Good Shepherd Penn Partners Facility Opens

On July 1, the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) officially opens its new campus - Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse, located at 18th and Lombard Streets in Center City Philadelphia. The Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse campus features a newly renovated 58-bed physical rehabilitation facility managed by Good Shepherd Penn Partners as well as a 38-bed long-term acute care hospital (LTACH).

Good Shepherd Penn Partners (GSPP) is a joint venture between Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network in Allentown,  and the University of Pennsylvania Health System. This partnership, established in January 2007, combines the expertise of two national leaders in rehabilitation care.  Together the partnership funded a $30 million refurbishment of the former Graduate Hospital. This building and the Tuttleman Center constitute the Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse campus. Good Shepherd Penn Partners operates three of the six floors in the main building.

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Penn Fertility Care Offers Comprehensive Donor Egg Program

Today, more women are choosing to have children later in their lives and age is a key factor for successful conception. As women age, their fertility declines, and therefore many women in their late 30s and 40s have difficulty starting or extending their families.

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Gastrointestinal Cancer

Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are extremely common throughout the United States and the world. Colon cancer, for example, is the third most common cancer among men and women in the United States. If you have even one close relative who has colon or another type of gastrointestinal cancer, you may be at an increased risk of developing this disease.

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Penn to Sponsor American Heart Association’s Start! Heart Walk

For the eighth year in a row, the University of Pennsylvania Health System joins forces with the American Heart Association (AHA) to promote physical activity and heart-healthy living in a fun, family environment. The Start! Heart Walk program has raised millions of dollars for research and educational programs that aid in the fight against the number 1 and number 3 killers in the United States—heart disease and stroke.

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