Medicine

Statins are lifesaving to those with high cholesterol, but patients don’t always take them. A nudge that increased long-term prescriptions could be key.

The $4.9 million donation from the Wyss Medical Foundation will create the Wyss Orthoplastic Global Education and Innovation Hub at Penn Medicine. The Hub will conduct research, create fellowships, and establish a conference in the emerging field of orthoplastic surgery, which combines expertise from both plastic and orthopaedic surgery.

Berger, the Daniel S. Och University Professor with appointments in the Perelman School of Medicine department of Cell & Developmental Biology and a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor in the School of Arts & Sciences, is recognized for her outstanding contributions to cancer research by the American Association for Cancer Research with the 2025 AACR-Women in Cancer Research Charlotte Friend Lectureship.

Set to open in late 2027, Penn Medicine Montgomeryville, the $270 million facility will expand access to advanced health care for patients and families in Philadelphia’s northern suburbs and beyond.

Graduating students at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine gathered with friends and family for the annual Match Day celebration in the Atrium in the Jordan Medical Education Center; at noon, their opened envelopes revealed their next steps for residency.

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine have uncovered how nitrous oxide, an anesthetic used worldwide since the 19th century, could help lift mood fast in people with depression that resists other treatments.

The Bucks County system’s integration into UPHS will expand access to advanced health care for patients and families in the suburbs of Philadelphia.

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine found a new 3D-printed customizable hydrogel performed well in preclinical trials with several different types of meniscal tears, offering a potential mend for common joint injuries.

Judy O’Donnell, the associate chief medical officer for Healthcare Epidemiology for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, and the chief of Infectious Diseases at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, explains what people need to know about measles.