Drexel, Tower Health Sign 20-Year Academic Agreement

An agreement between Drexel and Tower Health that will establish a new four-year regional campus of the College of Medicine was featured in a Feb. 22 Philadelphia Business Journal story. The two organizations have secured appropriate accreditation and the campus will be operational for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Tower Health, Drexel Sign Agreement for New Medical School

An agreement between Drexel and Tower Health that will establish a new four-year regional campus of the College of Medicine was featured in a Feb. 22 WFMZ-TV (Allentown, Pennsylvania) story. The two organizations have secured appropriate accreditation and the campus will be operational for the 2020-2021 academic year.

AL DÍA Hosts First Ever Higher Education Summit

Drexel College of Medicine students Alfredo Muñoz and Paulina Ramirez were mentioned in a Feb. 6 Al Día article about the publication's Higher Education Summit in January. The students were featured speakers, talking about their experiences as medical students. 

ADHD Rates are Soaring. A Pediatrician Explains What We Should Be Doing about It.

Daniel Taylor, DO, an associate professor in the College of Medicine, authored a Feb. 6 column for the Philadelphia Inquirer about what parents can do for their children if they have symptoms of ADHD.

Tips To Get a Better Night’s Sleep From a Doctor at Drexel Sleep Medicine

Anita Ko, MD, assistant professor in the College of Medicine, was interviewed for a Feb. 4 WPHL-TV (PHL-17) segment about the benefits of sleep and offered tips for a better night's sleep.

Drexel Students, Faculty Hold 26th Annual Pediatric AIDS Benefit Concert 

Drexel College of Medicine was featured on a Jan. 27 WPVI-TV (6-abc) about the 26th Annual Pediatric AIDS Benefit Concert which benefits the Dorothy Mann Center for Pediatric and Adolescent HIV at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.

Actress Melissa McCarthy Has an Early Bedtime. Should All Adults?

Anita Ko, MD, assistant professor in the College of Medicine, was quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer story about sleeping habits.

Youth Solitary Confinement Continues Despite Ongoing Criticism 

Aneela Khan, MD, a faculty member in the College of Medicine, was interviewed for a Jan. 16 story on Fox News about the mental health effects of juvenile solitary confinement.

Medical mystery: The Last Years of George H.W. Bush

Allan B. Schwartz, MD, a professor in the College of Medicine, authored a presidential “medical mystery” for The Philadelphia Inquirer on Jan. 11 about George H.W. Bush’s vascular parkinsonism diagnosis.

Where Do You Fall on the Irritable Bowel Syndrome Spectrum?

Neilanjan Nandi, MD, an assistant professor in the College of Medicine, was quoted in a Jan. 1 post on Awement about the range of symptoms that go along with irritable bowel syndrome. 

The Ties that Bind: Drexel Doctor's Huge Collection Spreads Joy

Daniel V. Schidlow, MD, the Walter H. and Lenore Annenberg Dean of the College of Medicine, was featured in a Dec. 24 Philly Voice article about his bow tie collection and “Bow Tie School,” which he hosts for students and faculty.

New Study on Sepsis Outcomes in Delaware

A study by Ryan Arnold, MD, a faculty member in the College of Medicine, and Muge Capan, PhD, an associate clinical professor in the LeBow College of Business, which linked sepsis symptoms to mortality risk, was featured a Dec. 3 Delmarva Public Radio (Delaware) story.