WINTER 2014
CONTENTS
FEATURES
10 Hope for
Broken Hearts
Fast-tracking tomorrow’s treatments: Gene therapy, cell therapy, new drugs, new devices — and more BY GISELLE ZAYON
16 The First Hurdle
On the frontlines of cancer research BY JENNIFER LAIDMAN
20 Lungs, Unplugged A rare, radical procedure to remove chronic blood clots from lungs BY GISELLE ZAYON
22 When Death Begets Life
Physicians can help grieving families see a silver lining at a loved one’s life’s end: Organ donation BY GISELLE ZAYON
LUNG AND LIGHTBULB BRAIN: CLINT BLOWERS; ROGERS: JOSEPH V. LABOLITO; RED BRAIN: DREAMSTIME: ©JULES315, IMAGE MANIPULATION: ©TRIDENT POST PRODUCTION
DEPARTMENTS
4 Currents
News Roundup
26 Change Agent
Selwyn Rogers, MD, FACS, Surgeon-in-Chief
28 Quest
Lupus Research and Treatment
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30 Tools of the Trade
Advancing Robotic Surgery
32 Timeline
The History of Philadelphia’s SecondOldest Hospital, Episcopal
IN EVERY ISSUE
1 Agenda
Larry Kaiser, MD, FACS
34 Alumni News 36 So Noted Quips and Counts
37 Artful Ending
Break Out the Bubbly ON THE COVER: The human heart, illustrated by
Bryan Christie
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