Philadelphia’s Magazine’s “Top Docs” included seven Temple physicians: Daniel Dempsey, professor and chair of the Surgery Department; Satoshi Furukawa, professor and chief of cardiothoracic surgery; Bennett Lorber, professor of medicine and chief of infectious diseases; Christopher Loftus, professor and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery; Michael Madaio, professor of medicine and chief of nephrology; Joel Richter, professor and chair of the Department of Medicine; and Andrew Roberts, professor of surgery.  

Several Temple physicians and pain-management programs/therapies were mentioned in the magazine’s comprehensive cover story, “Pain-Free: A–Z.” Brain Cortical Stimulation therapy available exclusively at Temple with neurosurgery’s Jack Jallo was highlighted. Also recognized were orthopedic surgeon Pekka Mooar’s clinical trials to study non-narcotic medications to treat pain, and urologist Michel Pontari’s NIH-funded pain-management investigations related to chronic prostatitis and neuropathic pain. Other therapies/programs available at Temple were also cited: gamma knife, music therapy, radiofrequency, lesioning and transforaminal epidural steroid injection.