CHOP Physician-in-Chief & Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine: Joseph St. Geme, III |
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May 7, 2013,
Volume 59, No. 32 |
Dr. Joseph W. St. Geme, III, has been named physician-in-chief of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and chair of the department of pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, effective July 1, 2013. Dr. St. Geme comes to Philadelphia from Duke University where he has served since 2005 as the chairman of the department of pediatrics and chief medical officer of Duke’s Children’s Hospital.
“I am very pleased that Dr. St. Geme has agreed to join us at Children’s Hospital,” said Dr. Steven M. Altschuler, chief executive officer. “He is a distinguished scientific researcher and member of the Institute of Medicine and is recognized nationally for his outstanding leadership at Duke.” Dr. St. Geme succeeds Dr. Alan Cohen as CHOP’s chair of pediatrics and physician-in-chief.
“Dr. St. Geme is a renowned researcher, acclaimed teacher and visionary and highly productive leader, and is an excellent choice to lead pediatrics to continued success,” noted Dr. J. Larry Jameson, executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and dean of the Perelman School of Medicine.
An internationally known and respected researcher, Dr. St. Geme has focused his efforts on studying host-pathogen interactions involving pathogenic bacteria, aiming to identify targets for novel antimicrobials and to facilitate vaccine development. The primary emphasis of his laboratory has been Haemophilus influenzae, a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Dr. St. Geme is known by many in Philadelphia’s medical community, having completed a pediatric residency and chief residency at CHOP. He has a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Stanford University and a medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He pursued postdoctoral training in microbiology and infectious diseases at Stanford University, working in the laboratory of famed microbiologist Stanley Falkow, PhD, and receiving clinical training at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.
In 1992, he joined the faculty at Washington University School of Medicine as a member of the departments of pediatrics and molecular microbiology. In 1998 he assumed responsibilities as director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and in 2000 he was named co-leader of the Pediatrics Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation Research Unit.
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