Discover extraordinary advances in medical science, transformations of health care, and the people driving change, in stories from the Perelman School of Medicine alumni magazine.
Penn Medicine research is bringing the “sleeper” phase of cancer to light—creating hope that more cancers could be wiped out for good and never come back.
Penn Medicine is harnessing technology, innovation, and physician insights to make health care easier for clinicians and patients.
Uterus transplant is still a rare procedure—but for the six moms who have had eight babies to date through Penn’s program, it means the world.
‘Of Medicine and Miracles’ shares the story of the first child cured of leukemia with CAR T cell therapy and the dedicated doctors behind it.
With Penn Medicine Advanced Home Health, even patients facing a potentially serious medical issue can receive care safely at home.
A support group for Black patients with Parkinson’s disease provides resources to manage symptoms and serves as a space for forming friendships.
Penn’s mRNA pioneers, who unlocked how to modify mRNA to make it an effective therapeutic, won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
The Basser Center for BRCA is running an innovative cancer interception clinical trial that depends on volunteers with deep, personal ties to cancer.
Penn researchers have spent decades detecting where tumor cells lurk after treatment in hopes of finding them in time to stop cancer from coming back.
“The thought is always in the back of your head: Is it lurking? Will it come back?” Clinical trials are testing methods to stop cancer from recurring.
Nearly two decades into her tenure at Penn, Raina Merchant, MD, leads teams transforming health care for better patient, clinician, and community experiences.
Mitchell Schnall, MD, PhD, is using his insights from technology in radiology to solve problems and scale up changes in the health system.
Driven by a desire to make work easier for colleagues and care better for patients, a team of developers innovates to solve health care problems.
Game-show-style sessions remind neurologists of the joy and wisdom of simply listening to patients, as they learn through their careers.
Instead of resting on his laurels after a distinguished military career, Benjamin “Kyle” Potter, MD, is bringing his battle-tested expertise to Penn.
The DSM, the diagnostic bible of psychiatrists may be improved with new technologies and information. Maria Oquendo, MD, PhD, is leading the team charged with rethinking it.
The connections between Penn Medicine’s trauma teams and military medics are long and deep. Recently, these teams reached new milestones and recognition.
Philanthropy has established a clinical research data platform for the Penn Center for Adult-Onset Hearing Loss.
The lives, livelihoods, and passions of the people we care for are why we fight, and what serious diseases like cancer cause us to fear we’ll lose.
Improving access to care was a common theme among Class of 2025 medical students learning their residency destinations at Match Day.
While pursuing careers as physician scientists, brothers Daniel and David Zhang have also played key roles in the Penn Medicine Symphony Orchestra.
Through a new Planetary Health curriculum, Penn medical students are learning about the impact of climate change on human health.
The Pavilion will be renamed to recognize Catherine and Anthony Clifton’s historic philanthropic commitment that will usher in a new era of innovation.
Could the mRNA technology behind COVID vaccines be used to tamp down the immune system for celiac and other autoimmune diseases?
After receiving gene therapy for hemophilia, a disease Curt Krouse had lived with for 57 years, his “life changed in 30 minutes.”
Reversing racial inequities is a full-force effort rooted in research that includes gardens and parks, financial support, and lifting up local community members.
Combining economic assistance with greening initiatives in a randomized trial, IGNITE aims to show how to reverse the harms of racial injustice in health.
Deeply Rooted is a community partnership that plants trees, greens vacant lots, and funds grassroots programs. The goal: health justice in action.
To improve health while addressing climate change, Penn Medicine aims to become the most environmentally friendly health care system in the country.
From rethinking anesthesia gases that have outsized greenhouse effects, to medical waste disposal, Penn Medicine is reducing the climate impacts of surgery.
Climate change affects health, from viral transmission to the effectiveness of medications. Penn researchers are discovering how and seeking solutions.
At the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, an artist-in-residence and scientists explore questions connecting neuroscience, art, and human experience.
Sophisticated sensor technology, motion capture gloves, and patient volunteers are the elements of brain research aiming to help paralyzed people move.
Virginia M.-Y. Lee’s life in science together with her late partner, John Trojanowski, is a testament to her dedication to understanding the brain.
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