Dr. Khella came to the University of Pennsylvania as an undergraduate in 1975 and has been here ever since. Before going to medical school, he studied in the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Penn (now PennDesign). He then earned his MD from Penn in 1984 and did his residency in neurology and fellowship in neuromuscular diseases also at Penn. Dr. Khella has long had an interest in teaching medical students and undergraduates and he was recognized for excellence in teaching by the Penn Medicine Class of 1992. He continues to be a practicing artist. He combines painting and printmaking with medicine in an attempt to communicate the non-verbal aspects of caring for the sick. He shows his work regularly around the University and internationally.