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Scholars Program (2002-2014), Executive Director of the Center for Health Care Innovation (2012-2022), and Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program (2013-2017). In 2022 he was named Senior Vice Dean at the Perelman School of Medicine and in 2024 he became Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania. Asch led the creation of the
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