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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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  • HUP COO LuAnn Brady

    Congratulations to HUP COO LuAnn Brady!

    May 01, 2022
    HUP Chief Operating Officer LuAnn Brady was recently named a top COO by Alumni Spotlight.
  • Robert Reifsneider, liver transplant recipient.

    5 Liver Transplants in 24 Hours

    April 01, 2022
    With donor organs in short supply, it’s a blessing to have transplant teams that can rally to implant the organs when they’re available - even when they are available all at once.
  • Environmental Services attendant Darryl Simms with two towels folded into the shape of swans facing each other.

    In Their Own Words: Darryl Simms’ Signature Swans

    April 01, 2022
    Darryl Simms, an Environmental Services attendant with the Penn Medicine Transplant Institute, talks about the special gesture he does to make patients smile.
  • Magnolia Wang stands in front of the HUP Pavilion, lit up at night in blue, green, pink, and purple for Rare Disease Day.

    HUP Pavilion’s Halo Lights Up: A Beacon for Awareness

    April 01, 2022
    The top of the HUP Pavilion lit up in colors this winter for the first time to show support for three important causes.
  • Three wooden bookcases with stacks of clothes on each shelf.

    Reviving a Mercy Tradition

    April 01, 2022
    A year since Mercy Philadelphia transitioned to HUP-Cedar, the hospital has revived one of its long-standing initiatives to support the community: a clothes closet for patients in need.
  • Kasie Hunt, CNN+ Anchor, standing with Dr. Daniel Yoshor, chair of Neurosurgery.

    Before the Launch of Her Upcoming Streaming News Show, CNN+ Anchor Kasie Hunt Had Brain Surgery at Penn

    April 01, 2022
    Journalist Kasie Hunt was set to anchor her own daily news show. Before delving into her new gig, she came to Penn Medicine to treat a growing brain tumor that was causing painful headaches.
  • Sofia Carreno in the HUP Food Pantry

    HUP Food Pantry Team Innovates to Address Food Insecurity

    March 01, 2022
    With a pilot project supporting postpartum patients and more, HUP's food pantry is growing from a pop-up pandemic relief effort to a sustainable, broad-reaching program to help our community, with a vision to help all food-insecure patients.
  • Brandon Grant, donating blood with the help of nurse Katrina Fausnacht

    HUP and LGH Team Up for Blood Drives

    March 01, 2022
    In response to a nationwide blood shortage, Penn Transfusion Medicine partnered with Lancaster General Health's Blood Donor Center to host two blood drives at the HUP Pavilion, helping to ensure that HUP patients receive the care they need.
  • A table covered with new blankets, some in red paper bags

    When a Warm Blanket Is So Much More

    March 01, 2022
    The social worker for the Penn Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program at HUP held a fundraiser to buy blankets to give every program participant hospitalized in December. “It’s more than a blanket — it’s a sign that someone cares, recognizes their pain, and wants to help.”
  • Pam Sellers

    Difference Makers: An Advocate for Every Patient

    March 01, 2022
    A nurse in endocrine and oncologic surgery earns a patient’s gratitude.
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