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February

WHYY and Vision 2020 Collaborate on "MAKERS: Women Who Make America"

February 25, 2013

On Thursday, February 21, Vision 2020 partnered with WHYY on for a very special preview-screening of the documentary, MAKERS: Women Who Make America.

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20th Annual Pediatric AIDS Benefit Raises $27,500

February 22, 2013

The annual Drexel University College of Medicine Pediatric AIDS Benefit Concert was a wonderful, fun-filled evening that raised $27,500 for children with HIV and AIDS. More than 420 students, faculty and guests sang, danced and laughed their way through the February 18 event that showcased a total of 14 acts.

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Brazilian Teachers Program

February 18, 2013
Drexel is wrapping up a unique new exchange program that brought a group of high-school English teachers from Brazil to the United States for six weeks of intensive English language training and professional development.
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Partnership with Kaiser Permanente to Develop Physician Leaders

February 12, 2013

Drexel University College of Medicine has partnered with Kaiser Permanente in California to help ensure a strong physician workforce for the future and to further develop emerging healthcare leaders for the Sacramento region.

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Make the Call. Don't Miss a Beat. National Campaign to Raise Awareness of Heart Attacks Among Women

February 08, 2013

A woman suffers a heart attack every minute in the United States. Yet only half of women say they would call 9-1-1 if they thought they were having a heart attack, and many women didn't recognize several key symptoms, according to a 2009 American Heart Association survey. Heart disease takes an especially heavy toll on Hispanic women. It is the number one killer of that group in the United States. Knowing the symptoms is essential to calling 9-1-1 and preventing this.

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Revolutionary Heart Device Now an Option for At-Risk Patients

February 06, 2013

A new, less invasive heart defibrillator, recently approved by the FDA, is offering new hope to patients at risk of cardiac arrest. The device, which cardiologists are calling a breakthrough treatment, is known as an S-ICD, which stands for subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.

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David J. Schonfeld, MD, Named Chair of Pediatrics

February 04, 2013

David J. Schonfeld, MD, a world-renowned expert in school crisis and bereavement, has been appointed chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine. He is also the pediatrician-in-chief at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.

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