Penn State Health welcomes first babies of 2024
Penn State Health Labor and Delivery units across central Pennsylvania celebrated the new year by welcoming the first babies of 2024. The health system’s first baby of the new year was born at Penn...
View ArticlePrinciples of Kwanzaa support health equity at Penn State Health
In reflection of the holiday season, Penn State Health looks to highlight how the principles of Kwanzaa, the annual celebration of African American culture, are related to our commitment to promote...
View ArticlePenn State Health names Milton S. Hershey Medical Center president
Penn State Health has appointed Don McKenna as the president of Milton S. Hershey Medical Center on a permanent basis. McKenna had served as the president of Hampden and Holy Spirit medical centers...
View ArticlePenn State Health employees honored for work milestones
Congratulations to the following Penn State Health employees who are celebrating a milestone work anniversary between Jan. 6 and 12. They put our values into action every day. Employees are recognized...
View ArticleHershey Medical Center names Physicians of the Month
Hershey Medical Center named the following physician winners of the Physician of the Month award: May 2023 ― Dr. Hadie Razjouyan, Department of Medicine, associate professor, Division of...
View Article2024 GIANT Teddy Bear Toss benefits Penn State Health Children’s Hospital
The thousands of teddy bears and other stuffed animals that fans threw onto the ice at yesterday’s Hershey Bears hockey game will translate into a generous donation for Penn State Health Children’s...
View ArticlePenn State Health’s $156 million investment supports ‘Healthy Communities,...
Penn State Health contributed $156,730,522 in community benefits during fiscal year 2022 and worked together with Penn State College of Medicine to serve the growing health care needs of central...
View ArticleDoris Shank: Without clinical trials ‘people like me would have no hope’
My sister and I do a lot together, including getting our annual mammograms. It keeps us honest. On Dec. 7, 2022, we had our routine screenings. Hers was fine. Mine was another story. I was diagnosed...
View ArticleCommunicating with NIH Program Officers
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is made up of 27 institutes and centers (IC), 24 of which can make grant awards. Each IC employs Program Officers (PO), staff scientists who administer a...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine and Penn State Health collaborate on ‘Healthy...
Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health work together year-round to address the growing health care needs of central Pennsylvania residents. Examples of their successful efforts are...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: 75 Hard, 75 Soft and how to keep your fitness resolutions
The calendar just flipped to 2024, so cue the ads: “Now’s your chance to drop weight, get ripped and let your fitness flag fly!” Gyms fill. Shoppers empty the diet food sections at your grocery store....
View ArticleA look at research facilities at Penn State College of Medicine
Note: This post is written by the team of The ONE Group (Oncology – Nutrition – Exercise) at Penn State College of Medicine as part of a first-person blog about their work. Learn more about the group...
View ArticleRemembering Dr. Anthony Kales, founding chair of Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Anthony Kales, founding chair of Penn State College of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry, passed away in Florida on Dec. 18, 2023. Dr. Kales was internationally recognized for his research in...
View ArticlePenn State Health OnDemand offers fast, convenient care during winter illness...
As the number of cases of COVID, RSV, influenza and other wintertime respiratory illnesses continues to rise, Penn State Health OnDemand offers convenient access to board-certified medical providers...
View ArticlePenn State Health employees honored for work milestones
Congratulations to the following Penn State Health employees who are celebrating a milestone work anniversary between Jan. 13 and 19. They put our values into action every day. Employees are recognized...
View ArticleHershey Medical Center nurse manager honored by Department of Defense for...
Kirstin Holjes, nurse manager in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center won a Patriot Award from the U.S. Department of Defense for extraordinary support...
View ArticleMedical Intensive Care Unit receives fourth gold Beacon Award
Hershey Medical Center’s Medical Intensive Care Unit won a gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. The Hershey Medical Center team is one of 209...
View ArticleMD/PhD student wins prestigious NIH fellowship in bioinformatics and genomics
Havell Markus Havell Markus, an MD/PhD student at Penn State College of Medicine and a past trainee of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences’ Computation, Bioinformatics, and Statistics (CBIOS)...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: Calling all blood donors – especially young ones
January is Blood Donor Month, an annual reminder of how crucial it is for healthy Americans to donate blood, platelets and plasma to help save lives. This year, the focus isn’t simply on recruiting new...
View ArticleTake the hospital home: Program allows people to recover in their own beds
Florence Gordon, who spent her career as a nurse at a hospital in Reading, was dreading what looked like a long bout as an inpatient when she went to Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center...
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