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Communications department leadership and administration
Holly Auer
Associate Vice President for Communications
Phone: 215-200-2313
Holly.Auer@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Joan Labranche
Administrative Coordinator
Joan.Labranche@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Carol Berman
Senior News Director
Phone: 267-254-8643
Carol.Berman@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Rachel Ewing
Senior Editorial Director
Phone: 267-584-3496
Rachel.Ewing@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Debbie Foster
Senior Director of Internal Communications
Phone: 215-203-6593
Debra.Foster@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
John Lines
Senior Director of Regional Communications
Phone:717-468-8303
John.Lines@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Ylonda Russell
Office Coordinator
Phone: 215-662-2560
Ylonda.Russell@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Media relations contacts at Penn Medicine
Marcie Brody
Associate Director, Regional & Community Communications
Phone: 717-544-5044
Marcie.Brody@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Beats: Penn Medicine hospitals and facilities outside of Philadelphia including Chester County Hospital, Doylestown Health, Lancaster General Health, and Princeton Health
Alex Gardner
Senior Medical Communications Officer
Phone: 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
Phone: 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
Eric Horvath
Associate News Director
Phone: 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
Carmen Lennon
Communications Manager
Carmen.Lennon@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Beats: Medical Education, Health Equity, Veterans Care Excellence Program
Frank Otto
Senior Medical Communications Officer
Phone: 267-693-2999
Francis.Otto@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Beats: Rheumatology, Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, Telemedicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Penn Medicine Rittenhouse/Good Shepherd Penn Partners, Center for Health Care Transformation, Physiology, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Ophthalmology
Meagan Raeke
Senior Science Communications Officer
Phone: 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, Palliative Care
Matt Toal
Senior Medical Communications Officer
Phone: 267-600-4871
Matthew.Toal@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Beats: Cardiothoracic Surgery; Cardiovascular Medicine; 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
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