She assumes the role after nearly a year as interim CEO and two decades as a physician leader and pediatrician April 09, 2025 WEST CHESTER — Karen Pinsky, MD, has been appointed chief executive officer of Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital (CCH), after …
For longtime faculty and staff at Penn Medicine, Match Day never gets old. Staff spend the morning decorating the Atrium in the Jordan Medical Education Center with balloons and prepping photo booth props, mounting a map of the United States and a set of …
By: Christina Hernandez Sherwood When Mitchell Schnall, MD, PhD, was a young faculty member in Penn Radiology in the 1990s, he realized that the standard medical equipment used in the department wasn’t advanced enough for his purposes. Schnall, a …
By Christina Hernandez Sherwood Six million digital messages arrive in the inboxes of Penn Medicine clinicians each year. That’s more than 16,400 inquiries daily about everything from where to park to referral requests to pain management. While patients …
By: Christina Hernandez Sherwood Nearly two decades into her tenure at Penn, Raina Merchant leads teams transforming health care for better patient, clinician, and community experiences. Raina Merchant, MD, MSHP, realized early in her career that she had …
By: Kim Maialetti Emeka Anyanwu, MD As a cardiologist, Emeka Anyanwu, MD, MScBMI, enjoys taking care of patients’ hearts. However, when asked what else he’s passionate about, he doesn’t miss a beat. “I love software,” said Anyanwu, physician lead for …
PHILADELPHIA— Nitrous oxide—better known as "laughing gas"—can potentially transform treatment for tough-to-beat depression. This centuries-old anesthetic gas targeted specific brain cells in mice and quickly reduced symptoms, according to new …
Isabel Yoon (left) and Jenn Guo (right) PHILADELPHIA—Hospitals, some of the busiest places, can also be among the loneliest. Amid the din of care teams and clinicians, security and custodial teams, those dealing with illness and hospitalization often feel …
Bruce Levine, PhD. Photo credit: Ed Cunicelli Photographer Inc. You’ve probably heard of “Silicon Valley” in California. But did you know that the Philadelphia region is the home of “Cellicon Valley”? Bruce Levine, PhD, a scientist in Penn’s Center for …
Doylestown Health officially joined the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) today, strengthening the two organizations’ shared commitment to delivering the most advanced, convenient and compassionate care to patients and families across …
The filter was littered with globular, pink bits. Small. Really small. But these tiny bits of tissue could have left Donna Carr debilitated for the rest of her life…if they didn’t kill her. “I was knocking on heaven’s door, for goodness' sake!” she …
PHILADELPHIA— A breakthrough in safely delivering therapeutic DNA to cells could transform treatment for millions suffering from common chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. A new process that transports DNA into cells using tiny fat- …
A new 3D-printed customizable hydrogel performed well in preclinical trials with several different types of meniscal tears March 25, 2025 PHILADELPHIA— Meniscus tears are common knee injuries that have long frustrated patients and doctors due to limited …
By: Abby Alten Schwartz In mid-January 2023, just before her 34th birthday, Kate Korson discovered a lump in her breast she described as “massive.” She immediately called her mom and said, “If this is cancer, we’re going to Penn.” Her mom, Marcy, had been …
PHILADELPHIA— Adding an anti-obesity medication just one month after behavioral therapy begins—rather than waiting the currently recommended six months—can more than double weight loss for patients who struggle initially with lifestyle changes alone, …
PHILADELPHIA— We’ve all heard “Click It, or Ticket” as a reminder to buckle up in the car, but “Click It and Win It!” appears to be an effective approach for sustaining consistent seatbelt use among drivers. When drivers were promised a share of $125 …
PHILADELPHIA – Adding immunotherapy to a new type of inhibitor that targets multiple forms of the cancer-causing gene mutation KRAS kept pancreatic cancer at bay in preclinical models for significantly longer than the same targeted therapy by itself, …
Previous exposures to older flu strains prime the immune system to produce antibodies against H5N1, and children would likely benefit the most from H5N1 vaccinations March 13, 2025 PHILADELPHIA— Prior exposures to specific types of seasonal influenza …
PHILADELPHIA— What if treating autoimmune diseases was as simple as regulating the acidity levels of parts of patients’ cells? Genetic screening may have unlocked a path for treating the severe inflammation associated with many immune diseases by …
Garrett M. Brodeur, Susan Domchek, Stephan Grupp, and Robert Vonderheide to be honored at 2025 AACR Annual Meeting March 10, 2025 Garrett M. Brodeur, MD, Susan Domchek, MD, Stephan Grupp, MD, PhD, and Robert Vonderheide, MD, DPhil PHILADELPHIA – …
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