Examining a person, not a painting, is how you would normally think medical students and residents learn, but that’s not what you’ll see in a first-of-its-kind video produced by a professor at Drexel University College of Medicine. “The Heart of Empathy” is an inside look into the unique teaching style of Dr. Florence Gelo, a pastoral psychotherapist and psychoanalyst for over 30 years, and the behavioral science coordinator for Drexel’s Family Medicine Residency Program. This video captures Dr. Gelo’s technique of using the visual arts to teach medical residents how to emotionally prepare for and deal with death.

Drexel University College of Medicine has announced that it is participating in phase 3 clinical trials for a possible Alzheimer’s vaccine.

Drexel University College of Medicine has announced that breast cancer is the topic in the October installment of the Drexel Medcast™, a monthly medical podcast with leading academic physicians and scientists from the Drexel University College of Medicine faculty. This month features an interview with Lydia Komarnicky, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology and director of the Cancer Program at Drexel University College of Medicine.

Stephanie King, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and chief of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, was honored Sept. 27 by the Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation.

Lydia Komarnicky, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Drexel University College of Medicine, has been named the medical advisor to a national breast cancer awareness campaign. The Learn.Love.Commit. campaign, developed in response to a survey conducted by the National Women’s Health Resource Center (NWHRC), the nation's leading source for women's health information, offers new information and support on breast health.