PHILADELPHIA (October 6, 2022)—The Department of Medicine at Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Joseph R. Triggs, MD, PhD, as an assistant professor in the Division of Gastroenterology.
Triggs earned his undergraduate degree in biology from the University of Pennsylvania and attended graduate school at the University of Chicago, where he earned his doctorate in immunology. His thesis focused on the genomic analysis of transcriptional and chromatin dynamics during B cell development.
He went on to earn his medical degree from the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine and completed both his internal medicine residency and his gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship at Northwestern University’s McGaw Medical Center.
He has also completed an Alvin I. Goodman Esophageal Fellowship at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and an advanced endoscopy fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine.
Prior to joining the Fox Chase faculty, Triggs worked as an assistant professor of clinical medicine at the University of Pennsylvania’s Division of Gastroenterology. He has also held several teaching positions throughout his career.
Triggs has earned a number of honors and awards over the years, including the Hoffman-Levin Fellowship Award from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, the Junior Student Resident Teaching Award from Northwestern University’s Department of Medicine, and the Richard W. Reilly Award from the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine.
He has also published multiple peer-reviewed articles and belongs to multiple professional organizations, including the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society.
Triggs began his tenure at Fox Chase on October 1.