Shaden Eldakar-Hein, senior associate dean at Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple/St. Luke’s University Health Network, has been awarded the Dr. Ann Preston Women in Medicine Award from the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Physicians (A-ACP) for 2022.
The annual award recognizes a chapter member, male or female, whose outstanding efforts and achievements have promoted the career, success, leadership, and overall quality of life for women in medicine.
Dr. Eldakar-Hein was named senior associate dean of the Temple/St. Luke’s medical school in December 2020, succeeding Dr. Joel Rosenfeld, who retired. In her position, Eldakar-Hein oversees the medical education of 150 students a year and is responsible for all key academic functions, including curriculum, admissions, student promotions and graduation, student wellness, student academic support and faculty appointments and promotions.
An internal medicine hospitalist, Eldakar-Hein came to St. Luke’s from the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont where she served as assistant dean for students, as well as the associate residency program director of internal medicine.
Eldakar-Hein grew up in Endicott, N.Y., and received her undergrad degree from the Pennsylvania State University. She graduated from Temple University School of Medicine in 2007 and completed her residency at Temple University Hospital in 2010.
Temple/St. Luke’s is the Lehigh Valley’s first and only four-year medical school. Students complete all four years of their medical education at St. Luke’s University Hospital located Bethlehem.
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