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  • Eleven Faculty Honored with 2021 Excellence in Education Awards

    Eleven Faculty Honored with 2021 Excellence in Education Awards

    “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.

  • Temple Medical Students

    Philanthropic Support in FY21 Drives Innovation and Excellence at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine

    Medical excellence was top of mind for Temple Health donors this year, whose combined philanthropic support of education, patient care, research and service to the community totaled an impressive $52.5 million—$25.5 million raised for the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, $16.8 million for Fox Chase Cancer Center and $10.2 million for Temple University Hospital. Together, gifts from Temple Heath donors exceeded last year's cumulative giving by 25% and represented more than half of Temple University’s $104 million fundraising total for the 2021 fiscal year (July 1, 2020–June 30, 2021).

  • Aldrich, Jennifer

    Dr. Jennifer Aldrich Provides Perspective to CURE about the Importance of Inclusivity Training and Open Communication

    Jennifer L. Aldrich, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, spoke with CURE about the importance of inclusivity training and of open communication in building better relationships between health care providers and patients, including those who identify as LGBTQIA+.

  • Dr. Fekete

    Dr. Thomas Fekete Offers Insight to WHYY about Merck’s New Drug Molnupiravir, Which Could Be the First Pill to Treat COVID-19

    Thomas Fekete, MD, MACP, Thomas Durant Chair and Professor of Medicine and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine offered insight to WHYY about Merck’s new drug molnupiravir, which could be the first pill to treat COVID-19. Merck has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize the treatment.

  • Dr. Candrice Heath

    Contemporary Pediatrics Highlights American Academy of Pediatrics Session by Dr. Candrice Heath on Caring for Skin of Color

    Contemporary Pediatrics highlighted a session by Candrice R. Heath, MD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, at the Virtual 2021 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition on caring for skin of color.

  • Temple Biomedical Sciences Students

    Fox Chase Cancer Center Welcomes Biomedical Sciences Graduate Students From Lewis Katz School of Medicine

    Fox Chase Cancer Center recently welcomed a new class of 21 Biomedical Sciences graduate students from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine to introduce them to research faculty with whom they can do scientific rotations and ultimately their thesis research.

  • Dr. Gusic

    Dr. Maryellen Gusic Named Senior Associate Dean of Education at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

    Maryellen Gusic, MD, has been named Senior Associate Dean of Education at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, effective October 4. Dr. Gusic is a board-certified pediatrician and a nationally renowned educational leader who has served in senior-level administrative positions on the faculty at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, and Penn State College of Medicine and as the Chief Medical Education Officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).  She brings over 20 years of experience and deep knowledge about health professions education, assessment, and program evaluation to the role.

  • LKSOM 2024

    Lewis Katz School of Medicine Providing All Second-Year Students with Butterfly iQ+ Ultrasound Devices

    Each member of the Lewis Katz School of Medicine Class of 2024 received Butterfly iQ+ ultrasound devices at a special event at the school today, Monday, October 4. The Katz School of Medicine provided the students with the handheld, portable ultrasound devices. This comes just two months after each member of the Katz School of Medicine Class of 2025 received the devices at the annual White Coat Ceremony thanks to a generous donation by Ronald Salvitti, MD ‘63. The gift was the first of its kind for medical students in Philadelphia and on the East Coast.

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