Our Department at Penn partners with our West Philadelphia community to strive for #socialjustice and #healthequity. Please check out this opportunity!

Sending my congratulations to Dr. Karen Knudsen who was announced today as the new CEO of American Cancer Society Society. She is an accomplished and inspirational leader, a great scientist, and puts the public and patients at the center of the fight against cancer. A brilliant choice!

Looking forward to joining with my remarkable colleagues at 2PM today to examine where we are with #ColorectalCancer Screening and how we surge forward. Hope you can join! ACS National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable American Cancer Society Society.

New USPSTF #colorectalcancer #screening guideline out today. Universal agreement exists. All people at average risk need to start screening at age 45. Let’s all work together to get this done. ACS National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable American Cancer Society Society

Really great to be joining our ACS National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable members at #80InEveryCommunity conference. Thanks for the love and support as I turn the Chair over to Steve Itzkowitz. The best is yet to come! AnjeeDavis Michael Sapienza Fight Colorectal Cancer @americanCancer Society Letitia thompson

Incredible work by Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists. A powerful force in promoting equity. ABGH ACS National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable #nccrt21 #80InEveryCommunity

Moving tribute to the extraordinary life and career of Dr. Pierre P. Massion at the National Lung Cancer Roundtable Annual Meeting. I will strive to live like he did. ACS National Lung Cancer Roundtable American Cancer Society Society Chris Draft

3 QUESTIONS ON... Social Determinants of Health & Cancer Outcomes With Rich Wender Chair & Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at Penn Medicine: ow.ly/E1Qh50IGxUw #CommunityHealth #Cancer #Healthcare

🎉Congratulations to PC3I Faculty Lola Fayanju (she/her, [email protected]), recipient of the Carole P. & F. Otto Haas Junior Faculty in Clinical Oncology Award, a $20k award which provides research support and salary funds for junior faculty in clinical oncology: pennmedicine.org/news/news-rele…

Meet Sean! 📍Maryland 🩺Interests: musculoskeletal & adolescent medicine Worked as an assistant in a physical therapy office & continued to engage in sports medicine support for local sporting events 💗Enjoys trivia nights, weightlifting & Villanova MBB Volunteer Special Olympics

I greatly value primary care physicians’ leadership/partnership taking on barriers to #lungcancer screening, & I suspect my pulmonary & surgery colleagues do too!   Yes to HEDIS measures for #lungcancer screening NCQA! @marcottle Rich Wender ACS National Lung Cancer Roundtable Ella Kazerooni 〽️ Douglas E Wood

New: A study by LDI Fellow Marilyn Schapira supports using eHealth technology in #PrimaryCare to engage veterans, inform them about a new cancer control screening test, & prepare them to participate in a shared decision-making discussion with their provider. formative.jmir.org/2022/4/e29039/

Humbled and honored to be working with our community and the amazing people at Penn to address critical #publichealth issues in our region and around the world. Penn Public Health

Our Department of Family Medicine and Community Health received the inaugural Departmental Award for #DiversityandInclusion at the 10 year gala of the Penn-CHOP Alliance of Minority Physicians. #Workforce must reflect #community we serve. Penn Public Health Penn Family Medicine & Community Health

Place Matters. #HealthInsurance is an over-arching social determinant of health. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network has done a great job in helping a few states expand Medicaid. Access to care is one of our #HumanRights Penn Family Medicine & Community Health Penn Public Health

We have a lot of work to do to increase #lungcancer #screening. Creating a #quality measure would greatly increase engagement by #primarycare clinicians. Excited to be part of this meeting. ACS National Lung Cancer Roundtable Penn Family Medicine & Community Health Penn Public Health

Care systems are making progress in understanding how the trauma patients experience through their lifetime profoundly shapes health. Screening for these factors can and should alter how we care for people. Dr. Maharaj-Best does this very well! Penn Public Health Penn Family Medicine & Community Health

Allison is a extraordinary champion and a true leader in promoting colorectal cancer screening. Penn Public Health

Patient #navigation is one of the most proven #publichealth and #cancer control interventions. Worth listening in! Penn Public Health

Matching with a new group of amazing residents who are deeply committed to #SocialJustice and #equity is always one of the year’s highlights in Penn’s Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. Welcome to the Penn family!