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With age, the human heart gradually loses its ability to repair itself following injury. Damage wrought by injuries such as cardiac ischemia and heart attack, can cause the heart to function below normal capacity, making it difficult for patients to carry out day-to-day activities.

The blockage of lung arteries by a blood clot results in pulmonary embolism – a condition requiring emergency care that affects more than 300,000 people in the United States each year. Existing treatments, however, may not fully remove the clot, necessitating the development of new therapeutic strategies for pulmonary embolism. Now, in a major step forward, Temple researchers developed a device known as the Bashir™ Endovascular Catheter (Thrombolex, Inc.), which effectively dissolves the clots in the lungs, with no major bleeding risk. Bleeding following clot dissolution is a significant risk for thrombolytic therapies currently on the market.

“She teaches with vigor and joy." "A driving force in curricular development.” “Because of her enthusiastic attitude, I have not forgotten important material.”

Comments like these were part of the honors for eleven faculty members on October 7 when Amy J. Goldberg, MD, FACS, Interim Dean, hosted the 2021 Lewis Katz School of Medicine Excellence in Education Awards. “One factor towers above all else in making the Katz school outstanding,” she told the honorees. “You, our extraordinary faculty.” Nominations for the awards – which recognize exceptional work in the classroom, laboratory, clinic, and community – were solicited from medical and graduate students, residents, fellows, program directors, and clinical and graduate faculty, as well as from the community at-large. The following faculty in this year’s rigorous competition.