Fall 2015

With American cancer survivors now numbering 14 million, Mously Le Blanc fills an emerging niche, providing care for the late side effects of the therapies that cured them.

Members of the incoming class share the goals of advancing health care and biomedical research, but their backgrounds and experiences vary greatly.

This summer, one of the National Football League’s most honored linebackers, Junior Seau, was inducted into the league’s Hall of Fame – posthumously.

Each year at the White Coat Ceremony, a faculty member who exemplifies the humanistic physician is selected to speak to the incoming class. This year, it was Jack Ludmir, M.D., G.M.E. ’87.

William Carlos Williams distin­guished himself in two very different fields. His example can be an inspiration for experienced physicians and medical students alike. His advice for both doctors and writers: deal in particulars.

Bob Wachter is a professor, a hospitalist, an author, a blogger, a ruminator, an occasional performer . . . but his constant causes are quality and patient safety.

Greg Dunn combines his neuroscience training with his creativity and skill to create distinctive works of art. And he continues to experiment, taking his art in new directions.

The experts in Penn’s Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology seek the facts that are essential for decisions that affect our environment.