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PHILADELPHIA, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Garret FitzGerald MD, FRS, chairman of the Pharmacology Department and director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded the 2013 Grand Prix Scientifique by the Institut de France. FitzGerald shares the prize with Carlo Patrono MD, chairman of Pharmacology at the Catholic University, Rome. The award is based on the recommendation of...
Individualized Genomic Testing Allows for Tailored Cancer Treatment, New Drug Research PHILADELPHIA, April 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Just like a massive iceberg jutting out of the ocean, many of cancer's genetic underpinnings remain hidden under the surface, impossible to predict or map from above. The foreboding shadows and shapes that appear on CT scans and MRIs - and even in the field that doctors see when they zoom in to look at cancer cells under a high-powered...
PHILADELPHIA, April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Pennsylvania Health System and RightCare Solutions, Inc., an evidence-based technology organization specializing in hospital care transitions and readmission management, today announced an expanded partnership with the goal of improving care coordination and reducing readmissions. The partnership with RightCare will extend across all Penn hospitals including the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian...
Certified Primary Stroke Centers are three times more likely to administer clot-busting treatment for strokes than non-certified centers, reports a new study by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, looked at a wide sample of hospitals across the United States, and provides insight into practice across the US health care system as experts examine ways to increase the use of this...
-- CHOP/Penn Medicine Oncology Team Reports Complete Remission in Pediatric ALL Patients PHILADELPHIA, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two children with an aggressive form of childhood leukemia had a complete remission of their disease--showing no evidence of cancer cells in their bodies--after treatment with a novel cell therapy that reprogrammed their immune cells to rapidly multiply and destroy leukemia cells. A research team from The Children's Hospital of...
Donation Will Enable Patients and Families with Limited Financial Means to Benefit from Cutting-Edge Cancer Research and Treatments at Children's Hospital PHILADELPHIA, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is proud to announce a $500,000 gift from the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Foundation. The donation will greatly enhance the GlaxoSmithKline Hope for Families Fund, an endowment fund which was established in 2008 with a $1 million gift from The...
PHILADELPHIA, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Paul M. Weinberg, M.D., F.A.A.C., a pediatric cardiologist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, received the 2013 Distinguished Teacher Award from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) on March 11 at its national conference, ACC.13, in San Francisco. This annual award recognizes a fellow of the ACC for "innovative, outstanding teaching characteristics and compassionate qualities" resulting in "major contributions to...
CHOP-Sponsored Play Area Serves Families in Surrounding Community KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) today celebrated the opening of a children's play area at King of Prussia Mall with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The 1,200-square-foot CHOP-sponsored play area benefits local families, serving as a place for young children to play and exercise while at King of Prussia Mall. (Photo -...
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is pleased to announce that Victoria L. Vetter, M.D., MPH, a pediatric cardiologist, was awarded the prestigious Edward S. Cooper M.D. Award at the American Heart Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania's annual Heart Ball this weekend. Dr. Vetter is the first female and first pediatric cardiologist to receive this award. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130211/DC57861 ) The...
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Joseph W. St. Geme, III, M.D., has been named physician-in-chief of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, effective July 1, 2013. Dr. St. Geme comes to Philadelphia from Duke University where he has served since 2005 as the chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and Chief Medical Officer of Duke's Children's Hospital....
