The Department of Family Medicine, founded in 1992, emphasizes teaching, patient care and clinical research to fill the growing need for knowledgeable generalists. Our emphasis in education is clinical problem solving. Medical technology changes rapidly but basic clinical problem-solving skills are used throughout the family physician's career.
Family Medicine has offices and programs throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as on our own Drexel University College of Medicine campuses.
News and Announcements
“LJI launches “America’s SHIELD” to develop life-saving herpesvirus vaccines”
Vaccine researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology will lead a national team, including College of Medicine faculty members, to develop life-saving vaccines against herpesviruses that can cause cancer, autoimmune disease and birth defects.
The LJI team has been awarded up to $49 million from the U.S. Government’s Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) and its Antigens Predicted for Broad Viral Efficacy through Computational Experimentation (APECx) program. Read more about it here: lji.org/news-events/news/post/lji-launches-americas-shield-to-develop-life-saving-herpesvirus-vaccines/
Annette Gadegbeku, MD, has been appointed senior associate dean in the Office of Community Health and Inclusive Excellence at Drexel University College of Medicine, effective May 1, 2024. 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.
Faculty Named Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors™ for 2021
Congratulations to Steven L. Zinn, MD and Susanna G. Evans, MD who were named "Top Doctors" in Philadelphia magazine's annual list of the region's best physicians.
The annual Golden Apple Awards recognize outstanding service and teaching by Drexel University College of Medicine faculty and professional staff. Each class of medical students nominate faculty and professional staff for the honor and vote to determine the award winners. Read more.
In the Media
October 8, 2024: Leon McCrea II, MD, the Deborah J. Tuttle, MD and John P. Piper, MD vice dean for educational affairs in the College of Medicine, was quoted in a Philly Voice article about policy changes needed to address health inequities that were discussed during a recent IBX forum.
September 3, 2024: A USA Today network article that quoted Annette Gadegbeku, MD, an associate professor and chief of Community Health in the College of Medicine, about new data which found that one in five Pennsylvania youth say they've worried about food running out at home, was published by Ellwood City Ledger.
September 3, 2024: Annette Gadegbeku, MD, an associate professor and chief of Community Health in the College of Medicine, was quoted in an USA Today network article about new data which found that one in five Pennsylvania youth say they've worried about food running out at home.
Summer 2024: “New and Notable: Gadegbeku Assumes Community Health and Inclusive Excellence Leadership Role / Batts Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence Dinner” Pulse
June 10, 2024: Leon McCrea II, MD, the Deborah J. Tuttle, MD, and John P. Piper, MD, vice dean for educational affairs in the College of Medicine, was featured in an AMA discussion in its ‘Prioritizing Equity’ series that covered the importance of teaching, implementing and adapting culturally responsive communication models for addressing health inequities.
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