PHILADELPHIA – A state-of-the-art, innovative information and communication system created for experts at the Penn Lung Center and made possible from a $950,000 donation from the 2008 Philadelphia Antique Show will be on display Tuesday, October 20 at Penn Medicine’s Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine.
Now, at the Penn Lung Center, a thoracic surgeon can upload a patient’s high-resolution CT scans to an imaging center 10 feet away from the exam room. There, the doctor can confer about the images with an expert chest radiologist, and together the two will help craft a personalized treatment plan for the patient. The care team will provide the patient with plans right away, paving the way for quick access to a team of other specialists – nutritionists and social workers, for instance – without leaving the department. If the patient requires further studies, they’re just a short escalator ride away from the appropriate testing areas, all housed within the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine.
WHERE: |
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Atrium Level
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA, 19104
Please note new traffic pattern. Parking available in Perelman Center or Penn Tower parking garages. |
WHEN: |
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
6:00 – 7:30pm |
WHO: |
- Ralph W. Muller, Chief Executive Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCh, Executive Vice President of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and Dean of the School of Medicine
- John Hansen-Flaschen, MD, Chief, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Division; Medical Director, Penn Lung Center
- Joel D. Cooper, MD, FACS, FRC, Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at Penn Medicine
- Karen Drury, Chair of 2008 Philadelphia Antique Show
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Penn Medicine is one of the world’s leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, excellence in patient care, and community service. The organization consists of the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Penn’s Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, founded in 1765 as the nation’s first medical school.
The Perelman School of Medicine is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $550 million awarded in the 2022 fiscal year. Home to a proud history of “firsts” in medicine, Penn Medicine teams have pioneered discoveries and innovations that have shaped modern medicine, including recent breakthroughs such as CAR T cell therapy for cancer and the mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System’s patient care facilities stretch from the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania to the New Jersey shore. These include the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Chester County Hospital, Lancaster General Health, Penn Medicine Princeton Health, and Pennsylvania Hospital—the nation’s first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional facilities and enterprises include Good Shepherd Penn Partners, Penn Medicine at Home, Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital, and Princeton House Behavioral Health, among others.
Penn Medicine is an $11.1 billion enterprise powered by more than 49,000 talented faculty and staff.