The gift establishes the Middleman Center and Middleman Fund to advance promising discoveries and speed new treatments to patients.
The future of medicine grows from understanding its past, and Pennsylvania Hospital’s museum brings that history to life in a milestone anniversary year.
Penn Medicine experts are participating in the ASTRO Annual Meeting, where Neha Vapiwala, MD, will wrap up her term as president of the organization.
An effort is underway to identify biological changes that signal whether people carrying a genetic variant will develop ALS or frontotemporal dementia.
Penn Medicine is helping student-athletes stay in the game while expanding access to care where it is needed most.
Neha Vapiwala, MD, offers lessons for finding purpose throughout one’s professional journey in medicine.
Driving conditions, rather than demographics, predicted when drivers were less likely to buckle up, a Penn Medicine study found.
Stacey Peeples oversees the archives of the nation’s first chartered hospital, home to a nearly three-hundred-year collection of medical artifacts.
Sara Cohen draws on her experience in the intensive care nursery—as both nurse and parent—to support families.
Courtney Schreiber, MD, MPH, challenged the status quo of care through research and found PEACE for the unseen women undergoing first-trimester miscarriage.
The original structure of the nation’s first chartered hospital—home to early mental health and maternity care—is a living symbol of innovation.
At Pennsylvania Hospital, tracing the history of the apothecary shows the importance of professionals helping patients with medicines, then and now.
A pair of early X-ray plates represent the beginning of a revolution in medicine that began at Penn.
New research finds that those who met proposed TES criteria often didn’t match CTE pathology at autopsy, raising concerns about misdiagnosis.
Research shows how estrogen levels in the brain and stress already carried into a moment can shape long‑term memory vulnerability in women and men alike.
A new study maps kidney tissue in single cell resolution and identifies a form of disease linked to faster progression to kidney failure.
After five years, the Lead-Free Families initiative is proving the impact of a health system investing in safe homes.
CAREs grant recipients are translating expertise into action—expanding science education, supporting early literacy, and strengthening volunteer-led service efforts.
The Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program received new Pennsylvania funding to help victims rebuild their lives interrupted by violence.
Simulations and test runs helped Penn Medicine teams prepare for the launch of a Hospital at Home program at two of the system’s hospitals.
The Clyde F. Barker Penn Transplant House offers a comforting and affordable refuge for transplant patients and families—with community and hope.
An active small business owner’s failing heart set off a seamless chain of care—from Doylestown to Philadelphia experts—that ultimately saved his life.
Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center is launching a first-of-its-kind clinical trial to test a faster, more powerful form of radiation therapy for cancer treatment. FLASH proton therapy is designed to deliver cancer-killing radiation therapy in less than a second. — WHYY
Robert Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, director of the Abramson Cancer Center, spoke to PBS about several promising developments in cancer research and treatment, including a new drug approved by the FDA for advanced pancreatic cancer. — PBS
Health experts recommend getting vaccinated before influenza begins circulating widely in communities this fall. Scott Hensley, PhD, a professor of Microbiology, noted that newer mRNA flu vaccines may provide stronger protection by promoting higher antibody levels. — New York Times
