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Dancing Sparks a Commitment to a Cancer Cure
The McNichol Family, from left to right: Joseph, Nancy, Katie, Patrick, Jared Ingersoll, Charlie Ingersoll, and Leigh Ann Ingersoll.When Patrick McNichol signed up to participate in THON—Penn State’s...
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Celebrating the Human Connection: An Endowed Chair for Michael D. “Dr. Mike”...
A wide array of Penn Medicine leadership, faculty, patients and staff gathered November 5th at the Smilow Center for Translational Research to honor a man widely lauded for his humanistic approach to...
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Engaging Alumni in the Drive Toward 250
Dean Jameson opened the fall meeting of the Medical Alumni Advisory Council (MAAC) by reflecting on the immediate and enduring impact of the medical school on regional, national, and global medicine....
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Turning 250: Q&A with Jonathan Epstein, MD
“Penn is special, and unusual, in that we are among the best at what we do, and we’re also friendly and encouraging. Often in academic medicine, these are mutually exclusive, but at Penn, they go...
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Giving Back: Rider’s Motivation to Conquer Cancer
This October, cyclists from throughout the Philadelphia area will be riding approximately 150 miles to raise money for cancer research at the Abramson Cancer Center through The Philadelphia Ride to...
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Fall 2014 Brings New Ways to Mark Distant and Quite Recent Past
As the mild summer began to wane, the Perelman School kicked off its 250th year with a 500-cupcake salute, announced a November celebration in DC and summer tour of Scotland, and picked the winner of...
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Tour Scotland this Summer! Special Trip Created for Our 250th
Penn Alumni Travel has arranged a July 2-10, 2015, trip to Scotland. Among other activities, the tour will explore the Perelman School’s historic roots with University Archivist Mark Frazier Lloyd. For...
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Collaborative Spirit Provides Hope to Patients and Families this Holiday Season
“At CSL Behring, we appreciate our partnership with the United Way and every year help raise money for those less fortunate in our local communities. Our company matches individual contributions dollar...
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Mary’s Merry Mice
Four years ago, Mary Hopkinson started a project called Mary’s Merry Mice, while she was battling primary peritoneal cancer at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center. Knowing first-hand how trying it...
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Harron Lung Center Gift
John Hansen-Flaschen, MD, first met Paul Harron, Jr., in 2005, when he was emergently transferred to HUP in respiratory failure. “He said hello and then I intubated him,” he said. When they took up the...
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Abramson Cancer Center: Helping Patients and Families Start the New Year Off...
We’re dedicated to providing our patients’ and families’ access to the most advanced possible research and patient care programs to ensure they have the best options to prevent, treat, and live after...
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Artist and Survivor Finds Inspiration During his Cancer Journey
“We discovered that the Abramson Cancer Center was a place that was really thinking through these big problems in cancer, and studying them as they are happening. In the cancer world, things are...
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Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center is Teaching the World and Inspiring...
“Knowing the world is looking to the Abramson Cancer Center empowered me, and it should empower us all, to support these men and women whose groundbreaking treatments are finding solutions for...
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The Breakthrough Bike Challenge: Inspiring Progress in Cancer Research at Penn
This dedicated group will ride again on May 31, 2015 "The care that the doctors delivered to my husband Muscoe, and the care with which it was delivered, made all the difference during his cancer...
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For Gary Monaco, the Roberts Proton Patient Alumni Group is a Family Affair
Gary and his son at Roberts Proton Alumni Event and 5-Year Anniversary Celebration of the opening of the Roberts Proton Therapy Center.“The machine at the Roberts Proton Therapy Center is amazing, but...
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A Love for Life: Changing the Future of Pancreatic Cancer
Christine Edmonds and her children Harrison & Adrienne at the dragon boat races.“It is important for someone who has pancreatic cancer, or knows someone with it, to make an effort to raise money...
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Happy 4th of July!
As we reflect on America’s independence, we celebrate Philadelphia as the birthplace of our constitution and great nation—and home to the scientific and medical community leading the charge in the...
View ArticleLeaving a Lasting Legacy
When J. William (Bill) Landenberger, III passed away five years ago, by the terms of his will, he established the Landenberger Family Foundation. The purpose of his foundation is to continue his family...
View ArticleLeaving a Lasting Legacy
When J. William (Bill) Landenberger, III passed away five years ago, by the terms of his will, he established the Landenberger Family Foundation. The purpose of his foundation is to continue his family...
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Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence
The Rosenbloom family: Debra, Heather, Jerry, Lynn, and Amy“For seven years after beating breast cancer, my wife Lynn was happy and healthy. But her cancer returned. When recurrent and metastatic...
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Taking care of each other: How a cancer patient used his love for animals to...
Perhaps it is his kind disposition and infectious smile, but animals have always known that they had a protector and loving friend in Ken Wesolowski. After meeting him, it isn’t hard to understand why...
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Penn Medicine’s Global Impact
“If we wanted to have the greatest impact on worldwide cancer mortality, more than any other intervention, we would bring what we currently have available in this country to people around the world who...
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Couple Inspires a Community of Support
Tom Halford and Alison Stem’s first years of marriage were tested by Tom’s colon cancer diagnosis. But their journey has only strengthened their love and devotion to one another. When Alison first met...
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The Abramson Cancer Center is Changing the Paradigm of Cancer Therapy
Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center (ACC) has emerged as an international epicenter for precision medicine, accelerating the progress of cancer research and care through an integrated, collaborative...
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A Brother's Loss Inspires Him to Ride for a Cure
“At some point in our lives, we are all affected by cancer—those battling the disease, those who survived, and the caregivers. We need to end this fight. I want to be a part of finding a cure, so I’m...
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