Spring/Summer 2024

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How Penn Medicine is going green for good health

To improve health while addressing climate change, Penn Medicine aims to become the most environmentally friendly health care system in the country.

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Health research on a warming planet

Climate change affects health, from viral transmission to the effectiveness of medications. Penn researchers are discovering how and seeking solutions.

Caoimhe Duffy, Julia Tchou, and Matt Carey stand outside of an operating room

Surgery and anesthesia teams address climate impacts in the OR

From rethinking anesthesia gases that have outsized greenhouse effects, to medical waste disposal, Penn Medicine is reducing the climate impacts of surgery.

Lindsay Schoenberger with Pamela Boimel, MD, PhD, in a proton therapy treatment room

The power of protons

Penn Medicine has treated more than 10,000 cancer patients with proton therapy—while leading the way in research on the healing potential of these positive particles.

FLASH forward to an ultra-fast new form of radiation

An experimental method delivering proton therapy radiation in just a few doses lasting mere seconds each, could be a paradigm shift in radiation therapy.
Extending the reach of proton therapy

The world’s largest and most advanced center for proton beam radiation is applying its expertise to treat patients in communities beyond Philadelphia.
Patient-powered proton study looks at long-term side effects

The RadComp study asks, could proton therapy reduce some long-term side effects while maintaining comparable cure rates to traditional radiation?
A new measure of research impact

A newly centralized initiative seeks to quantify—and celebrate—the impact of Penn Medicine research that is translated into FDA-approved treatments.
How to learn about a world-class double bass? Give it a CT

Penn Medicine helps bridge medical science with the arts in the world’s first project to image double basses.
Two familiar faces make a Penn Medicine family

Originally from Ireland and Jamaica, Emma Meagher, MD, and Noel Williams, MD, recently celebrated 35 years of marriage—and this year marks 30 years at Penn Medicine.
Leadership to meet the needs of LGBTQ patients

As the inaugural medical director of LGBTQ+ Health at UPHS, Kevin Kline, MD helps both patients and staff feel “seen, safe, and supported.”
The science of a long, healthy life

Philanthropy, a supportive culture, and a robust research and technology-development infrastructure are among the many ways Penn Medicine is expanding the potential for active aging.
Quarterbacks of inpatient care

By elevating Hospital Medicine to Division status, Penn Medicine aims to become the country’s premier academic hospital medicine program.
How ‘One Penn Medicine’ makes care better

Developing a stronger “systemness” in both operations and culture across Penn Medicine helps begin to solve some of the most vexing challenges in medicine.