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Published on February 22, 2024 - 15:57 GMT

Three Penn Medicine Hospitals Receive 2024 HAP Achievement Awards

Hospital programs were recognized with the Excellence in Care, Workforce Innovators, and the prestigious Living the Vision awards. February 22, 2024 From left to right, Katherine Costantini, Melissa Welsh, Jennifer Cohen, MD, spearheaded an initiative at …

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Published on February 22, 2024 - 05:00 GMT

Penn Wheelchair Clinic makes orders easy

Shortly after I was born, my parents noticed I had severe muscle weakness, and I was eventually diagnosed with Central Core Disease, a rare (but thankfully non-progressive) muscle disease that weakens and quickly fatigues just about every muscle in the …

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Published on February 20, 2024 - 05:00 GMT

The art of cancer recovery

Rohlfing’s paintings are inspired by fallen leaves and petals on her neighborhood walks. Ginger Mimmo Rohlfing was staring down breast cancer. To shift her attention away from the frightening diagnosis and the overwhelming thought of upcoming appointments …

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Published on February 15, 2024 - 14:05 GMT

Benjamin “Kyle” Potter named chair of Orthopaedic Surgery

Philadelphia – Benjamin “Kyle” Potter, MD, FACS, an internationally renowned physician-leader in combat casualty care, has been named chair of the department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Penn Medicine, effective June 24, 2024. He will join the Perelman School …

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Published on February 15, 2024 - 05:00 GMT

What Makes a Breakthrough

In popular culture, scientific discovery is often portrayed in “Eureka!” moments of sudden realization: a lightbulb moment, coming sometimes by accident. But in real life—and in Penn Medicine’s rich history as a scientific innovator for more than 250 …

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Published on February 13, 2024 - 05:00 GMT

Building a more diverse healthcare workforce

February 13, 2024 | by Jonathan B. Waller Iris Reyes, MD, helps to open doors for new generations of physicians from populations historically underrepresented in medicine (URiM) to reach successful and impactful careers in medicine. Reyes, a professor of …

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Published on February 8, 2024 - 19:14 GMT

Awards & Accolades: January 2024

Marisa Bartolomei, PhD, co-director of the Epigenetics Institute and Perelman Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 March of Dimes Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD Prize. This annual honor recognizes exceptional …

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Published on February 6, 2024 - 05:00 GMT

From flatline to the finish line

Oatman and Kohler running together during the 4.3 mile leg of the Ragnar Race Imagine one day you decided to head to your local gym to get some exercise. You start your workout when suddenly you hear a loud thump behind you. Turning around, you see a man …

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Published on February 5, 2024 - 16:00 GMT

Losing sleep over killings of unarmed Black individuals by police

Penn Medicine research found statistically significant decreases in sleep duration among Black adults after exposure to deaths of unarmed Black individuals during police encounters. February 05, 2024 PHILADELPHIA – Black adults across the United States …

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Published on February 5, 2024 - 14:49 GMT

AI-powered projects selected for Innovation Accelerator

The teams selected for the latest version of the Innovation Accelerator take part in a problem-solving exercise during the program’s kick-off meeting. PHILADELPHIA— Artificial intelligence (AI) is having a moment, partly due to its potential to address …

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Published on February 1, 2024 - 18:13 GMT

$5 million awarded to ‘learning health system science’ training

Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD, Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, and M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS. PHILADELPHIA – A $5 million grant seeks to develop new, more efficient approaches to learn from the care delivered to patients across the University of Pennsylvania Health …

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Published on February 1, 2024 - 05:00 GMT

Helping hospitalized patients address addiction with empathy

Peer Recovery Specialist Eric Ezzi and his wife with their daughter. For any patient in the hospital, their stay entails a constant stream of health care professionals visiting the room; physicians and nurses and techs monitor their condition and map out …

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Published on January 30, 2024 - 20:08 GMT

A prescription for improving medical communication

PHILADELPHIA – As we approach the four-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, health misinformation continues to be pervasive and negatively impact public health. The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that, in 2022, the amount of …

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Published on January 30, 2024 - 05:00 GMT

Penn Medicine honored again for top patient satisfaction ratings

Good health care involves treating the whole person, which includes medical, psychological, and social aspects of care. Patient experience—making sure patients feel listened to and their concerns cared about, in a comfortable environment with thoughtful …

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Published on January 29, 2024 - 15:24 GMT

Penn Medicine CAREs Grant program surpasses $1 million in funding

PHILADELPHIA – Buying personal hygiene supplies for someone in need, helping them access fresh, healthy food, or offering a ride to a medical appointment may seem like simple acts of service. Often, those acts have a network of passionate, dedicated …

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Published on January 24, 2024 - 22:41 GMT

Secondary Cancers Following CAR T Cell Therapy Are Rare

PHILADELPHIA – The development of any type of second cancer following CAR T cell therapy is a rare occurrence, as found in an analysis of more than 400 patients treated at Penn Medicine, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of …

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Published on January 24, 2024 - 18:10 GMT

Imaging 1 week after immunotherapy can predict melanoma survival

PHILADELPHIA— While the standard timing for imaging patients’ tumors after immunotherapy is three months, researchers found that imaging patients with melanoma after just one week of treatment illuminated metabolic changes in their tumors that corresponded …

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Published on January 23, 2024 - 05:00 GMT

Doubly dedicated: Nurse wins IRONMAN World Championship

Warfel, pictured here, during her IRONMAN race in Kona, Hawai’i in October 2023. On a typical day, Ava Warfel, RN, wakes up around 3 a.m. The nurse supervisor at the new Penn Medicine HealthWorks Alvernia University practice in Reading, PA, doesn’t have to …

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Published on January 19, 2024 - 15:00 GMT

ASCI elects new members from Penn, CHOP

PHILADELPHIA – Six physician-scientists from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have been elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation, joining one of the nation’s oldest and most …

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Published on January 19, 2024 - 14:00 GMT

E. John Wherry, PhD, and John M. Maris, MD, named AACR Fellows

Scientists will be recognized at the 2024 AACR Annual Meeting January 19, 2024 PHILADELPHIA – Renowned immunologist E. John Wherry, PhD, and distinguished pediatric oncologist John M. Maris, MD, have been named as members of the 2024 class of fellows of …

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