Blog Topic: Primary Care

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  Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction for Advanced COPD and Severe Emphysema

  September 17, 2021

  Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction (BLVR) is a new option at Penn Medicine for patients with advanced for COPD/emphysema who aren't candidates for lung volume reduction surgery or lung transplantation.

  Pulmonology Primary Care
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  The Long Haul Ahead: A Penn Nursing Investigation of Home Healthcare for COVID Survivors in the Community

  December 04, 2020

  Researchers at Penn Nursing recently investigated patients in the community after hospitalization for COVID-19 to elucidate the value of home healthcare

  COVID-19 Primary Care
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  In-Office Updates from the Penn Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program: What Community Physicians Need to Know

  March 02, 2020

  Colleen Tewksbury, PhD, RD, Reviews the Penn Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program's In-Office Bariatrics Update Series for Community Practices

  Primary Care Surgery
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  Penn’s First Symposium for Transgender Health to be Held in December

  November 20, 2018

  The Center for Human Appearance (CHA) at Penn Medicine will be hosting its first Symposium on Transgender Health on December 1, 2018.

  Primary Care Dermatology Surgery
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  Penn Heart & Vascular: First to Offer Embolic Protection Device during TAVR for Stroke Prevention in Philadelphia

  October 18, 2018

  Penn pioneered transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in the Philadelphia region in 2007, and is currently one of the first health systems in Philadelphia utilizing the SENTINEL device to protect patients from the risk of stroke.

  Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Primary Care
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  Webinar: Genetic Testing in Primary Care Practice by Susan Domchek, MD

  March 15, 2018

  Dr. Susan Domchek, Executive Director of the Basser Center for BRCA at Penn Medicine, will lead an upcoming webinar on genetic testing in primary care.

  Oncology Primary Care