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First COVID-19 vaccines arrive at Penn Medicine By week’s end, the health system expects to receive about 9,275 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for its frontline teams. Eric Young (left), an Emergency Department nurse at Pennsylvania Hospital, after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, Dec. 17. (Image: Dan Burke)
There’s a notable pause in the Pennsylvania Hospital auditorium after Emergency Department nurse Eric Young receives his COVID-19 vaccine at 6:15 a.m. on Wednesday morning. The room falls silent except for the flashing of photographers’ cameras.
That’s because, by most accounts, the two-second shot to Young’s arm is not particularly momentous. “Felt like any other vaccine,” he says.
J. Larry Jameson (Image: Penn Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann today announced that the term of J. Larry Jameson as executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and dean of Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) has been extended until June 30, 2025.
“As we continue confronting a global pandemic and envisioning our future as a University and a society, Larry’s leadership of Penn Medicine and the Perelman School coupled with his consummate university citizenship are universally praised and admired,” Gutmann said. “He has done a superb job in leading our integrated academic medical center in its tripartite mission of education, research and clinical care.”