News and Announcements
The annual Golden Apple Awards recognize outstanding service, teaching and mentoring by Drexel University College of Medicine faculty and professional staff. The honorees are nominated by each class of medical students who vote to determine the award winners. Read more.
Faculty Named Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors™ for 2021
Congratulations to Steven L. Zinn, MD and Susanna G. Evans, MD who were named "Top Doctors" in Philadelphia magazine's annual list of the region's best physicians.
The annual Golden Apple Awards recognize outstanding service and teaching by Drexel University College of Medicine faculty and professional staff. Each class of medical students nominate faculty and professional staff for the honor and vote to determine the award winners. Read more.
The College of Medicine proudly congratulates our faculty, residents, alumni and students who have recently been inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha and the Gold Humanism Honor Societies. Read more.
Susanna G. Evans, MD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Family, Community & Preventive Medicine. Since February, she has served as the interim chair. Prior to that, she served as associate vice chair for clinical services in the department. Read more.
In the Media
July 19, 2021: Maya Bass, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Family, Community & Preventive Medicine, was quoted in a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer about a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation’s COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor project, which finds opinions about the COVID-19 vaccine mostly have not changed since January.
April 7, 2021: Maya Bass, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Family, Community & Preventive Medicine, was quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer article about how to overcome fears of going to the doctor after avoiding appointments for many months during the pandemic.
March 30, 2021: Janet Cruz, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Family, Community & Preventive Medicine and medical director of Drexel Student Health, and Maya Bass, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Family, Community & Preventive Medicine, were quoted in a WHYY.org article about how working women have faced unique hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic.
March 3, 2021: B. Brent Simmons, MD, chief of the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine and an associate professor in the Department of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine, was quoted in a Chestnut Hill Local article about the use of telehealth in palliative care at Chestnut Hill Hospital during the pandemic.
July 26, 2017: Florence Gelo, DMin, NCPsyA, an associate professor in the Department of Family, Community & Preventive Medicine, was mentioned in a Philadelphia Citizen story about ARTZ Philadelphia, a nonprofit that uses museum visits to connect medical students and patients with dementia. Gelo brought a version of the program to Drexel and Jefferson University.
January 8, 2017: Leslie Everts, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Family, Community & Preventive Medicine and medical director of the Drexel Student Health Center, was interviewed for a Q&A in the Philadelphia Inquirer about how to stay healthy this winter.
August 9, 2016: Edward Gracely, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Family, Community & Preventive Medicine and the Dornsife School of Public Health, was interviewed for an Inverse story about whether or not beginner's luck is real.
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