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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.

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For Suspected Cancers: An Easier Path to Diagnosis and Care

New initiatives led by Penn’s oncology nurse navigators – including a new diagnostic clinic at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center – are helping patients get the care they need.

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  • PPMC Emergency Department Technician Meg Sokena

    Difference Makers: Taking the Time to Talk Helps a Patient Beyond Their Medical Needs

    July 01, 2022
    A compassionate Emergency Department technician goes out of her way to help a homeless couple.
  • Presby staff on Cupp 4 East pose with the Donate Life banner

    Spreading the Word About the Gift of Life

    June 01, 2022
    Three employees shared personal experiences with organ donation in a month filled with activities to spread awareness about the critical need for more organ, tissue, and cornea donors.
  • PPMC staff at Philadelphia Pride parade

    Coming Out as LGBTQ+: Presby Staff Share Their Stories

    June 01, 2022
    In honor of Pride Month, Presby’s chief nursing officer and other LGBTQ+ staff shared their stories of coming out and self-acceptance.
  • Every day at PPMC, staff members show a level of kindness and dedication to patient care that makes their colleagues proud, from the CNA who walked a patient home to the trauma outpatient nurse who called an Uber for a patient in need of care

    Our Shining Stars

    June 01, 2022
    Every day at PPMC, staff members show a level of kindness and dedication to patient care that makes their colleagues proud, from the CNA who walked a patient home to the trauma outpatient nurse who called an Uber for a patient in need of care.
  • Julie Mizrahi at the Grand Canyon

    On IV Pump Therapy, There’s Little She Can’t Do

    June 01, 2022
    Despite being critically ill with pulmonary arterial hypertension, Julie Mizrahi hiked six national parks last year while on pump therapy and continues to inspire her care team.
  • Candles of Trauma lit in remembrance patients who died from violent injuries in 2021.

    Remembering Those Lost to Violence

    June 01, 2022
    The Trauma Center and department of Pastoral Care held their annual Service of Remembrance for patients who died from gunshot and stabbing injuries in the past year, despite all efforts to save them.
  • John Barrett

    Difference Makers: Bringing the Celebration to the Patient

    June 01, 2022
    When a patient missed a scholarship celebration, Nurse Practitioner John Barrett and the PPMC Emergency Department staff rallied to give her one on their own.
  • PPMC’s Gene Gofman, Jim Ballinghoff, and members of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee and Community Outreach Council stand with bags and boxes of humanitarian supplies bound for Ukraine.

    To Ukraine, With Love

    May 01, 2022
    In less than a week, PPMC staff collected more than 100 bags and boxes of humanitarian-aid items for Ukraine.
  • Angela Burdick

    Vantage Point

    May 01, 2022
    PPMC's director of Behavioral Health Programs shares how they are teaming up to give more patients substance-use and mental health support.
  • They are the surgeons’ co-pilots, passing them instruments and supplies before, during, and after operations, often without needing to be asked.

    What It Means to Be a Surgical Technologist

    May 01, 2022
    They are the surgeons’ co-pilots, passing them instruments and supplies before, during, and after operations, often without needing to be asked.
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