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Media Inquiries & Requests: 215-662-2560

Penn Medicine's Department of Communications serves the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, managing media relations, internal communications, and publications.

Patients seeking appointments or to communicate with their care teams should visit PennMedicine.org, call 1-800-789-7366 (PENN), or use MyPennMedicine.

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Visit our staff beat list to find information on contacts for specific subjects.

Leadership & Administration

Holly Auer

Associate Vice President for Communications

Cell: 215-200-2313

holly.auer@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Holly Auer leads the Penn Medicine Department of Communications including Media Relations, Publications, and Internal Communications divisions.

Joan Labranche

Administrative Coordinator

Joan.labranche@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Ylonda Russell

Office Coordinator

Phone: 215-662-2560

ylonda.russell@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Media Relations

Hannah Messinger

Senior News Director

Cell: 267-240-2448

Hannah.Messinger@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Eric Horvath

Associate News Director

Cell: 215-821-4289

eric.horvath@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Beats: Medical Ethics & Health Policy, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Community Engagement & Service, Psychiatry, Sleep Medicine, Pharmacology

Jonathan B. Waller

Communications Manager

Cell: 267-254-8643

Jonathan.waller@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Beats: Medical Education, Graduate Medical Education, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Alex Gardner

Senior Medical Communications Officer

Cell: 215-873-3870

alex.gardner@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Beats: Dermatology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nursing, Urology, Family Medicine and Community Health, Global Health, Infectious Diseases, Gastroenterology, Colon & Rectal Surgery, Biochemistry & Biophysics

Kelsey Geesler

Senior Medical Communications Officer

Cell: 215-300-1194

kelsey.geesler@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Beats: Emergency Medicine, Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, General Internal Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Geriatric Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuroscience, Radiology, Microbiology, Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology

Frank Otto

Senior Medical Communications Officer

Cell: 267-693-2999

Francis.Otto@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Beats: Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, Rheumatology, Telemedicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Penn Medicine Rittenhouse/Good Shepherd Penn Partners, Penn Center for Health Care Innovation, Physiology, Penn Medicine at Home, Palliative Care, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Multispecialty Ambulatory Facilities

Meagan Raeke
Senior Science Communications Officer
Cell: 267-693-6224
Meagan.Raeke@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Beats: Cancer, including Hematology-Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Endocrine & Oncologic Surgery, and Cancer Biology; Otorhinolaryngology, Plastic Surgery, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pharmacy

Matt Toal

Senior Medical Communications Officer

Cell: 267-600-4871

matthew.toal@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Beats: Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Bariatric Surgery, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Anesthesiology, Transplant Surgery, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care; Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Cell and Developmental Biology, Genetics