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CVB HONORS ACCLAIMED ONCOLOGIST FOR DRIVING LIFE SCIENCE CONVENTIONS TO PHILADELPHIA
PHL Life Sciences Honors Dr. Edith P. Mitchell, MD, FACP, FCPP with ‘Ultimate Solution Award’ L to R: Chair of Delaware BIO Chris Yochim, LabCorp CEO Dr. David King, Jefferson University Hospital oncologist Dr. Edith Mitchell, City Representative Sheila Hess, PHLCVB President and CEO Julie Coker Graham, PHL Life Sciences Executive Director Bonnie Grant. On Tuesday, September 17, PHL Life Sciences, a division of the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB) presented the Ultimate Solution Award to esteemed Jefferson University Hospital oncologist Edith Mitchell, MD, FACP, FCPP. Presented annually, the award recognizes an individual or organization who has raised Philadelphia’s profile as a life sciences meeting and convention destination. Dr. Mitchell, has spent her medical career helping individuals in chronically underserved areas, promoting healthy lifestyle choices and preventative care. Through her work, Dr. Mitchell has demonstrated the importance of community service and outreach, especially to those individuals who may not have the means to seek out more conventional medical advice. “I am honored to be recognized with this award and am delighted to serve as an ambassador for Philadelphia as a life science destination,” said Dr. Mitchell. “As a city known as the birthplace of American medicine, with so many innovative medical contributions, Philadelphia has a rich history and there is much more history to be made.” Philadelphia consistently ranks as a top city for life sciences, with the industry accounting for more than 50 percent of the bookings at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. In 2018 alone, 137 life science-related meetings and events generated $101 million in economic impact for the Greater Philadelphia region. As a division of the PHLCVB, PHL Life Sciences works to increase this impact, and through initiatives like the Ultimate Solution Award, recognizes peers who share its mission. For more information about the award or PHL Life Sciences, visit http://www.phllife.com . ### PHL Life Sciences, a division of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB), works to increase Greater Philadelphia’s recognition as a leading hub in the Life Sciences and a world-class destination for the industry’s meetings, conventions and business opportunities. Connecting Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware leaders in medical, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, higher education, research, venture capital and health care industries, the division works to collaboratively brand the region as “America’s Life Sciences Meetings Destination.”

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CVB HONORS ACCLAIMED ONCOLOGIST FOR DRIVING LIFE SCIENCE CONVENTIONS TO PHILADELPHIA

PHL Life Sciences Honors Dr. Edith P. Mitchell, MD, FACP, FCPP

with ‘Ultimate Solution Award’

L to R: Chair of Delaware BIO Chris Yochim, LabCorp CEO Dr. David King, Jefferson University Hospital oncologist Dr. Edith Mitchell, City Representative Sheila Hess, PHLCVB President and CEO Julie Coker Graham, PHL Life Sciences Executive Director Bonnie Grant.

On Tuesday, September 17, PHL Life Sciences, a division of the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB) presented the Ultimate Solution Award to esteemed Jefferson University Hospital oncologist Edith Mitchell, MD, FACP, FCPP. Presented annually, the award recognizes an individual or organization who has raised Philadelphia’s profile as a life sciences meeting and convention destination.

Dr. Mitchell, has spent her medical career helping individuals in chronically underserved areas, promoting healthy lifestyle choices and preventative care. Through her work, Dr. Mitchell has demonstrated the importance of community service and outreach, especially to those individuals who may not have the means to seek out more conventional medical advice.

“I am honored to be recognized with this award and am delighted to serve as an ambassador for Philadelphia as a life science destination,” said Dr. Mitchell. “As a city known as the birthplace of American medicine, with so many innovative medical contributions, Philadelphia has a rich history and there is much more history to be made.”

Philadelphia consistently ranks as a top city for life sciences, with the industry accounting for more than 50 percent of the bookings at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. In 2018 alone, 137 life science-related meetings and events generated $101 million in economic impact for the Greater Philadelphia region. As a division of the PHLCVB, PHL Life Sciences works to increase this impact, and through initiatives like the Ultimate Solution Award, recognizes peers who share its mission. For more information about the award or PHL Life Sciences, visit http://www.phllife.com .

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PHL Life Sciences, a division of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB), works to increase Greater Philadelphia’s recognition as a leading hub in the Life Sciences and a world-class destination for the industry’s meetings, conventions and business opportunities. Connecting Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware leaders in medical, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, higher education, research, venture capital and health care industries, the division works to collaboratively brand the region as “America’s Life Sciences Meetings Destination.”