• College’s Medical Jeopardy Team Advances to National Competition

  December 10, 2009

  Congratulations to Drexel University College of Medicine internal medicine residents Petros Grivas, Ashwani Gupta, Gaurav Mathur, and Krishna Rao, who won the statewide Medical Jeopardy–Doctor's Dilemma Competition. The Drexel/Hahnemann residents beat teams from Penn State and West Penn in the contest Dec. 5 in Hershey.

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• Chairman Manuel N. Stamatakis to Receive Heart of Philadelphia Award

  December 10, 2009

  The American Heart Association (AHA) has announced that Manuel N. Stamatakis, chairman of Drexel University College of Medicine, will receive the coveted 2010 Heart of Philadelphia award at the annual Heart Ball gala on Saturday, February 20 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown.

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• Eliana Papadakis Named 2010 WOMAN ONE Award Recipient

  October 19, 2009

  Drexel University College of Medicine’s Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership® has named Eliana Papadakis the 2010 Woman One Award recipient in tribute to her contributions to education, youth and community. Presentation of the Woman One Award will be on Monday, April 19 at Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Hotel, located at 210 West Rittenhouse Square. The April 19, 2010 event will honor Papadakis and raise money for Woman One Scholars.

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• NIH Study to Evaluate Barriers to Success for Women in Academic Medicine

  October 08, 2009

  Drexel University College of Medicine will participate in a national study evaluating barriers to success for women in academic medicine. The NIH-supported research will analyze recruitment, retention, and promotion.

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• Congratulations to Our Best Doctors® of 2009!

  October 08, 2009

  Once again, Drexel University College of Medicine physicians and faculty members have been selected to the Best Doctors® list. Only about 5 percent of doctors practicing in the U.S. are selected each year.

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• Surgeon Volunteers Time and Skills to Treat Wounded Troops Overseas

  September 17, 2009

  Dr. Michael S. Weingarten is used to seeing his share of traumatic injuries. As professor and chief of vascular surgery and director of the wound healing program at Drexel University College of Medicine, Weingarten spends most of his days in the Hahnemann O.R. In addition to vascular cases, he treats a large variety of blunt and penetrating trauma – ranging from gunshot wounds to life-threatening injuries sustained in automobile crashes and other accidents. But even this experienced and distinguished surgeon found himself taken aback by what he saw over a two-week period this summer when he volunteered to treat wounded troops at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.

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• Drexel University Physicians Adds Ob/Gyn Practice in Manayunk

  September 14, 2009

  Drexel University College of Medicine has announced the opening of an ob/gyn practice in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia. The new state-of-the-art patient office is part of Drexel University Physicians at Manayunk, located on Shurs Lane (entrance on Jamestown Street). Other practices at the location include Drexel Family Medicine, Drexel Multispecialists, and the Drexel Sleep Center.

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• Researchers Receive NIH Grants from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

  August 27, 2009

  Eight Drexel University College of Medicine research projects received funding totaling more than $1.6 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Projects include investigations of HIV, genetic diseases, liver biology and therapeutic approaches to ALS.

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• College of Medicine Names New Chairman of Neurosurgery

  August 10, 2009

  James (Jack) E. Wilberger, Jr., MD, has been named chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Drexel University College of Medicine. Wilberger is professor and chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, the western regional campus of Drexel University College of Medicine. He is also director of the hospital’s neurosurgical residency training program and director of neurosurgery for the West Penn Allegheny Health System, where he also serves as vice president for graduate medical education and co-director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program.

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• Class of 2013 Takes Part in White Coat Tradition

  August 10, 2009

  An eager class of incoming medical students donned their white coats for the first time and kicked off their careers in medicine at the College of Medicine’s annual White Coat Ceremony, held August 7 at the City Avenue Hilton.

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