Daniel Dempsey, chief of gastrointestinal surgery, assistant director of peri-operative services for the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and a professor of surgery, received the Strittmatter Award from the Philadelphia County Medical Society (PCMS). He officially accepted this award on June 29 at the Society’s President’s Installation and Awards Night. The Strittmatter Award, dating back to 1923 and considered the Society’s most prestigious award, is given to a PCMS physician who has made “the most valuable contributions to the healing arts.”