Our department mourns the recent loss of past faculty member – Herbert E. Cohn, MD. He passed away on March 10, 2025, at the age of 94.
Dr. Cohn was a proud Jeffersonian – he graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1955 and completed both general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery residencies at Jefferson. He was a devoted, demanding and talented general, thoracic and endocrine surgeon and a dedicated teacher during his many decades at Jefferson. His contributions – too lengthy to cover here – include 20 years’ tenure as Vice Chair of Surgery, service as the President of Medical Staff and on the Jefferson University Physicians Board of Directors. In 2009 he received the Jefferson Achievement Award in Medicine. His legacy lives on at Jefferson through his colleagues, trainees and patients. Donations in memory of Dr. Herbert Cohn may be made to the Jefferson Department of Surgery Research & Education Fund: Jefferson.edu/GiveSurgery.
In March, Murray J. Cohen, MD, and resident physician Luke T. Meredith, MD, received 2025 Jefferson Health Physician Excellence Awards. The Jefferson Physician and Advanced Practice Clinician Well-being (JPAW) Council presents the award to physicians who consistently embody our Jefferson mission, vision and values.
Hien T. Dang, PhD, was named Director of the Cancer Genomics Program at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Nathaniel R. Evans III, MD, received a 2025 American Surgical Association Surgical Leaders Fellowship Grant. The program prepares future academic surgical leaders by sponsoring week-long shadowing visits with an executive-level leader at two academic institutions.
Talar Tatarian, MD, was awarded a $125,000 grant from the Intuitive Foundation to support the Advanced Gastrointestinal, Minimally Invasive, and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship Program at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
Avinoam Nevler, MD, was awarded a $80,000 two-year grant from the Newell Devalpine Foundation for a research study entitled “Uncovering the Role of Hypercapnia in Cancer Therapy Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer.”
Tyler Grenda, MD, was selected as the awardee for the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Barnett Memorial Award for Early Career Clinical Investigator and awarded $100,000 for his application entitled “The Impact of Surgical Technique on Circulating Tumor DNA in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.”
Recommended Citation
(2024)
"News in Brief,"
Jefferson Surgical Solutions: Vol. 20:
Iss.
3, Article 8.
Available at:
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/jss/vol20/iss3/8