News and Announcements
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.
“Birthing-Friendly” Hospital Designations
The Biden administration recently launched its new “Birthing-Friendly” hospital designation to recognize high-quality maternity care. Many of the hospitals recognized are affiliated with the College of Medicine as clinical education sites. The new designation aims to improve outcomes, as 80 percent of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable, with concerning disparities among racial and ethnic minority groups. We congratulate Kaiser, UPMC, Tower Health-Reading Hospital, Well Span – York, Bayhealth Med Center, Holy Redeemer and Virtua (Mt. Holly) for their excellence. (November 2023)
Mark B. Woodland, MS, MD, clinical professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, has been appointed to a new role as associate dean, advocacy and policy effective September 1, 2023. Dr. Woodland has been a faculty member at the College of Medicine for nearly three decades, having served as OB-GYN residency program director and vice dean for graduate medical education as well as faculty for professionalism and bioethics courses. Learn more.
R03 Grant
Karen Berkowitz, MD, associate professor in the Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Obstetrics & Gynecology, received an R03 grant ($100,000 direct costs) from NIH for her project “Generation and Characterization of a Novel Mouse Line to Elucidate CHTF18 Function in Male and Female Meiosis.” The grant period is 2022-2024.
Reading Hospital/Tower Health News and Announcements
Congratulations to Holly Metzgar, MD, MS, for their appointment to associate program director of the Reading Hospital/Tower Health ob/gyn residency program.
Congratulations to Mark B. Woodland, MD, MS, for his election to the board of directors of the Federation of State Medical Boards for a two year term.
Mark B. Woodland, MD, MS was the 3rd Sterling Memorial Lecture Keynote Speaker for the Council on Resident Education in OBGYN (CREOG). He presented, “Career Perspectives: Leadership & Mentorship Leading to Resilience in the Clinical Learning Environment,” an overview of his 35 years with CREOG and his role as immediate past chair of CREOG.
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In the Media
June 19, 2024: Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, MD, a professor and academic chair in the College of Medicine, was featured in a Pittsburgh City Paper article about serving as the keynote speaker at a recent African American Summit on Dementia event hosted by the Greater Pennsylvania Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.
May 16, 2024: Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, MD, a professor and chair, and H. Christopher Lawson, MD, an assistant professor, both in the College of Medicine, were featured in Becker’s Hospital Review’s ‘Black healthcare leaders to know’ list.
April 16, 2024: Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, MD, a professor and academic chair in the College of Medicine, was quoted in a WPXI-TV (NBC-Pittsburgh) segment about Pittsburgh having some of the highest maternal death rates in the country, with Black women dying at rates two to three times higher than their white counterparts.
February 25, 2024: Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, MD, a chair in the College of Medicine, was quoted in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article about programs in the Pittsburgh-area that aim to increase racial diversity in medicine.
October 17, 2023: Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, MD, professor and academic chair of obstetrics and gynecology at the College of Medicine, and senior vice president and chief clinical diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Allegheny Health Network/Highmark Health, was named one of Modern Healthcare’s 2023 Diversity Leaders Luminary Award winners, among only a few selected nationwide.
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