2021 Pathology "Top Docs" in Philadelphia Magazine

May 11, 2021

Drs. Adam Bagg, Zubair Baloch, David Elder, Franz Fogt, Virginia LiVolsi, and Xiaowei (George) Xu are among the six top pathologists in the region.

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Penn Spinout Verismo Therapeutics Raises $16M to Advance Cell Therapies

May 05, 2021

Cellular therapy in preclinical development to target pancreatic cancer, mesothelioma and ovarian cancer.

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Penn Medicine Team Uncovers Several Drugs That Could Treat COVID-19

April 03, 2021

Cell Reports study by Cherry Lab includes promising candidates already approved by FDA such as widely used transplant-rejection drug cyclosporine.

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New Pathology Residents for 2021-22

March 19, 2021

2020 brought many challenges, including a completely virtual recruitment season with new processes and activities to engage pathology residency applicants with a variety of academic career goals in AP/CP, AP/NP, and CP only in unprecedented ways.

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Giving & Philanthropy

February 26, 2021

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine gratefully appreciates any gift or donation to support its mission to advance biomedical research, educate future generations of clinicians, scientists, and healthcare providers, and improve patient care with the most advanced diagnostics and therapies available.

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Penn Medicine Hires 50 New Laboratory Assistants in Partnership with West Philadelphia Skills Initiative

February 18, 2021

COVID-19 testing efforts expanded through the University City District’s West Philadelphia Skills Initiative (WPSI).

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Cancer Cell Therapy Pioneer Dr. Carl June Named a 2021 Dan David Prize Laureate

February 15, 2021

$1 million "future" prize recognizes his contributions to molecular medicine, including his groundbreaking work in developing chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy.

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Dr. Nicole Aqui Elected to 2020 Penn Medicine Academy of Master Clinicians

December 24, 2020

Academy recognizes Penn Medicine clinicians who exemplify the highest standards of clinical excellence, humanism and professionalism.

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Professor Emeritus Prabodh K. Gupta, MD (1937-2020)

December 23, 2020

It is with profound sadness that we must share the news that our colleague Prabodh Gupta, MBBS, MD, Emeritus Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and a legend in Pathology and Cytopathology, has passed away.

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Project Quaker Rolled Out for On-Campus COVID-19 Testing

December 16, 2020

Large-scale COVID-19 screening program known as Project Quaker is being rolled out across campus with the goal of conducting 40,000 saliva-based tests each week.

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