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Ultrasound medical education puts insight in hand
ultrasound training boot camp

(Homepage image) Second-year students practice ultrasound-guided IV insertion on specialized manikin arms, supervised by their fourth-year TAs.

Ultrasound medical education puts insight in hand

An integrated four-year ultrasound curriculum helps Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine students build competence and confidence in the classroom and the clinic.

Karen L. Brooks for Penn Medicine Magazine

President Magill’s Phillies debut
Liz Magill holds a baseball on the field of Citizens Bank Park

President Magill’s Phillies debut

Penn’s ninth president threw a ceremonial first pitch at Saturday’s baseball game.

Lauren Hertzler

Solving medical mysteries with genetics: The Penn Neurogenetics Therapy Center
Janet Waterhouse practicing yoga.

After decades, Janet Waterhouse received a diagnosis from a genetic counselor at Penn Medicine. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

Solving medical mysteries with genetics: The Penn Neurogenetics Therapy Center

The Penn Neurogenetics Therapy Center works to achieve a genetic diagnosis for as many patients as possible, and establish clinical trials using novel gene and molecular therapies.

Kelsey Geesler

Potential new therapeutic targets to treat melanoma
A doctor checks a person’s arm for melanoma with a hand-held scanning device.

Potential new therapeutic targets to treat melanoma

Penn Medicine research shows that a relative lack of DOPA, and not simply susceptibility to sun damage, helps explain why melanoma is much more common in people with light skin tones.

Alex Gardner