News & Events
- Penn Fertility Care has Expanded
- Penn's Family Planning and Pregnancy Loss Center
- Community Outreach
- Awards and Honors
- Publications
- New Faculty
- Intern Class of 2008-2009
Penn Fertility Care
Penn Fertility Care has experienced significant growth to its already multifaceted program. The program has added four board-certified specialists, a new Center City practice at Pennsylvania Hospital, and expanded services. Our fertility physician-scientists are participating in the Roundtable Interdisciplinary Oncofertility Consortium, a groundbreaking research program funded by the NIH. This multi-disciplinary consortium is working to find improved and effective fertility preservation options for women and to evaluate the effect of cancer treatments on females.
Penn's Family Planning and Pregnancy Loss Center
We are proud to introduce Penn's Family Planning and Pregnancy Loss Center. Led by Penn physicians specializing in family planning, this comprehensive program strives to integrate and enhance family planning training for ob/gyn residents while providing medical and emotional reproductive health care to clients.
Community Outreach
Focus on Women's Health is the first in a series of seminars from Penn Health for Women. It reviews significant wellness information designed to aid women in establishing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Focus on Women's Health was created in honor of Robert R. Rascoe, MD, who was dedicated to providing compassionate and quality women's health care. Information on the next seminar scheduled in the Fall of 2008 will be forthcoming.
Focus on Gynecologic Cancers is an annual conference sponsored by physicians and scientists from the Division of Gynecology Oncology and the Abramson Cancer Center who are working together to increase our knowledge about gynecologic cancer and find new ways to treat these diseases. This combined effort enables research advances to move more quickly to benefit our patients and has made Penn a leader in ovarian cancer research. The eighth annual conference will be held on Friday April 4, 2008 from 8:30am until 4:30pm at the Hilton Hotel on City Line Avenue. For registration information visit http://www.penncancer.org/eventdetail.cfm?id=203
Mainly Your Health is a series of community wellness and educational programs presented by Penn health care providers at Penn Medicine at Radnor. It begins its spring season March 12, 2008. Programs are free and are held on Wednesday evening at 7pm and Saturday mornings at 10am. For schedule and registration information visit pennhealth.com/radnor.
Awards & Honors
Dr. Anuja Dokras has been appointed Medical Director of the In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) program at Penn Fertility Care and Director of the HUP-Reproductive Surgical Facility.
Dr. Eileen Y. Wang received the CREOG National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education. This CREOG award recognizes faculty for their exemplary work in promoting excellence in resident education in obstetrics and gynecology.
Drs. George Coukos, Deborah A. Driscoll, Samuel I.Parry, Thomas Randall and Stephen Rubin were all listed in the Philadelphia Magazine 2008 issue of America's Top Doctors.
Dr. Mathew Beshara has been selected to lead patient safety and quality improvement educational efforts within our residency program.
Dr. Jacob C. Larkin has been selected as the second recipient of The Robert R. Rascoe, MD Award for Execellence in Ambulatory Patient Care. This award recognizes a chief resident who has demonstrated compassionate care and concern for our patients. The recipient will be selected by the attendings and nursing staff in the Helen O. Dickens Center for Women's Health.
Dr. Thomas A. Molinaro has been selected as the second recipient of The John J. Mikuta, MD Award for Professionalism in Women's Health. This award recognizes an individual in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology who like Dr. Mikuta exemplifies a commitment to the highest standards of excellence in the practice of medicine, embraces the core values of integrity, altruism, duty, service, empathy, compassion, and respect for others; and is committed to the welfare of their patients and the health care needs of women.
Erin C. Rebele, MD received the Resident Teaching Award for Excellence in Medical Student Education.
Dr. Jacob C. Larkin received the Resident Research Award for Excellence in Medical Research.
Dr. Jamie Bastek won the Outstanding Poster in Patient Oriented Reserch at the Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health 2008 Annual Retreat.
Dr. Samuel Parry was appointed President of the Philadelphia Perinatal Society.
Dr. Kurt T. Barnhart was appointed Assistant Dean for Clinical Research Operations in the School of Medicine. As Assistant Dean, Dr. Barnhart will provide unified administrative oversight for clinical research initiatives via the Operations unit of the Office of Human Research.
Dr. John J. Mikuta will receive the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award at the Medical Alumni Weekend "Welcome Back Dinner" on May 16, 2008. This award is in recognition for his lifetime of exceptional commitment, loyalty and dedication to the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Dr. Sarah Adams was selected for the 2008 AACR Scholar-in-Training Award. The Scholar-in-Training Awards are given to meritorious abstracts at the AACR Annual Meeting. Dr. Adams presented "Development of a polyvalent cellular vaccine against ovarian cancer using ascites-derived antigen presenting cells" as part of a mini-symposium at the 17th Annual AACR Conference in San Diego, California.
Dr. Andrea Faccibene was selected for the 2008 AACR Scholar-in-Training Award. This award supports activities of young scientists within the AACR and provides support to attend the AACR meeting. Andrea presented "Complement Activation in Tumor Endothelium is Critical for T Cell Homing to Tumors" at the 17th Annual AACR Conference in San Diego, California.
Sade Udoetuk was selected as the winner of the Celso-Ramon Garcia Award, a Medical Student Research Award for Outstanding Women's Health Research.
Dr. Thomas J. Bader is the eleventh recipient of the Sylvan Eisman Outstanding Primary Care Physician Award. The Eisman Award recognizes a physician in family or general internal medicine, general pediatrics, or obstetrics/gynecology who strives for continuous improvement and the highest quality of practice, while maintaining a commitment to patients that goes beyond the norm and exemplifies the Penn Medicine goals for clinical care, professionalism, and standards for excellence.
Dr. Jack Ludmir is the eleventh recipient of the Alfred Stengel Health System Champion Award. The Stengel Award is one of five Health System Awards which annually recognize achievement in clinical care. The Stengel Award recognizes a Penn Medicine physician who has made significant contributions toward the clinical integration of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, along with a demonstrated commitment to the improvement of quality care.
New Publications:
Buckanovich RJ, Facciabene A, Kim S, Benencia F, Sasaroli D, Balint K, Katsaros D, O'Brien-Jenkins A, Gimotty PA, Coukos G. Endothelin B receptor mediates the endothelial barrier to T cell homing to tumors and disables immune therapy. Nature Medicine, In press, January 2008.
Bastek JA, Sammel MD, Srinivas SK, Elovitz, MD. Is routine infectious and toxicologic screening in preterm labor effective in predicting preterm birth? Am J Obstet Gynecol. In press, January 2008.
New Faculty
- Dr. Hui-Chun Irene Su will be joining the Reproductive Endorcinology and Infertility Division at HUP on July 2008.
- Dr. Nadav L. Schwartz will be joining the Maternal Fetal Medicine Division at HUP on July 2008.
- Dr. Sindhu K. Srinivas will be joining the Maternal Fetal Medicine Division at HUP on August 2008.
- Dr. Megan O. Schimpf will be joining the Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Division at Pennsylvania Hospital on August 2008.
New Intern Class of 2008-2009
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