News Releases

In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Orphan Disease Center, pioneering gene therapy scientist James Wilson, MD, PhD, a professor and director of the Penn Gene Therapy Program and the Penn Orphan Disease Center at the Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) at the University of Pennsylvania, will lead a two-day symposium, featuring former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron, and National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, among many others.

Penn Medicine and Mercy Catholic Medical Center – Mercy Philadelphia Campus will come together with a coalition of religious and community leaders from Southwest Philadelphia to hold a mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic for 500 parishioners from the local faith community on Saturday, February 13 at the Church of Christian Compassion.

Scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered the molecular causes of a congenital form of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), an often-fatal heart disorder.

Penn Medicine opened its new Interventional Support Center (ISC), the largest instrument processing and surgical supply preparation facility in the country. Located in Southwest Philadelphia, the ISC is the first facility of its kind in Pennsylvania.

Penn Medicine’s Pavilion, one of the largest hospital projects underway in the United States and the largest capital project in the University of Pennsylvania’s history, will feature an art installation by renowned artist and designer Maya Lin.