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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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Mailing Colorectal Cancer Screening Kits Found Effective, Regardless of Financial Incentive
March 22, 2019
Naltrexone Implant Helps HIV Patients with Opioid Dependence Adhere to Medications, Prevent Relapse
March 21, 2019

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How Gen Z Can Swap Burnout for Breakthroughs

March 21, 2019

No generation can claim a monopoly on stress, but young people do experience unique challenges all hitting at a developmentally vulnerable time. Headlines like to target the troubles of much-maligned Millennials, but doing so misses a growing threat: the already-suffering mental health and early-onset burnout of Generation Z.
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You Can’t Be What You Don’t See: Kristy Weber Reflects on Role Models and Leading Roles

March 19, 2019

Kristy L. Weber, MD, FACS, wears a lot of hats. As Chief of Orthopaedic Oncology at Penn and Director of the Sarcoma Program in the Abramson Cancer Center, Dr. Weber treats patients with bone and soft tissue tumors, as well as metastatic bone disease.
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How Do You Choose a Medical Specialty? Five Penn Students, Five Paths to Residency

March 14, 2019

How do you choose a career path? Deciding to be a doctor is one big decision, but it isn’t the last one.
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Match Day 2018: The Snowfall That Made Everything Clear

March 13, 2019

I walked over to the blinds and opened them, letting in light and the perfect image of snow coating the roof of the neighboring building, with snowflakes continuing to fall softly. Then I heard a sound I had never heard from my patient, over the many days I saw him in the hospital.
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PJs with a Smile

March 12, 2019

Bridget Nolan-McKinney walked across the bridge connecting the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) to the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine and got in the elevator to the parking garage. Inside, a woman surrounded by congratulatory flowers and balloons was holding her brand new baby — but Nolan-McKinney could not share in their joy.
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Simply Because

March 07, 2019

In this year’s edition of “Simply Because,” Penn Medicine’s annual community benefit report, which details some of the many creative ways that our clinicians, nurses, staff, and students answer the call to serve beyond their day jobs.
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