Associate Professor
Family Medicine
Queen Lane Campus
2900 Queen Lane
Philadelphia, PA 19129-1096
Phone: 215-991-8469
Fax: 215-843-6028
Email: florence.gelo@drexelmed.edu

Areas of Specialization/Interest

• Death & Dying/Palliative Care
• Religion/Spirituality and Medicine

Dr. Gelo is the behavioral science coordinator for the Family Medicine residency program, and has been the recipient of funding to establish a religion, spirituality and medicine curriculum. She is the co-recipient of a grant from the George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health for work in medicine and spirituality with family medicine residents. She has numerous peer-reviewed publications in journals including the Hastings Center Report, the Journal of Pastoral Care and the American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine. She is also a pastoral psychotherapist in private practice specializing in grief and loss and chronic illness. Her hobby is serving as a guide at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Watch Dr. Gelo in "The Heart of Empathy" video (WMV)