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Kevin B. Mahoney Named CEO of University of Pennsylvania Health System

Kevin B. Mahoney will become the next CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann, PhD, and J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and dean of the Perelman School of Medicine, announced today.

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Penn Immunologist and Collaborators Receive $10 Million NIH Renewal to Study Potential of Cancer-Focused Therapy on Infectious Diseases
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Putting Patient Safety First During Chester County Hospital’s Expansion

April 18, 2019

This May will mark the two-year anniversary of when Chester County Hospital broke ground on an expansion and renovation project spanning more than 300,000 square feet that will enlarge the existing Emergency Department and add state-of-the art operating rooms, interventional hybrid/procedure rooms and a 99-bed patient tower.
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We’re Only as Good as Our Microbiomes Are Happy

April 16, 2019

In the past 20 years since the field took off, much has been discovered about how this unseen ecosystem interacts with all aspects of human life, and the rate of discoveries shows no signs of slowing.
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A Cardiologist’s Take on the Keto Diet

April 11, 2019

There’s a question making the rounds on the internet that has a spectrum of answers: Is the keto diet healthy?
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Starting Here and Now: Four Solutions to Puzzling Challenges in Health Care

April 09, 2019

Since the inception of the of the Innovation Accelerator Program in 2013, 30 projects tackling some of health care’s toughest challenges have been funded.
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5 Tips for Implementing New Tech

April 04, 2019

When German cardiologist Andreas Roland Grüntzig presented his idea for balloon angioplasties in 1976 to clear blockages in the heart, he was told, “It’ll never work.” Now, the surgery is performed more than a million times per year, roughly as common as knee replacements.
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Reshaping a Department Through Research, Innovation, and Advocacy: A Conversation with Deborah Driscoll

April 02, 2019

Maybe it was her stint as a candy striper when she was in ninth grade, or her job as a unit secretary on a patient care unit. But Deborah Driscoll, MD, knew early on that she wanted to enter medicine.
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