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The Lewis Katz School of Medicine celebrated its 121st commencement ceremony on May 5

Celebrating the Class of 2023’s Leading Achievers and Contributors and the Faculty Who Inspired Them

The Lewis Katz School of Medicine held Alumni Weekend 2023 over April 21-22

On Friday, March 17, the waiting concluded dramatically for Edwards and the rest of the Class of 2023 at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine. At precisely 12 PM, EST, fourth-year medical students across the country tore open envelopes containing the name and location of the residency program.

Experts predict that a technology called POCUS will transform the practice of medicine. And, in a first for medical education in the eastern United States, the Lewis Katz School of Medicine has supplied the technology to every medical student in its classes of 2024 and 2025 within the same academic year.

Record philanthropic investment in the Lewis Katz School of Medicine in FY22 continued to create access to Temple’s excellence in innovative education, pioneering research and inclusive patient care.

Taking a major step forward in HIV research, Temple researchers have successfully edited SIV – a virus closely related to HIV, the cause of AIDS – from the genomes of non-human primates. This breakthrough brings the research team closer than ever to developing a cure for human HIV infection.

The Lewis Katz School of Medicine’s Annual Celebration of Scholarship dinner on March 23 welcomed a ballroom full of generous donors and the students they support.