November 25, 2025

Each year, the University Libraries and the Office of the Provost proudly host the Celebrating Drexel Authors event — a celebration that honors faculty, staff and students who have published creative or scholarly works. At this year's event held on November 6, the University honored a total of 79 individuals who published books or contributed to highly cited journal articles in the calendar year 2024. Of the honorees, 15 are from the College of Medicine.

The comprehensive list of authors recognized during this year’s event is accessible online.

Authors of Highly Cited Journal Articles

• Features of Acute COVID-19 Associated with Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Phenotypes: Results from the IMPACC Study
  Published in Nature Communications
  Charles B. Cairns, MD
  Walter H. and Lenore Annenberg Dean
  Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs
  Senior Vice President, Drexel Health Operations
  Elias El Haddad, PhD
  MD/PhD Program Director
  Professor
  Division of Infectious Diseases
  Department of Microbiology and Immunology

• Chronic Kidney Disease and the Global Public Health Agenda: An International Consensus
  Published in Nature Reviews Nephrology
  Meera Nair Harhay, MD, MSCE
  Professor

• Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare: A Journey Through History, Present Innovations, and Future Possibilities
  Published in Life (Basel)
  Hassan Khuram
  Medical Student

• A Modular Communicative Leadless Pacing-Defibrillator System
  Published in New England Journal of Medicine
  Steven P. Kutalek, MD
  Professor Emeritus

• Use of 21-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Among US Adults: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
  Published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  Sarah S. Long, MD
  Professor
  Department of Pediatrics

• Use of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines in Adults Aged ≥60 Years: Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
  Published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  Sarah S. Long, MD
  Professor
  Department of Pediatrics

2024 Book Authors & Editors

• Atlas of Office-Based Blue Laser Therapy in Laryngology
  Mary J. Hawkshaw, BSN, RN
  Research Professor
  Department of Otolaryngology
  Omar Ramadan, MD
  Instructor
  Department of Otolaryngology
  Robert T. Sataloff, MD, DMA
  Professor and Chair
  Department of Otolaryngology

• A Comprehensive Guide to Graduate Enrollment Management: Advancing Research and Practice
  Stanley Kania III, PhD
  Assistant Dean of Admissions and Enrollment
  Assistant Professor
  Family, Community & Preventive Medicine

• Recent Progress in Cardiovascular Epidemiology
  Longjian Liu, MD, PhD, MSc
  Professor
  Epidemiology & Biostatistics
  Dornsife School of Public Health/College of Medicine

• Hearing Loss
  Pamela C. Roehm, MD, PhD
  Professor
  Department of Otolaryngology
  Robert T. Sataloff, MD, DMA
  Professor and Chair
  Department of Otolaryngology

• Neuronal Morphogenesis: Methods and Protocols
  Kazuhito Toyooka, PhD
  Associate Professor
  Neurobiology & Anatomy

• Love Rain
  Ray Yalisove
  Standardized Patient Staff