2024 Gala Honorees

Gregory C. Kane, MD, MACP

Jane and Leonard Korman Professor of Pulmonary Medicine
Chair, Department of Medicine

Dr. Kane is a national leader in pulmonary medicine, critical care, and medical education. He has served as chair of Jefferson’s largest academic department since 2011, a dynamic and talented group of physicians at one of the nation’s top medical schools.

Dr. Kane has been a leader in organized medicine for over 30 years.  He served on the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Critical Care Test and Policy Committee (1996-2006) and the Hospitalist Medicine Test Committee, helping to develop the very first examination for recertification in hospital medicine, a new specialty at the time. He was elected to a three-year term on the Council of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine in 2006 and served as the Association’s president from 2013-2014. He has also served as treasurer of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine. Dr. Kane represented Pennsylvania as former Governor of the American College of Physicians, where he is currently a lifetime Master and was elected treasurer for three terms in 2019.

Dr. Kane has authored more than 105 original articles, which have appeared in Academic Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, CHEST, JAMA, BMC Cancer, Respiratory Medicine, Clinical Lung Cancer, and the American Journal of Medicine. His landmark book “Lung Cancer Screening: A Population Approach” has been praised as outlining a path to transform lung cancer screening to serve all populations using a community-based strategy addressing vulnerable populations at highest risk for lung cancer.  In recognition of his teaching expertise, Dr. Kane has been recognized with numerous teaching awards, including the Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Parker J. Palmer “Courage to Teach” award from the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education.

A longtime, dedicated Jeffersonian, Dr. Kane is an alumnus, graduating from the Sidney Kimmel Medical College in 1987 and completing a fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in 1993. In 1997, Dr. Kane was honored with the presentation of his portrait by the medical college senior class. For 14 years, he served as program director of the Internal Medicine Residency. In 2010, he was invited to speak at Jefferson’s White Coat Ceremony for incoming medical students. In 2021 and 2022, he was selected to present the clinician’s perspective to the incoming students. He was invited thrice to speak to graduating Jefferson students at Class Day in 1998, 2001 and 2017. And this year, Jefferson’s Bicentennial, he led the graduates in the recitation of the Hippocratic Oath at Commencement. 

Since 2016, Dr. Kane has served as course director and/or co-director for Jefferson’s Annual Lung Cancer Symposium, hosting more than 200 physicians and healthcare professionals in Philadelphia. In 2017, he helped forge the collaboration between Jefferson Health and National Jewish Health to establish the Jane and Leonard Korman Respiratory Institute. He has lectured across the U.S.  and Canada, and has been a visiting professor in China and Japan.

Dr. Kane is most proud of his amazing family.  His wife Jean, and their four kids Dylan, Mary Bridget, Brian, and Brogan make it all possible.

Francelia and Richard C. Gozon

This year, we recognize lifelong Jeffersonians Francelia and Richard C. Gozon, benefactors who have led by example through their leadership, philanthropy, and dedication. Francelia and Richard will receive the Award of Merit in recognition of their generous, compassionate support of Jefferson and the students, patients, and families we serve.

Mr. Gozon is a Jefferson emeritus trustee and has served as chair of the Board of Trustees. He served as interim president of Thomas Jefferson University from April 2012 to September 2013; chair of the Board of Trustees from September 2013 to September 2014; and previously served as co-chair of the Jefferson Academic Board.

From 1994 until his retirement in 2002, Mr. Gozon was executive vice president of Pulp, Paper and Packaging for Weyerhaeuser Company; president of Westwood Shipping Lines; and chairman of North Pacific Paper Company. Before that, he served as director, president, and chief operating officer of Alco Standard Corporation, and president of Paper Corporation of America. In March 2016, he retired as chairman of the board of AmerisourceBergen Corporation.

Mr. Gozon has served on a number of boards of public companies and nonprofits, including Triumph Group Inc., UGI Corporation, AmeriGas Partners LP, the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation. He is presently an operating partner of Atlas Holdings LLC.

Mr. Gozon received an honorary degree at Jefferson’s 2022 Commencement. In his honor, Jefferson established the Richard C. Gozon Compassion in Medicine Award to recognize graduating residents and fellows who have demonstrated outstanding compassion in the care of their patients. Francelia and Richard value the importance of scholarships at Jefferson and support the Francelia A. and Richard C. Gozon Leaders in Medicine Scholarship Program.

Francelia and Richard live in Naples, Florida.

Catriona McDonald Harrop, MD, FACP, SFHM

Dr. Harrop is the associate chief physician executive for Jefferson Health, and the senior vice president for Jefferson Medical Group. In this role, she led the clinical strategy and execution for the opening of the Honickman Center, a state-of-the-art, 19-story ambulatory care building in Center City, Philadelphia, bringing in the $762 million project on time and under budget despite the challenges of the pandemic. Dr. Harrop also serves as the co-chair for Jefferson Physician and Advanced Practice Clinician Wellbeing (JPAW) and was instrumental in Jefferson Health achieving the Silver status award from the AMA Joy in Medicine™ Health System Recognition Program for 2024.

Dr. Harrop, a seasoned hospitalist, joined Jefferson in 2015 as the division director of hospital medicine for the Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience. Her expertise in perioperative care, particularly in optimizing surgical patient outcomes, has been instrumental in guiding patients from perioperative care through post-surgical recovery and discharge.

Dr. Harrop is a 1992 graduate of Smith College with a BS in psychology and neuroscience. She continued her academic journey at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, graduating with honors in 1998. She completed her residency and served as chief resident in internal medicine at the University of Connecticut. She currently serves as clinical associate professor at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Senior Fellow for the Society of Hospital Medicine.

She lives outside of Philadelphia with her husband Dan, her two sons Gordon and Cameron, and her mother June.