Drexel University College of Medicine is pleased to announce that 44 physicians have been named to this year’s Best Doctors in America® list. The physicians, representing more than a dozen specialties, were nominated by other doctors from across the country.

Drexel University College of Medicine has announced the next installment of the Drexel Medcast™, a monthly medical podcast featuring leading academic physicians and scientists from the Drexel University College of Medicine faculty. This month features an interview with Joanne Getsy, M.D., a board certified sleep medicine specialist, who is associate professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine and medical director of the Drexel Sleep Center. Dr. Getsy discusses sleep disorders including insomnia, sleep apnea, and restless legs syndrome and offers insight on how to get a good night’s sleep.

Drexel University College of Medicine is proud to announce that $286,250 dollars was raised at this year’s Manuel Stamatakis Golf Classic. The outing held July 30 at Philadelphia Country Club, drew 180 golfers and was followed by a dinner and awards reception. The money raised will benefit the Manuel N. Stamatakis Medical Education Fund, established by the College of Medicine chairman to support scholarships for academically talented medical students with a demonstrated financial hardship.

Drexel Medcast^SM features health information from leading physicians & scientists

Drexel University College of Medicine has become the first medical school in the Philadelphia region to launch a monthly medical podcast. The Drexel MedcastSM will feature leading academic physicians and scientists from the Drexel University College of Medicine faculty discussing various medical topics. A new topic and faculty member will be selected and featured each month.

Using a new technique developed at Drexel University College of Medicine, Stephanie A. King, M.D., Associate Professor and Chief of Gynecologic Oncology, removed a woman’s ovaries through a single incision in the patient’s belly button. The single port access (SPA) surgery was performed using new high dexterity instrumentation. The entire procedure, believed to be the world’s first SPA bilateral oopherectomy, left the patient with a hidden scar in her belly button.