What's New at Jeff

A Series of Fortunate Events
Isidore Rigoutsos, PhD, sees complexity not as a barrier to understanding the genome, but as an essential ingredient
01/18/19

Explaining Uncertainty: Compassionate Dialogue Helps Emergency Department Patients Navigate the Unknown
Patients who are discharged from an emergency department without a definitive diagnosis all too often feel frightened, frustrated, confused, and anxious.
01/18/19

JeffConnect: Leading the Way in Telehealth
More than 75,000 patients tap into Jefferson’s cutting-edge virtual platform. Here’s why.
01/18/19

The Dean's Column: 194th Commencement
Class of 2018, on this milestone day—your day—my message to you is “Embrace the unfamiliar.”
01/18/19

A New Friend Gives New Life
The life Joe and Bridget Weissinger share took a shocking turn when Joe’s swollen feet turned into a diagnosis of membranous nephropathy in 2009.
01/07/19

Raising Dough: Holiday Bake Sale Supports Breast Cancer Research
At 83, Mary Lou Leuters is a petite, white-haired spitfire who believes that research is the answer to finding a cure for breast cancer—and raising money to fund that research is her duty.
12/17/18

IBX Donates Ekso GT Suits to Magee's Jerry Segal Classic
On Thursday, December 6, Magee hosted a press event on the 6th floor to celebrate the donation of an Ekso GT from Independence Blue Cross to the Jerry Segal Classic.
12/14/18

1,000 Hats for Preemies
Local employees at Cigna, a health insurance provider, flooded Jefferson’s neonatal intensive care unit with over 1,000 preemie-sized, homemade hats.
12/14/18

Declare War on Holiday Mishaps
The holiday season burns bright with Christmas tree lights, Hanukkah menorahs, Kwanzaa candles, etc. Just make sure your house doesn’t burn along with them.
12/03/18

Stephen Klasko’s Very Busy Days
As president of Thomas Jefferson University and CEO of Jefferson Health, Stephen Klasko, MD, MBA, is on a mission to reimagine the world. To do that, he starts early… and ends late.
11/30/18