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Two Temple University School of MedicineFaculty Members Selected for Prestigious NIH Posts
(Philadelphia, PA) – Joseph Cheung, MD, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine, and Xiao-Feng Yang, MD, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology, Professor at the Cardiovascular Research Center and Professor at the Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center at Temple University School of Medicine, have been selected for prestigious posts as members of National Institutes of Health (NIH) study sections.
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Temple University Hospital Earns American Heart Association'sGet With The Guidelines®–Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award
(Philadelphia, PA) – Temple University Hospital has earned the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®–Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes Temple University Hospital’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment for at least 24 months according to nationally accepted standards and recommendations.
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Temple Faculty, Nurses, Residents and Fellows to Deliver Nearly50 Presentations at International Medical Conference in Philadelphia
(Philadelphia, PA) – Temple physicians, nurses, researchers, residents and fellows will deliver nearly 50 presentations at the upcoming American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference. The conference is being held May 17-22 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.
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Temple University School of Medicine Ranked Sixthin Nation for Number of Applicants by US News & World Report
(Philadelphia, PA) – Temple University School of Medicine (TUSM) has again been recognized by US News & World Report as one of the most popular medical schools in the nation in terms of applications received. TUSM received 10,600 applications for the 2012-2013 year, the sixth-highest total in the nation, up from seventh last year.
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Dr. Paul Forfia Named Medical Director ofPulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart FailureProgram at Temple's Heart and Vascular Center
(Philadelphia, PA) – Paul Forfia, MD, has been appointed Associate Professor of Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine, and Medical Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart Failure Program in the Temple Heart and Vascular Center. Dr. Forfia was most recently Medical Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania Heart and Vascular Now Affiliated with Temple
(Philadelphia, PA) – Pennsylvania Heart and Vascular, an active 20-person cardiology group practice based in Jenkintown, PA, and Northeast Philadelphia, has affiliated with Temple Health, effective May 1, 2013.
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Sixty Temple Physicians Named"Top Doctors" by Philadelphia Magazine
(Philadelphia, PA) – Sixty (60) Temple physicians have been named to Philadelphia magazine’s annual “Top Doctors” list. Nominated by their professional peers, the physicians on the list practice at Temple University Hospital, Fox Chase Cancer Center and Jeanes Hospital.
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Temple University Hospital ReceivesBlue Distinction Center Designation for Quality
(Philadelphia, PA) – Independence Blue Cross has named Temple University Hospital as a Blue Distinction Center in both Spine Surgery and Knee and Hip Replacement. The Blue Distinction Centers for Specialty Care® program is a national designation awarded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies to medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in delivering quality specialty care – which expanded recently to include more robust quality measures focused on improved patient health and safety.
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Temple Scientists Weaken HIV Infectionin Immune Cells Using Synthetic AgentsRelated to Active Ingredient in Marijuana
(Philadelphia, PA) – HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is notorious for hiding within certain types of cells, where it reproduces at a slowed rate and eventually gives rise to chronic inflammation, despite drug therapy. But researchers at Temple University School of Medicine's Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Center for Substance Abuse Research (CSAR) recently discovered that synthetic anti-inflammatory substances distantly related to the active ingredient of marijuana may be able to take the punch out of HIV while inside one of its major hideouts – immune cells known as macrophages.
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Dr. Valeriya S. Poukas Joins Temple's Department of Neurology
(Philadelphia, PA) – Valeriya S. Poukas, MD, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Neurology at Temple University School of Medicine, and an attending physician in the Department of Neurology at Temple University Hospital. Prior to joining Temple, Dr. Poukas completed a fellowship in Epilepsy and Electroencephalography at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
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