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News March 11, 2014

Temple University School of Medicine Ranked Among Top Medical Schools in the Nation by US News & World Report

Temple University School of Medicine (TUSM) is once again listed as one of the top research-oriented medical schools in the nation in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools 2015 rankings.

Temple had the second-highest ranking of all medical schools in Philadelphia and the third-highest in the state. The U.S. News rankings are based on a multifactorial assessment of 128 allopathic and 25 osteopathic medical schools across the United States.
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News March 10, 2014

Temple Researcher Part of Team That Discovered Blood Test to More Accurately Predict Alzheimer’s Disease Before Onset of Symptoms

It takes a team to forge successful research. An announcement on March 9, 2014, that a simple blood test may detect Alzheimer's disease years before the first symptoms appear was a result of such collaboration. Epidemiologist Susan Fisher, PhD, Chair of the Department of Clinical Sciences at Temple University School of Medicine, played a critical role in designing the study that led to this promising result.
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News February 21, 2014

Elizabeth Haberfeld, MD, Joins Temple’s Department of Neurology as Director of Movement Disorders

Elizabeth Haberfeld, MD, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Neurology at Temple University School of Medicine, and Director of Movement Disorders at Temple University Hospital.
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News February 05, 2014

Temple Medical Student Goes for Olympic Gold

He skied his first slope at age two. And now, Arman Serebrakian, a second-year Temple medical student and world-class alpine skier, is headed to Sochi to compete in the 2014 World Olympic Games.

“Thank you for your support,” said Arman to Kathleen Reeves, MD, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, and Gerald Sterling, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Education, when the Olympic teams were announced. “This is truly one of the best moments of my life -- and I am happy to share it with my Temple family.”
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News January 31, 2014

Disability: A Frank Discussion with “Dr. Dan”

Daniel Gottlieb, PhD, a practicing family therapist and host of WHYY’s award-winning radio show “Voices in the Family,” recently visited Temple for an open conversation about disability with faculty, staff and students. The session was hosted by Michael Selzer, MD, PhD, Director of the Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, based at Temple University School of Medicine.
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News January 30, 2014

Temple Heart and Vascular Institute Brings Integrated Cardiovascular Care to the Region

Temple Health has established the Temple Heart and Vascular Institute (THVI) – a patient-focused home to engage patients and their physicians in the lifetime management of heart and vascular disease.
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News January 27, 2014

Temple Surgeon Working to Bring New Stent for Aortic Aneurysms to Patients in the U.S.

Temple University Hospital (TUH) could be among the first U.S.-based hospitals to test a new device known as a multilayer stent in patients suffering from aortic aneurysm, a condition characterized by the formation of a potentially life-threatening bulge in the aorta. Approved in Europe in 2010, the device has already been used to help hundreds of European patients with the condition, and Grayson H.
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News January 27, 2014

Temple Researchers Find Equivalent Outcomes for Double-Lung Transplants When Blood-Type Between Donor and Recipient is Identical or Compatible

In the largest retrospective study to date using data from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database for adult double-lung transplants, Temple University School of Medicine researchers have shown that there is no statistically significant difference between rejection and mortality rates among double-lung transplant recipients when their transplanted organs came from donors whose blood-type was identical or compatible to their own.
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