News and Announcements
Philadelphia magazine published its annual list of the region's “Top Doctors.” The list of physicians, who were chosen by their peers, can be found in the May 2024 issue. Congratulations to the following Drexel University College of Medicine faculty members who were named this year. Read more.
The annual Golden Apple Awards recognize outstanding service, teaching and mentoring by Drexel University College of Medicine faculty and professional staff. The honorees are nominated by each class of medical students who vote to determine the award winners. Read more.
“I am a clinician at Drexel’s Partnership Comprehensive Care Practice. Our patient population is primarily people living with HIV, although the bulk of what I do for them is management of other conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure, since most of our patients’ HIV is well-managed and their viral load is undetectable. We also see people who are on PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV) and people undergoing curative treatment for hepatitis C monoinfection (i.e., not co-infected with HIV).” Read more.
The Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement (CURE) Program funds collaborative biomedical research that aims to improve the health of Pennsylvanians. Read more.
The annual Golden Apple Awards recognize outstanding service, teaching and mentoring by Drexel University College of Medicine faculty and professional staff, who are nominated by each class of medical students for the honor. Students vote to determine the award winners. Read more.
For people with chronic kidney disease, obesity can increase risks of kidney function decline and is associated with worse outcomes after kidney transplant surgery. But weight loss attempts must be managed with care to avoid other negative health consequences, such as malnutrition or low muscle mass. A new paper in Kidney International Reports from Drexel University researchers looks at three metrics — systolic blood pressure, albumin (protein made by the liver), and fat-free mass (everything other than fat in the body, including organs, bones, connective tissue, etc.) – to determine which markers give the best insights to clinical teams tasked with helping patients lose weight safely. Read more.
In the Media
May 22, 2024: Cecilia M. Smith, DO, associate dean of the Tower Health Regional Campus, professor and interim academic chair, Wei Du, MD, a professor and chair, and students Alexis Price-Moyer and Josette Graves, all of the College of Medicine, were quoted in a feature in The Philadelphia Inquirer about how the college’s expanding network of medical school campuses allows students to train all over the country.
December 14, 2023: Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, wrote an MD Edge article about how ChatGPT can be utilized in a medical practice.
November 30, 2023: Stephen Pagkalinawan, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, was a guest on an episode of KYW-Newsradio's "In Depth" podcast to discuss the risk of spreading COVID-19 over the holidays.
November 24, 2023: Gene Finley, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, was featured in a CURE interview about education disparities among patients with lung cancer, including biomarker testing.
November 23, 2023: Stephen Anthony Pagkalinawan, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, was featured in an episode of KYW-Newsradio’s “In Depth” podcast about how much progress we’ve made with COVID treatments in the past few years.
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