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Penn Presidential Commission Call to Action
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Interim Penn President Jameson has extended the comment period on the interim report of the Presidential Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community to ensure members of the university community have additional time to share feedback that will inform the final report.
The interim report can be accessed here. It focuses on promoting campus-wide education and dialogue. A response submitted by ASEF recommended including a call to verifiable truth in all academic and clinical communications.
Senior and retired Penn Medicine faculty members have a unique perspective on the focus of the commission. ASEF members can direct comments to: presidential-commission@upenn.edu.
--John Hasen-Flaschen, Editor encore
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Planning for Retirement: 2024 Seminars Now Online
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PASEF, the Penn University Association for Senior and Emeritus Faculty, hosts a series of seminars, assemblies and online resources targeting faculty members who are planning for retirement. Recent seminars and other content can be accessed online here.
Questions? Contact HRBenefits@HR.upenn.edu to schedule an appointment.
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Penn offers a generous hearing aid benefit for enrolled faculty, retirees, and their dependents including children. The benefit provides up to $4,000 per participant every 3 years for coverage of medically necessary hearing aids.
Those with IBC insurance who obtain their hearing aid through Penn Medicine’s Hearing Aid Program will be billed the amount in excess of the $4000 benefit at the time of service.
Guidance on reimbursement for all other plans and providers is available here: Hearing Aid Coverage (upenn.edu)
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Penn Retiree Dental and Vision Plans
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Penn dental and vision coverage differs substantially for retirees from the plans offered to active faculty members.
Dental
Met Life. Retired faculty members may enroll in one of two MetLife Retiree Dental Plans or continue their current plan under COBRA for 18 months.
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Penn Family Plan (PFP). May continue their current plan under COBRA for 18 months.
Vision
VSP Vision. Retired faculty members may enroll in the Retiree VSP Plan or continue their current plan under COBRA for 18 months.
Davis Vision. May continue their current plan under COBRA for 18 months.
Some retirees have questioned the value of these plans. The ASEF Council is seeking more information to advise ASEF members. Penn Medicine retirees can support this effort by emailing personal opinions and experience with the plans to Priscilla Duncan: duncanp@upenn.edu
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Kevin B. Mahoney, MBA, PhD: Update on UPHS Activities to Engage the Community
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Dr. Mahoney leads health system operations, which span six hospitals, 13 multispecialty centers, and hundreds of outpatient facilities in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey.
In this special ASEF lunch seminar, he overviews the broad sweep of UPHS services and programs that engage UPHS in bettering the communities we serve.
Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm, Zoom
Hybrid In-Person and Online Presentation
Smilow Center for Translational Research Room 12-146ab.
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| Newly Retired Faculty Celebration
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Thirty standing or associate members of the PSOM faculty are retiring from active faculty appointments in 2024. Celebrate their many contributions and wish them well during our annual retirement recognition reception. All are welcome.
A complete list of retiring faculty members with brief bios can be accessed here.
Monday, May 6. 2024 4:00 pm–6:00 pm
Location: Jordan Medical Education Center - Jordan Atrium 1&2
View Retiree Reception Brochure
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Visit the Philadelphia Lazaretto: A Forgotten Monument
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Hidden away along the Delaware riverfront, just a stone’s throw from I-95 near the Philadelphia airport, stands the oldest surviving quarantine facility in the Western Hemisphere. The Philadelphia Lazaretto was built in response to the devastating yellow fever epidemics of the 1790’s.
Come visit the Lazaretto and hear David Barnes PhD, Associate Professor, Department of History and Sociology of Science, tell stories that comprise the Lazaretto’s history -- stories of commerce and politics, suffering and death, medicine and caregiving, immigration, and hope.
Wednesday, May 15, 2024. 10:30 am
97 Wanamaker Avenue. Essington, PA 19029
https://www.lazaretto.site
Carpooling may be available. Contact Priscilla Duncan: duncanp@upenn.edu
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Opportunities for Continuing Education and Community Service
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Life-long Learning in the School of Arts and Sciences
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The Senior Auditing program at Penn's College of Liberal and Professional Studies (LPS) allows learners aged 65 and older to audit undergraduate lecture classes at Penn's School of Arts and Sciences (SAS). The fee per course for senior auditors during the 2023/24 academic year is $500. Senior auditors who qualify for a tuition benefit may have discounted or free tuition. For help determining your tuition benefit status, contact Human Resources at the Perelman School of Medicine.
For more information, contact the Senior Auditor Program directly by email (lps@SAS.upenn.edu) or by telephone at (215) 746-7040. Request to be added to the Senior Auditor email list to receive email notification when the approved Senior Auditor Program course listing is published for the upcoming academic semester.
Access the LPS Senior Auditor program at: https://www.lps.upenn.edu/students/seniors
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Supervise Penn medical students staffing free medical clinics in the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Learner Experience in Medical Education Program (IDEAL MEd)
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Penn Medicine faculty members with active medical licenses are needed to provide clinical supervision of medical students participating in the PSOM Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Lerner Experience in Medical Education (IDEAL MEd) Program:
To learn more, attend an orientation session and panel discussion scheduled for Thursday, September 19th 12-1:30 pm. Location to be announced.
Contact ASEF Council member, Fred Henretig, MD for more information at henretig@chop.edu.
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Community Volunteers in Medicine seeks volunteer health professionals and support volunteers
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CVIM - Community Volunteers in Medicine provides compassionate medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare and health education to people who live or work in the Chester County region and lack access to insurance to support their goals to lead productive, healthy, and hopeful lives. Licensed clinicians and support volunteers embody a culture of compassion that is shared with patients through culturally competent and dignified care. Malpractice insurance coverage is covered for free by the federal government.
To learn more about CVIM contact ASEF Council member, Joan Von Feldt, MD, joan.vonfeldt@gmail.com or apply directly to become a volunteer here: Why Volunteer at CVIM? - CVIM
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ASEF Representatives in Retirement Communities
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The ASEF Council seeks Penn Medicine faculty retirees residing in continuing care retirement communities to expand the reach of the Association. Responsibilities can be individualized but may include:
- Connecting with faculty members considering a retirement community to advise whether your community might be a good fit for them.
- Encouraging fellow residents to attend ASEF lectures and outings and arranging group transportation to the events when appropriate.
- Proposing and organizing ASEF group outings.
- Starting a Penn Med ASEF Chapter in your community.
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Thoughtful Planning Meets Thoughtful Giving. Join Penn’s Medical Legacy Circle
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The Medical Legacy Circle is Penn’s way of recognizing the more than 1,400 generous donors who have included Penn Medicine in their will or living trust, who have named Penn Medicine as a beneficiary of a retirement plan, life insurance policy or life income gift, or who have made a tax-advantaged gift of IRA assets by way of a qualified charitable distribution (QCD).
Qualified charitable distributions (QCDs) are often the most tax-efficient way for individuals to support charities. QCDs are excluded from a donor’s adjusted gross income and may be used to satisfy all or part of the IRS-mandated required minimum distributions (RMDs) that begin at age 73. And now, since 2023, it is possible to fund a charitable gift annuity with a QCD.
Detailed information on planned giving can be accessed online here:
https://www.med.upenn.edu/pennmedplannedgiving
For more information about your philanthropic planning objectives, contact Robert Vosburgh, JD, Executive Director of Planned Giving at vosburgh@upenn.edu or 215.898.9486.
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Judy A. Shea PhD was the Leon Hess Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine.
Dr. Shea is remembered for collaborating with faculty members and fellows to design and execute groundbreaking research projects. She was an accomplished mentor, well liked, and eminently practical. Much of Judy’s work focused on the psychometric properties of evaluation tools and developing measures to assess components of health such as health literacy, patient satisfaction, and health-related quality of life. She was PSOM’s go-to expert in quantitative survey research and qualitative methods including focus groups and interviews. Judy was critical to the success of Penn’s reputation as a leader in the field of medical education research.
Dr. Shea received the FOCUS Award for the Advancement of Women in Medicine (2009), the Arthur K. Asbury Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award (2018), and the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching (2020), the University’s highest teaching honor. Nationally, she received the Society of General Internal Medicine Career Achievement in Medical Education Award (2011), the Hubbard Award from the National Board of Medical Examiners (2011), the AAMC NEGEA Distinguished Educator Award (2016), and the AAMC Merrell Flair Award (2018).
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Steven Douglas, MD was a Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of the Section of Immunology in the Division of Allergy and Immunology, and Medical Director for the Immunogenetics Laboratory at CHOP. He was a giant in the field of pediatric immunology and an inspiring leader in research to improve the care of children with HIV/AIDS,
After completing fellowship training in immunology at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Douglas held faculty positions at the Mt. Sinai and University of Minnesota Schools of Medicine and came to CHOP as Professor of Pediatrics in 1980. Dr. Douglas dedicated his life’s work to the study of cellular immunology with a particular focus on HIV. He made enduring contributions to both basic and clinical pediatric HIV research, primary immune deficiency diseases, and cellular immunopathology.
Dr. Douglas was awarded many national and international honors including the Erwin Neter Award of the Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists and the Paradigm Builder Award of the International Society for Neurovirolgy.
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Bruce Heppenstall, MD was a Professor of Orthopedic and a former Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at HUP.
He first attended Penn as an orthopedic resident in 1969. In 1974, Dr. Heppenstall was promoted to assistant professor, and he became a full professor in 1980. The same year, he published his textbook, Fracture Treatment and Healing, which is still cited today.
Dr. Heppenstall is widely recognized for his contributions to fracture biology, and for conducting innovative studies of the metabolic effects of tissue ischemia. His approach enabled the simultaneous monitoring of blood pressure and compartment pressure, contributing to the diagnosis and treatment of compartment syndrome.
In 1986, Dr. Heppenstall received the prestigious Kappa Delta Award of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery, the most esteemed accolade in orthopedic research. After Dr. Heppenstall retired from Penn in 2016, the Department of Orthopedic Surgery created the annual Bruce Heppenstall Trauma Lectureship to recognize his many contributions to the field.
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Recently deceased faculty members with links to their Penn Almanac obituaries.
2024
2023
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| encore Editor: John Hansen-Flaschen MD. jflash@uphs.upenn.edu
ASEF President: Paul Lanken MD. paul.lanken@uphs.upenn.edu
For more information of interest to senior and retired faculty members, visit the ASEF website: https://www.med.upenn.edu/asef/
To unsubscribe from the ASEF encore Newsletter, email PSOM-OAA@upenn.edu. Enter “unsubscribe from encore” in the subject line.
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