J. Larry Jameson, the executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and dean of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded the John Phillips Memorial Award for Outstanding Work in Clinical Medicine by the American College of Physicians (ACP). 

ACP is a national organization of internists and the largest medical specialty organization in the US. The award will be presented at ACP’s Convocation Ceremony on March 30, 2017, at the San Diego Convention Center, during the ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting.

The John Phillips Memorial Award for Outstanding Work in Clinical Medicine was established by ACP’s Board of Regents in 1929, in honor of the late John Phillips, former governor and regent of the college. This award is bestowed for outstanding lifetime work in clinical medicine which has been innovative and/or had a regional or national impact.