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News Archive from January 2011

News Releases

January 17, 2011

Daniel M. Quirk, M.D., M.P.H., Joins Jefferson's Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Anthony J. DiMarino, M.D., William Rorer Professor of Medicine; and Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Department of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, announces the appointment of Daniel M. Quirk, M.D., M.P.H., as an associate professor.

January 13, 2011

"Longevity" Protein SIRT1 May Ward Off Precursor to Prostate Cancer

For first time, animal study suggests that Sirt1 gene inhibits prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia.

January 13, 2011

Thomas Jefferson University Professor Elected AAAS Fellow

Eric Wickstrom, Ph.D., of Jefferson Medical College, Kimmel Cancer Center, recognized for creating new methods to see cancer gene activity from outside the body.

January 11, 2011

Kevin D. Judy, M.D., Joins Department of Neurological Surgery at Jefferson

Kevin D. Judy, MD, FACS, recently joined the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital department of Neurological Surgery and was named professor of Neurological Surgery at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.

January 05, 2011

High Dietary Fat, Cholesterol Linked to Increased Risk of Breast Cancer

Animal study suggests the control of cholesterol may be useful in the reduction of breast cancer development and aggressiveness.

Featured in the Media

Featured January 08, 2011

Dr. Keane Featured in HealthLeaders Media Magazine

William M. Keane, MD, chairman of Jefferson's Department of Otolaryngology, talks about our multidisciplinary approach to head and neck cancer.