Colleen A. Edwards, CST ’80, named to Temple's Gallery of Success

Colleen Edwards, MD, is a recently retired hematologist with over 30 years of experience treating benign and malignant hematology as well as an instructor in medical education. Her expertise includes treating chronic leukemia and lymphoma, sickle cell disease and hemophilia.

A collaboration of Temple’s Office of Alumni Relations and the Career Center, the Gallery of Success honor recognizes outstanding alumni for their inspiring success.

Dr. Edwards came from rural Pennsylvania to Temple University where she earned a BA in biology. An excellent student, she was awarded both the James A. Harrison Memorial Award in Biology as well as the Alumni Association Outstanding Achievement Award. She attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in hematology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. She was a diplomate in the American Board of Internal Medicine for both medicine and hematology.

Dr. Edwards was an assistant professor of medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and at the Ichan School of Medicine in New York.

She was also the co-director of the Hematology Clinic at Mount Sinai. In 2022 Dr. Edwards and her husband established a four-year, full-tuition merit scholarship to support a College of Science and Technology student.