Sun Named New Chair of Emergency Medicine
Benjamin Sun, MD
Benjamin Sun, MD, has been appointed new chair of Emergency Medicine, effective September 1. He is nationally recognized for his expertise in the areas of safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness in health care. He joins Penn Medicine from Oregon Health & Science University.
Sun has served as the principal investigator on 15 grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and private foundations, with total funding of $11 million. His research has resulted in a substantial body of scholarly work in journals including Circulation, JAMA Internal Medicine, and Annals of Emergency Medicine.
Sun’s proven track record of employing a research-oriented approach to improving care for patients with life-threatening injuries will be an important asset to his new role, and to the future of the department, our hospitals, and the patients we serve.
Charmaine Rochester, DHA, CPA
Rochester Named a 2018 CFO of the Year
Charmaine Rochester, DHA, CPA, SVP of Finance and chief financial officer at Chester County Hospital, was selected as one of the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2018 CFOs of the Year. The award recognizes financial executives in Greater Philadelphia for outstanding performance in their roles as corporate financial stewards.
“Charmaine’s keen strategic thinking, financial knowledge and business savvy continue to the push the hospital forward at a time of insurmountable growth and change,” said Michael J. Duncan, CCH president and CEO.
Penn Medicine Hospitals Ranked Among Top in Nation and #1 in State
The combined enterprise of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center have once again been ranked among the top hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, achieving Honor Roll status and top rankings in 12 clinical specialties. HUP-PPMC were also rated as the #1 hospital in Pennsylvania and in the Philadelphia metro area. Penn Medicine hospitals are the only ones in the Philadelphia region to make the 2018-2019 Honor Roll.
All four other Penn Medicine hospitals also netted regional and statewide honors. Read more here.
Penn Medicine Named #2 Among Best Employers for Women
Penn Medicine has been named #2 on Forbes magazine’s first-ever “America's Best Employers for Women” list, which ranks employers across the nation. Penn Medicine offers a culture dedicated to professional development and mentorship, creating pathways to leadership and empowerment for staff and faculty of all kinds. One special initiative cited by the magazine is the FOCUS on Health & Leadership for Women program, which supports the advancement and leadership of women in academic medicine and promotes education and research in women’s health and women’s careers.
According to Forbes, Penn Medicine’s culture of equality has “empowered the women who make up 77% of Penn Medicine’s workforce to claim 55% of the company’s executive positions.” Five out of seven entities are led by women.
More Awards & Accolades
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Nishaminy Kasbekar, PharmD, director of Pharmacy Services at PPMC, was elected to the Board of Directors for the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. She begins her three-year term in 2019.
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Jonathan D. Moreno, PhD, of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, was awarded the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, its highest honor which recognizes “longstanding achievement in the field.”
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Reed Pyeritz, MD, of Medical Genetics, received the 2018 Hero with Heart Award by the Marfan Foundation for his decades of improving heart health for those living with Marfan syndrome and related disorders.
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John Q. Trojanowski, MD, PhD, director of the Institute on Aging, has received the Khalid Iqbal Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer’s Research from the Alzheimer’s Association, the leading nonprofit funder of Alzheimer’s research worldwide.
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