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Dr. Siamak Moayedi Selected as Keynote Speaker for the 2027 Student Clinician Ceremony

Dr. Siamak Moayedi Selected as Keynote Speaker for the 2027 Student Clinician Ceremony

Celebrating a Prestigious International Honor: Dr. Jon Mark Hirshon Named Fulbright Distinguished Scholar to Egypt

Celebrating a Prestigious International Honor: Dr. Jon Mark Hirshon Named Fulbright Distinguished Scholar to Egypt

Dr. Earl J. Reisdorff Honored with the Outstanding Leadership in Emergency Medicine Award

Dr. Earl J. Reisdorff Honored with the Outstanding Leadership in Emergency Medicine Award

EM Resident Dr. Jared Buteau selected as EMRA Representative Council Regional Coordinator

EM Resident Dr. Jared Buteau selected as EMRA Representative Council Regional Coordinator

Dr. Spangler Receives Medical Educator of the Year Award from MELA

Dr. Spangler Receives Medical Educator of the Year Award from MELA

Dr. Powell Leads new Center for Combat Casualty Care

Dr. Powell Leads new Center for Combat Casualty Care

Brian Browne Conferred Status as Department’s First Professor Emeritus

Brian Browne Conferred Status as Department’s First Professor Emeritus

Gentry Wilkerson Promoted to Professor

Gentry Wilkerson Promoted to Professor

Dr. Siamak Moayedi Selected as Keynote Speaker for the 2027 Student Clinician Ceremony

Dr. Siamak Moayedi Selected as Keynote Speaker for the 2027 Student Clinician Ceremony

Celebrating a Prestigious International Honor: Dr. Jon Mark Hirshon Named Fulbright Distinguished Scholar to Egypt

Celebrating a Prestigious International Honor: Dr. Jon Mark Hirshon Named Fulbright Distinguished Scholar to Egypt

Dr. Earl J. Reisdorff Honored with the Outstanding Leadership in Emergency Medicine Award

Dr. Earl J. Reisdorff Honored with the Outstanding Leadership in Emergency Medicine Award

EM Resident Dr. Jared Buteau selected as EMRA Representative Council Regional Coordinator

EM Resident Dr. Jared Buteau selected as EMRA Representative Council Regional Coordinator

Dr. Spangler Receives Medical Educator of the Year Award from MELA

Dr. Spangler Receives Medical Educator of the Year Award from MELA

Dr. Powell Leads new Center for Combat Casualty Care

Dr. Powell Leads new Center for Combat Casualty Care

Brian Browne Conferred Status as Department’s First Professor Emeritus

Brian Browne Conferred Status as Department’s First Professor Emeritus

Gentry Wilkerson Promoted to Professor

Gentry Wilkerson Promoted to Professor

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Posted 10/15/2025 by Amanda Habib

Dr. Wilkerson Cited in WYPR Article on Penn North Overdose

On October 8, Associate Professor Gentry Wilkerson, MD, was cited in a radio segment and accompanying online article about a recent mass overdose in the Penn North neighborhood.

Dr. Wilkerson commented on a combination of drugs—including a benzodiazepine with opioid—that may have contributed to the overdose event.

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