more likely to be damaged …
By Abby Alten Schwartz You’re an emergency department (ED) nurse on a hectic Saturday night. A patient has been waiting for hours to be seen. He’s in pain, but a dozen people ahead of him have more urgent needs. Suddenly, he’s shouting at the staff, …
By Kevin B. Mahoney Chief Executive Officer University of Pennsylvania Health System The statistics are daunting: U.S. health care workers are five times more likely to experience workplace violence than employees in other industries, according to …
“Each member of the family—Jackie, Rachel, and Kim—touched an important part of this patient’s care journey,” said David Porter, MD, director of Cell Therapy and Transplant, pictured at left with the three nurses. The patient was at the Hospital of the …
PHILADELPHIA— In an effort to jointly target food insecurity to boost the health of the communities around them, Penn Medicine and Philadelphia Union have opened a community refrigerator, located at the Boys & Girls Club of Chester, Pa. The first …
BALTIMORE — Researchers from the Gene Therapy Program (GTP) at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will present ten research abstracts, two invited talks, and a workshop presentation highlighting their translational science …
PHILADELPHIA—CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing was found to be safe and largely effective in addressing a form of inherited blindness in a group of patients that, for the first time, included children. In a multi-site clinical trial called BRILLIANCE that included …
Immune cell interactions driving MS attacks. PHILADELPHIA – B cells can control responses of myeloid cells through the release of particular cytokines (small proteins that control the growth and activity of cells in the immune system), challenging the …
“I’ve seen about a thousand patients worldwide with FOP,” said Fred Kaplan, MD, a professor of Orthopaedic Molecular Medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. “Most of them are immobilized by the time they are 20. But …
PHILADELPHIA— Protein imbalances that increase brain cell excitability may explain why individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) who also experience seizures demonstrate more rapid cognitive decline than those who do not experience seizures. These …
Schnall will lead efforts to leverage new and evolving technology to transform health system efficiency April 30, 2024 PHILADELPHIA—Mitchell Schnall, MD, PhD, has been appointed to a newly created role as Senior Vice President for Data and Technology …
Research is a driving force of medical progress—but is it truly inclusive of the voices and experiences of those it seeks to help? The way research is conducted can often leave out important voices, like people from underrepresented racial and ethnic …
One day you hear that red wine is good for your heart. The next day, it’s not. The same goes for chocolate. And coffee. The see-saw of contradicting information isn’t anything new, but what happens when clinicians hear conflicting studies about a …
Maria Del Carpio grew up in Sabandia, a hilly village in rural Peru, where nearly half of the population lives in poverty. Even as a child, she noticed the stark disparity between her own comfortable existence and that of her less fortunate neighbors. She …
PHILADELPHIA -- In a public commitment to lead among health care organizations in reducing the industry’s outsized impact on climate change, Penn Medicine has signed an ambitious national pledge promising to significantly cut and, eventually, eliminate its …
PHILADELPHIA – Liver inflammation, a common side-effect of cancers elsewhere in the body, has long been associated with worse cancer outcomes and more recently associated with poor response to immunotherapy. Now, a team led by researchers from the Abramson …
