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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

Kinjal Sethuraman Promoted to Professor

Kinjal Sethuraman Promoted to Professor

Mark Sutherland Promoted to Associate Professor

Mark Sutherland Promoted to Associate Professor

Ryan Spangler Promoted to Associate Professor

Ryan Spangler Promoted to Associate Professor

Sarah Sommerkamp Promoted to Associate Professor

Sarah Sommerkamp Promoted to Associate Professor

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

Kinjal Sethuraman Promoted to Professor

Kinjal Sethuraman Promoted to Professor

Mark Sutherland Promoted to Associate Professor

Mark Sutherland Promoted to Associate Professor

Ryan Spangler Promoted to Associate Professor

Ryan Spangler Promoted to Associate Professor

Sarah Sommerkamp Promoted to Associate Professor

Sarah Sommerkamp Promoted to Associate 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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