Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center receives national accreditation...
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center has earned Comprehensive Center accreditation from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP). This...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine updates trustee committee on AI portfolio and strategies
The Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Academic Affairs, Research and Student Life discussed the University’s artificial intelligence portfolio and strategies to build upon the University’s...
View ArticleA 100% match for MD Class of 2024
In March, Penn State College of Medicine students and their families and friends celebrated Match Day, when fourth-year medical students open their envelopes and find out where they will be doing their...
View ArticlePreparing the future generation of students to care for someone with a...
Meet Lydia Smeltz, third-year medical student at Penn State College of Medicine. Smeltz took advantage of the opportunity to create a curriculum through the College’s health system science program and...
View Article‘Health To Go’ interactive vending machine launches in Berks County
Penn State College of Medicine has partnered with the SOS Berks Opioid Coalition to launch a new smart ‘Health To Go’ vending machine that can provide free health, wellness and personal care items and...
View ArticleResearch that makes vaccines possible
Meet Neil Christensen, MSc, PhD, professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine. Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Christensen discovered neutralizing...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine’s PA class of 2024 achieves perfect PANCE pass rate
The Physician Assistant (PA) Program at Penn State College of Medicine is celebrating the class of 2024 for an impressive accomplishment: Achieving a 100% pass rate for first-time test takers on the...
View ArticleUnited Way of Lebanon County honors Penn State Health, Penn State College of...
Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine received the Community Commitment Award from the United Way of Lebanon County on June 13. The honor recognized their outstanding year-round support...
View ArticleRaman named permanent chair of Department of Urology
Dr. Jay Raman has assumed the role of permanent chair of the Department of Urology at Penn State Health. Dr. Raman was named the interim chair of the newly created department in 2021. Throughout his 16...
View ArticleDiversity Grand Rounds explore addictions, disabilities, vulnerable populations
Penn State Health Diversity Council representatives explored a variety of topics to advance diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the health system during Diversity Grand Rounds in the first half...
View ArticlePenn State Health, Modivcare partner to provide health screenings and connect...
Penn State Health is partnering with Modivcare, a digitally enabled, member focused healthcare company and its subsidiary, Higi, to empower people across central Pennsylvania to measure and act upon...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: What to know about Ozempic and weight loss drugs
Hardly a day goes by without another headline touting the benefits of new Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved injectable weight loss medications. “Weight loss drugs are among the most...
View ArticleMcClure Company gift supports Penn State Health’s two newest community hospitals
McClure Company has committed $300,000 to support Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center and Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center. Conference rooms in both hospitals have been named for the...
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 July 6 and 19. They put our values into action every day. Employees are recognized...
View ArticleMilton S. Hershey Medical Center earns prestigious Emergency Nurses...
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has received the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) 2024 Lantern Award, recognizing the excellence of its caregivers in incorporating evidence-based...
View ArticlePenn State Health offers innovative Aquablation therapy to treat enlarged...
Penn State Health is now offering a new, minimally invasive robotic surgical procedure at two of its hospitals to treat enlarged prostate, also known as benign prostate hyperplasia. Aquablation therapy...
View ArticlePenn State Health employees earn Inclusion Academy Diversity Champion status
Seven Penn State Health employees have been named 2023-24 Inclusion Academy Diversity Champions through the Inclusion Academy Engagement Program: Each will receive the email signature Champion...
View ArticleQ&A: Finding novel therapies for childhood cancer
Since the first time she treated a child with neuroblastoma, Giselle Saulnier Sholler wanted to do the impossible for her patients. Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children...
View ArticleThree Penn State Health hospitals named among nation’s best by U.S. News &...
News & World Report has named three Penn State Health hospitals among the best in the nation. The magazine recognized Penn State Health’s Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Holy Spirit Medical...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: Why experts are watching the H5N1 bird flu so closely
Several people started to develop concerning symptoms after working with dairy cows, adding to headlines that had already become worrisome. Bird flu, they said. For decades, medical scientists have...
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