Next Meeting: Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 6:30-7:30 PM

Order Your Copy of Eat Your Ice Cream Today!

We're excited to bring back the Penn Medicine Book Club.

Open to all Penn Medicine, PSOM, and Penn Vet staff, these virtual sessions will explore topics including leadership and the future of medicine and connect lessons learned from the book to Penn Medicine. Participants must commit to read the selection prior to the session.

The June 2 discussion features Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Happy Life, by Penn's own Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD. 

In Eat Your Ice Cream, Dr. Emanuel argues that life is not a competition to live the longest and that “wellness” shouldn’t be difficult; it should be an invisible part of one’s lifestyle that yields maximum health benefits with the least work. Dr. Emanuel cuts through the noise with wit and good humor, giving readers just what they need: simple, high-impact, evidence-based guidelines on such issues as alcohol consumption, food and nutrition, exercise, sleep, mental acuity, and social engagement. Resisting the tide of the latest trends to extend life at all costs, Eat Your Ice Cream reveals that many of the tools for a long, healthy and meaningful life are already within reach.

Dr. Emanuel is a vice provost and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. A bioethicist, health policy expert, and oncologist, he was one of the architects of the Affordable Care Act. He is a regular guest on CNN and MSNBC and often contributes to the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Atlantic.