Recruit, Develop, and Retain
Distinguished Faculty
Mission Statement
Faculty Affairs and Professional Development (FAPD) works with the leadership, faculty and administrators of the School of Medicine and the Health System to support an overarching goal of PENN Medicine - the implementation of the highest standards of excellence in academic medicine. The mission of FAPD is to support this goal by facilitating the recruitment and appointment, promotion, and retention of distinguished faculty.
We fulfill this mission by a commitment to:
- Overseeing and facilitating proactive administration of all aspects of policies and processes relating to faculty recruitments and appointments, reappointments and promotions and other faculty employment actions
- Developing, interpreting, communicating and administering University and School of Medicine policies related to faculty employment
- Ensuring compliance with all applicable policies, procedures and external regulations relating to faculty employment, including affirmative action/equal employment opportunity policies
- Supporting faculty careers from appointment through retirement through Advance, the faculty professional development program and other mentoring initiatives
- Serving as official resource for faculty data
- Supporting initiatives relating to faculty diversity
- Serving as a liaison and a resource to other schools and offices of the School of Medicine, Health System and University
Announcements
Recipients of Penn Medicine Awards of Excellence:
Research
- Stanley N. Cohen Biomedical Research Award to Mark A. Lemmon, Ph.D., of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysic
- William Osler Patient Oriented Research Award to Paul A. Offit, M.D., of the Department of Pediatrics at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Samuel Martin Health Evaluation Sciences Research Award to Joshua P. Metlay, M.D., Ph.D., of the Department of Medicine
- Michael S. Brown New Investigator Research Award to Craig H. Bassing, Ph.D., of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Marjorie A. Bowman New Investigator Research Award to Peter W. Groeneveld, M.D., M.S., of the Department of Medicine
- The Lady Barbara Colyton Prize for Autoimmune Research to Josep O. Dalmau, M.D., Ph.D., of the Department of Neurology
Clinical
- I.S. Ravdin Master Clinician Award to Laurie A. Loevner, M.D., of the Department of Radiology
- Louis Duhring Outstanding Clinical Specialist Award to Jeffrey A. Drebin, M.D., Ph.D., of the Department of Surgery
- Sylvan Eisman Outstanding Primary Care Physician Award to Susan C. Day, M.D., of the Department of Medicine
- Luigi Mastroianni Clinical Innovator Award to Bert W. O’Malley, Jr., M.D., and Gregory S. Weinstein, M.D., of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology
- Alfred Stengel Health System Champion Award to William G. Baxt, M.D., of the Department of Emergency Medicine
Mentoring
- Arthur K. Asbury Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award to Charles P. O’Brien, M.D., Ph.D., of the Department of Psychiatry
Teaching
- The Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching to Louis M. Bell, M.D., Department of Pediatrics and Horace M. Delisser, M.D. , Department of Medicine
- Leonard Berwick Memorial Teaching Award to John M. Maris, M.D., of the Department of Pediatrics
- Robert Dunning Dripps Memorial Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education to Paul M. Weinberg, M.D., Department of Pediatrics and Parvati Ramchandani, M.D., Department of Radiology
News & Events
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Letter from Drs. Rubenstein, Gaulton and Quinn about Public Disclosure of Faculty Compensated Extramural Activities
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Upcoming Advance, Faculty Professional Development Programs
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Recently Promoted Faculty
View information about all 2009 promoted Faculty
View information about all 2008 promoted faculty

Ralph J. Verdino, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Veteran’s Administration Medical Center and Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterDr. Verdino excels as clinician, investigator, and educator. He is an outstanding, nationally prominent clinical cardiologist and electrophysiologist. He is an expert in cardiac arrhythmia devices, biventricular resynchronization devices and implanted fibrillators, and in the management of patients with atrial fibrillation. Dr. Verdino is an active and highly regarded teacher of medical students, residents and fellows. Since 2001, he has directed the Electrophysiology Fellowship Program and Coordinator of the Fellows’ EKG and Electrophysiology Conference. He received the University of Pennsylvania Distinguished Teaching Award in Cardiology in 2003. In 2005, he was recognized by the American College of Cardiology as “Emerging Faculty of the College.” He is active in a number of professional and scientific societies and holds appointments on two national scientific committees, the Clinical and Research Training Committee of the Heart Rhythm Society and the Clinical Cardiac Spotlight Committee of the American College of Cardiology.

