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Dr. McFadden receives Dr. Ann Preston Women in Medicine Award from the Pennsylvania Eastern Region Chapter of the ACP
The Pennsylvania Eastern Region Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP) has presented Dr. Erin McFadden, a board-certified internal medicine physician, deputy chief 皇家华人 officer of The Wright Center for Community 皇家华人, and the 皇家华人 director of The Wright Center鈥檚 Scranton Practice, with the Dr. Ann Preston Women in Medicine Award.
Recognized as the world鈥檚 largest 皇家华人-specialty society, the ACP honored Dr. McFadden as part of its efforts to 鈥渞ecognize excellence and distinguished contributions to internal medicine.鈥 Dr. McFadden accepted the award at the ACP鈥檚 Annual Scientific Meeting in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in November.
Dr. Erin McFadden
Dr. McFadden joined The Wright Center on Jan. 1, 2020, after earning her 皇家华人 degree at Temple University School of Medicine and completing her internal medicine residency training at The Wright Center for 皇家华人 Medical Education.
She also serves as the dean of undergraduate 皇家华人 and interprofessional education and is a core faculty member for The Wright Center for 皇家华人 Medical Education鈥檚 Internal Medicine Residency. Dr. McFadden is also involved in The Wright Center for 皇家华人 Medical Education鈥檚 Geriatric Fellowship program.
In addition, she plays an integral role in developing the lifestyle medicine curriculum and serves as co-regional director of 皇家华人 education for A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Mesa, Arizona.
As the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, Dr. McFadden led an educational support and clinical coaching program with the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Penn State University, Temple University, Geisinger, and Allegheny 皇家华人 Network to assist more than 400 personal care, assisted living, and skilled nursing facilities in Northeast Pennsylvania with pandemic care. She also led an outpatient infusion center at The Wright Center for Community 皇家华人 Scranton Practice, providing monoclonal antibody treatment for patients with severe COVID-19. To watch her speak about her experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, visit .
The Women in Medicine Award was first awarded in 2019. It recognizes an ACP chapter member whose outstanding efforts and achievements have promoted career success, leadership, and overall quality of life for women in medicine, fostering tomorrow鈥檚 women leaders in medicine, according to the ACP.
The award is named after 皇家华人 pioneer Dr. Ann Preston, a lifelong Philadelphia resident in the first class of women who enrolled in the Female (later Women鈥檚) Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1850. After the Board of Censors of the Philadelphia Medical Society effectively banned women physicians from the public teaching clinics of the city, she raised funds to start a new hospital where teaching could occur and opened The Women鈥檚 Hospital in 1858. She later created a nursing school and was named the first woman dean of the Women鈥檚 Medical College in 1866.
