- Senate Executive Committee (SEC)
- Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility (SCAFR)
- Senate Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty (SCESF)
- Senate Committee on Faculty Development, Diversity, and Equity (SCFDDE)
- Senate Committee on Faculty and the Administration (SCOA)
- Senate Committee on Faculty and the Academic Mission (SCOF)
- Senate Committee on Students and Educational Policy (SCSEP)
- CIRCE
- CIRCE: Medicine
- Senate Nominating Committee
- Senate Committee on Publication Policy for Almanac
- Senate Select Committee on Scholarly Communication
- Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Planning for Post-Pandemic Penn (P4)
CIRCE: Medicine is the Faculty Senate Select Committee on Penn Medicine’s Institutional Response to the Climate Emergency (“CIRCE”). We aim to increase the role of all healthcare providers across the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in combating the climate crisis, in line with CIRCE’s mission. Our group is specifically dedicated to taking action against climate change through the lens of healthcare – through its education, research, and advocacy – with the ultimate goal of decreasing the carbon footprint of our health system.
Committee Leadership
- Farah Hussain, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hospital Medicine)
farah.hussain @ pennmedicine.upenn.edu - Misha Rosenbach, M.D.
Paul R. Gross Professor of Dermatology
misha.rosenbach @ pennmedicine.upenn.edu - Hari Shankar, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)
hari.shankar @ pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Outreach via the Faculty Senate Office, senate@pobox.upenn.edu, is also welcomed.
Upcoming Events and Opportunities
- Penn Climate Week: October 13-17, 2025. Programming ideas are now being accepted.October 10 to 14: An archive of events with recordings is available on-demand.
Current Membership
Co-Chairs:
- Farah Hussain, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hospital Medicine)
- Misha Rosenbach, Paul R. Gross Professor of Dermatology
- Hari Shankar, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care)
Members and Collaborators:
- Zarina Ali, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia
- Eleanor Anderson, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
- Katie Baillie, Director, Environmental Innovations Initiative
- John Berger, Resident, Anesthesiology and Critical Care
- Paul Devine Bottone, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Adolescent Medicine)
- Bill Braham, Andrew Gordon Professor of Architecture
- Lynn Burbank, Director of PeriOperative Services, Infection Prevention/ Regulatory/ Compliance
- Joniqua Caesar, NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow of Psychiatry
- Anna Chen, Student, Perelman School of Medicine
- Mary Coniglio, Project Manager, Quality Safety Program, Clinical Effectiveness and Quality Improvement Team
- Linda Crossette, Director of Clinical Research Operations, Gynecologic Oncology Clinical Research Unit
- Phoebe Cunningham, Student, Perelman School of Medicine
- Katharine Dalke, Benjamin Rush Associate Professor in Psychiatry
- Caoimhe Duffy, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Jerry DeVaughn, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
- Holly Elser, Fellow, Cognitive Neurology
- Greg Evans, Corporate Director of Sustainability,University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Jeffrey Feldman, Adjunct Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
- Harrison Goodall, Resident, Family Medicine and Community Health
- Erum Hartung, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology) at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Fred Henretig, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
- Aaron Huntley, Lecturer, Biobehavioral and Health Sciences, School of Nursing
- Rebecca Isserman, Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
- Dina Jacobs, Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Sarah Kagan, Professor of Gerontological Nursing
- Aarish Khan, Internal Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital
- Joshua Kepner, Energy Manager, Penn Medicine
- Sameed Khatana, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
- Irene Khavin, Biospecimen Lab Manager, Cancer Center
- Kirstin Knox, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
- Amy Kogon, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology) at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Michael McGarvey, Associate Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Mark McShane, Instructor A of Pediatrics
- Ty Muhly, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Hillary Nelson, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Jamaji Nwanaji-Enwerem, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
- Anne Reilly, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Oncology)
- David Resnick, Associate Director of People Enablement, Center for Insights to Outcomes, Center for Health Care Transformation & Innovation
- John Shin, Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Emily Smith-Schretlen, Nurse, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Lauren Simonds, Clinical Pharmacist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Julia Tchou, Professor of Clinical Surgery
- Felipe Vazquez, Post Anesthesia Care Nurse, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Michelle Walker, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism)
- Elizabeth Whidden, Student, Perelman School of Medicine
- Kara Yao, Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
- Ian Yuan, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
CIRCE: Medicine – Meeting Schedule
Currently, CIRCE:Medicine meets via Zoom on the first Thursday of each month during the 12:00pm ET (Noon) hour. All faculty and staff of UPHS, CPUP, and CHOP (and, more broadly, from Penn) are welcomed to observe meetings.
Please write to senate@pobox.upenn.edu to request a Zoom link.
Upcoming meetings:
- Thursday, July 10, 2025, 12:00-1:00pm ET
- Thursday, August 7, 2025, 12:00-1:00pm ET
- Thursday, September 4, 2025, 12:00-1:00pm ET
- Thursday, October 2, 2025, 12:00-1:00pm ET
- Thursday, November 6, 2025, 12:00-1:00pm ET
- Thursday, December 4, 2025, 12:00-1:00pm ET
- Thursday, January 8, 2026, 12:00-1:00pm ET
- Thursday, February 5, 2026, 12:00-1:00pm ET
- Thursday, March 5, 2026, 12:00-1:00pm ET
- Thursday, April 2, 2026, 12:00-1:00pm ET
- Thursday, May 7, 2026, 12:00-1:00pm ET
- Thursday, June 4, 2026, 12:00-1:00pm ET
More information about CIRCE and CIRCE:Medicine, including its public reports, are available here.