Faculty in the Media

Leana Wen, M.D., instructor of emergency medicine, wrote an op-ed for Slate on how to improve one's care as a patient in the emergency department.

Paul Brindley, Ph.D., professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine, was quoted in the NIH Record for an article on genomics research and its ability to shape all areas of health, including global heatlh. 

Rajeev Pandarinath, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, was interviewed on how adderall, a drug to help children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, affects physical performance. 

Dipa Sheth, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, was interviewed on FOX 5 News about the upcoming allergy season and what precautions allergy sufferers can take. 

Richard Cytowic, M.D., associate clinical professor of neurology, wrote an essay for Washingtonian magazine on the importance of training physicians on how to approach death with their patients.

Jesse Pines, M.D., director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation, was interviewed on the American Academy of Emergency Medicine's Emergency Physician Advocates Podcast on how the Affordable Care Act will impact the emergency department. 

Stanley Reiser, M.D., Ph.D., clinical professor of physician assistant studies, was mentioned in an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education on technology and intellectuals.

Judith Owens, M.D., professor of pediatrics, was quoted in The Main Line Times article on a discussion on sleep and how it effects the teenage brain at Lower Merion High School.

Shireen Atabaki, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, was interviewed on NPR's "Tell Me More" on concussions in young children and how they have been treated over the years. 

Leana Wen, M.D., instructor of emergency medicine, wrote an op-ed for NPR's Shots on a health care system that has emergency room doctors playing detective far more often than it should.