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As of September 2023, Penn Medicine’s official employee newsletter in print is Inside Penn Medicine. Many of our employee newsletter stories are now published throughout each month on the Penn Medicine News Blog. Older stories are available to browse in these archives.

Margaret “Maggie” Erdman, MMS, PA-C, Katlin “Katie” Dlugosz, MMS, PA-C, and Lisa George, MS, stand with a poster that describes the HUP–Cedar surgical access initiative.

Making Surgical Care Easy and Equitable at HUP–Cedar

The HUP–Cedar surgical access team is making sure patients get the surgical care they need, even without surgeons on site.

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  • Two hospital volunteers stand with visiting family member Rudy Win, who holds the origami crane he made for them

    The Comfort Cart Gives Patients a Few Moments of Normalcy

    April 01, 2023
    The HUP Comfort Cart, stocked with stress balls, screen wipes, and other freebies, provides the icebreakers for volunteers to engage with patients.
  • HUP secretary and volunteer yoga teacher Judy Glass sits in a chair with her hands touching her shoulders.

    She May Be the Most Inclusive Yoga Teacher

    April 01, 2023
    HUP secretary and lunchtime yoga teacher Judy Glass tells her classes: Do it whatever way feels good; we’re just happy you came.
  • Nurse Manager Leah Lambe with other members of the nursing team at the Gift of Life Donor Program at Penn Medicine

    When End-of-Life Care Is Also Saving Lives

    April 01, 2023
    Leah Lambe, the manager of the new Gift of Life Donor Program at Penn Medicine, has a unique window into the power of organ donation.
  • A view down the hallway of a renovated patient-care unit in HUP Main

    The New Look of HUP Main

    March 01, 2023
    Months before Penn Medicine celebrated the opening of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Pavilion, plans for a major update and reorganization of acute-care units staying at 3400 Spruce Street were taking shape.
  • HUP unit secretary Veronica Elena, at right, with Todd Hecht, MD

    A Mystery Illness, a Puzzle Solved, a Beloved Colleague Cured

    March 01, 2023
    HUP secretary Veronica Elena was terribly sick and no one could figure out the cause. Hospitalist Todd Hecht, MD, connected the dots with the help of Penn’s specialists.
  • Patient Sophie Borrelli does exercises with the help of Matthew Prusinski, a physical therapist with Penn Therapy & Fitness

    ‘I’m Having a Stroke’

    March 01, 2023
    A month before starting college, 18-year-old Sophie Borrelli recognized she was having a stroke. She credits her Penn Medicine care teams for helping her regain her independence.
  • HUP Magnet Coordinator Amanda C. Ward wearing the DAISY Foundation shirt she designed

    HUP Nurse Wins DAISY Shirt Contest

    March 01, 2023
    Nurses – and the people who admire them – can now sport DAISY Foundation merchandise featuring a design by one of HUP’s nurses, Magnet Coordinator Amanda C. Ward.
  • Nurses from Silverstein 12

    Goodbye, Silverstein 12

    January 01, 2023
    Dozens of nurses who did stints on HUP’s longtime surgical unit joined a “decommission” celebration to mark the end of an era.
  • Rachel Kelz

    HUP Wins Prestigious Distinction for Surgical Quality

    January 01, 2023
    The American College of Surgeons’ new Surgical Quality Partner designation reflects the highest standards of patient care.
  • Florante Lomibao

    ‘My Music Practice Makes Me a Better Nurse’

    January 01, 2023
    HUP nurse Florante Lomibao, winner of Penn Medicine’s Got Talent, reflects on his nursing career, his guitar hobby, and what they have in common.
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