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Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine faculty member, Dr. Brian Piper, publishes journal article

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:02:36 -0500

Five students and a faculty member, Dr. Brian Piper of Waverly, at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) have published an article in the Jan. 17 edition of PeerJ, the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences. PeerJ is a peer-reviewed, op...

V. Scott Koerwer, EdD, of Dallas, publishes article in Duke Corporate Education's journal, Dialogue

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 08:48:11 -0500

V. Scott Koerwer, EdD, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's (GCSOM) vice president for strategy, planning & communication and vice dean for graduate education, as well as professor of organizational systems and innovation, published an artic...

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine faculty member, Dr. Vicki Sapp, presents at 2018 Racism in Medicine Conference

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 12:16:10 -0500

On Nov. 17, Vicki T. Sapp, PhD, a faculty member at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) and its director of student engagement, diversity and inclusion, traveled with 23 GCSOM students to Drexel University's College of Medicine participat...

GCSOM faculty paper finds increase in amphetamine use, regional disparities

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 10:00:10 -0500

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine students and faculty including Christy Ogden, MBS; Daniel Chung, MBS; James Caggiano, MD; Olapeju Simoyan, MD of Throop (Geisinger Marworth Treatment Center); and Brian Piper, PhD of Waverly, as well as collabo...

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's Dr. Vicki Sapp to offer keynote address at Wilkes University's second Diversity and Inclusion Student Conference

Mon, 01 Oct 2018 12:25:11 -0400

Vicki T. Sapp, Ph.D., director for student engagement, diversity and inclusion and an assistant professor at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) will serve as keynote speaker at Wilkes University's second Diversity and Inclusion Student C...

John L. Szarek, PhD, of Moosic, speaks at 18thWorld Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology in Kyoto

Thu, 26 Jul 2018 09:51:55 -0400

John L. Szarek, PhD, of Moosic, professor and director of clinical pharmacology and education director for simulation at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM), recently returned from Japan where he attended the 18thWorld Congress of Basic a...

Michelle Schmude, Ed.D., named to leadership roles at Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center

Fri, 29 Jun 2018 08:37:49 -0400

Michelle Schmude, Ed.D., of Mountain Top, has been named to leadership roles at both the Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and its regional site, the Northeast Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center. Dr. Schmude is associate dean for ...

Stroudsburg resident, Dr. Carmine Cerra honored with STAR award by Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Mon, 18 Jun 2018 11:26:01 -0400

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) recognized the outstanding service of three employees on June 7 with "STAR" awards. STAR stands for "Service, Teamwork, Accountability, and Resourcefulness." The awards are presented annually at GCSOM's...

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine associate dean invited to teach at Harvard Macy Institute

Wed, 23 May 2018 13:00:06 -0400

Michelle Schmude, Ed.D., M.B.A., associate dean for admissions, enrollment management and financial aid, as well as an assistant professor in Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's (GCSOM) Department of Clinical Sciences was invited to teach a ses...

Faculty members at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine publish case study in Pediatrics in Review, a journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Wed, 23 May 2018 12:00:10 -0400

Two faculty members at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) have published a case study in the April edition of Pediatrics in Review, a journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The paper was co-authored by two members of Geisinger Co...

Vicki T. Sapp, PhD named 'distinguished alumnus' by Buffalo State

Thu, 03 May 2018 15:07:16 -0400

Vicki T. Sapp, Ph.D., director of student engagement, diversity and inclusion and a faculty member at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, will receive the "Distinguished Alumnus" award from the Educational Opportunity Department (EOP) at State U...

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine faculty member, students complete medical mission trip

Wed, 11 Apr 2018 10:28:44 -0400

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) faculty member, Dr. F. Dennis Dawgert and three fourth-year GCSOM medical students recently completed a mission trip to Mandeville, Jamaica. Dr. Dawgert provided primary medical care services and superv...

Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine president and dean, chairs international panel on patient safety

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 09:54:02 -0400

Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., president and dean of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine and chief academic officer at Geisinger, was invited by The Patient Safety Movement Foundation to chair its "Patient Safety Curriculum in Schools" panel and to m...

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine faculty member publishes paper in American Journal of Bioethics

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:38:31 -0500

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine faculty member, Brian J. Piper, Ph.D., of Waverly, assistant professor of neuroscience, is the author of a paper accepted for publication in the American Journal of Bioethics--Empirical Bioethics. The article i...

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine professor, student publish research in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:32:09 -0500

Jun Ling, PhD, of Clarks Summit, an associate professor of molecular biology at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, is the corresponding author, and second-year medical student Adit Singhal is lead author of research published Feb. 7 in the Jour...

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine faculty publish paper in American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 10:47:01 -0500

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine faculty members, Brian J. Piper, Ph.D., M.S., assistant professor of neuroscience, of Waverly, and Olapeju M. Simoyan, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of family medicine and epidemiology, of Throop, are autho...

Director of the MBS program at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine: Listen to your students

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 09:07:30 -0500

Master of Biomedical Sciences (MBS) students at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine have inaugurated a series of talks called "Share@Geisinger." The talks focus on health, science and medicine, as well as inspirational personal experiences, strug...

Geisinger Commonwealth faculty invited to help lead upcoming Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in Health Professions

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 15:16:48 -0500

Two members of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's leadership team, alumni of the Harvard Macy Institute's Program for Educators in Health Professions, have been invited to return to Harvard as faculty for the next offering of the educational p...

Molecular biology professor called to serve her rural community with lessons inspired by medical school curriculum

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 10:57:19 -0500

Cathy Wilcox, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular biology at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, has begun a new adventure born of a call to service. In the process, the service Dr. Wilcox envisions will compliment and extend the educational...

Koerwer selected as fellow of Academy for Innovative Higher Education Leadership

Thu, 30 Nov 2017 13:33:57 -0500

V. Scott Koerwer, vice president for strategy and vice dean of graduate studies, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, joined 32 other senior leaders from more than two dozen universities who were selected as fellows in the fifth cohort of the Aca...

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine professor published in prestigious journal

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:23:29 -0500

Raj Kumar, Ph.D., a professor of biochemistry and the director of research at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (Geisinger Commonwealth), is the lead author of a research article published on Nov. 13 in the online journal, Scientific Reports. S...

Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., president and dean of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine receives Laureate Award from Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Physicians

Tue, 07 Nov 2017 09:09:51 -0500

Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., president and dean of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine and chief academic officer at Geisinger, has been selected by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Physicians (PA-ACP) as a 2017 Laureate Award wi...

Geisinger Commonwealth scientist's research 'key' to Nobel Prize in Medicine

Thu, 12 Oct 2017 13:49:02 -0400

SCRANTON -- A professor at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (Geisinger Commonwealth) contributed to research that led to the Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded Oct. 2 to three U.S. researchers. The prize was awarded to Jeffrey Hall at the Univers...