The Medical Minute: Shingles and its shot: What you need to know to stay healthy
If you still can see those small round and slightly indented scars from your childhood bout with chickenpox, they might be a good reminder to consult with your primary care provider and schedule a...
View ArticleBeebe and Hallan recognized for Exceptional Moments in Teaching
Karisa Beebe, DO, faculty member, and David Hallan, MD, resident, were recognized through the “Exceptional Moments in Teaching” program for the month of December. Dr. Beebe is an assistant professor in...
View Article‘We can bring the Santa magic back’: Santa makes a stop at Penn State Health...
Santa Claus brought holiday cheer from the North Pole to patients at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital on Dec. 4. “Most of the families here at the Children’s Hospital didn’t expect to be here,”...
View ArticleLION Mobile Clinic featured in President Bendapudi’s newsletter
Neeli Bendapudi, president of Penn State, featured Penn State College of Medicine’s student-run LION Mobile Clinic in her recent “A Note from Neeli” newsletter. The message, which is distributed to the...
View ArticleMedical students connect with older adults over cultural foods
Penn State College of Medicine students led an educational culinary event for the residents at Mount Nittany Residences in State College on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Students, volunteers and residents...
View ArticleClebak named associate dean for Graduate Medical Education
Penn State College of Medicine has appointed Karl Clebak, MD, MHA, FAAFP, as the new Designated Institutional Official (DIO) and associate dean for Graduate Medical Education (GME) for the College of...
View ArticleRojiani wins lifetime achievement award from the College of American...
Amyn M. Rojiani, MD, PhD, CPE, FCAP, was honored with the 2024 College of American Pathologists (CAP) Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes pathologists who have demonstrated leadership in...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine hepatology group shines at 75th AASLD liver meeting
The Penn State College of Medicine hepatology team showcased cutting-edge research and leadership at the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), one of...
View ArticlePenn State Health, Mid Penn Bank raise $340,000, passing $1 million mark...
Penn State Health and Mid Penn Bank raised $340,000 through their ninth consecutive “No Shave November” campaign, officially crossing the $1 million mark for funds raised since the launch of this...
View ArticlePay 4 Play raises record-breaking $387,731 for Penn State Health Children’s...
The 18th annual People’s Pay 4 Play on WQXA-FM 105.7 THE X on Nov. 21 and 22 raised $387,731.16 for Children’s Miracle Network at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital, breaking its previous record of...
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 Dec. 12 and 18. They put our values into action every day. Employees are recognized...
View ArticlePenn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center honors Carlisle High School...
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center leaders honored two Carlisle High School seniors, Elsa Riesmeyer and Julien Mastrangelo, for their quick thinking and heroism during a school craft show....
View ArticleSt. Joseph Medical Center recognized for exceptional maternity care
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center has been honored as a High Performing Hospital for Maternity Care by U.S. News & World Report in the magazine’s 2025 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care...
View ArticlePenn State Health Lancaster Medical Center earns 2024 Leapfrog Top Hospital...
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center has been named a Top General Hospital by the Leapfrog Group, just one of three hospitals in Pennsylvania to earn that designation and the only “Top Hospital”...
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 Dec. 19 and Jan. 8. They put our values into action every day. Employees are...
View ArticlePenn State Health CFO Paula Tinch to retire end of January 2025
Penn State Health’s chief financial officer (CFO), Paula Tinch, will retire at the end of January 2025. Tinch leaves Penn State Health in a solid financial position following a $217 million financial...
View ArticleWetherill named chief pharmacy officer at Penn State Health
Penn State Health has hired Sam Wetherill, an established leader with nearly three decades experience in pharmacy services, to be its next vice president and chief pharmacy officer, effective Monday,...
View ArticleRuffin leaves lasting impact as family and community medicine chair
When Mack Ruffin IV, MD, MPH, arrived at Penn State College of Medicine as chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine in 2016, things looked vastly different. The department had a long...
View ArticleSoleimani named chair of the Department of Surgery
Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center have named Dr. Behzad Soleimani, professor of surgery, as the new chair of the Department of Surgery, effective...
View ArticlePenn State Health welcomes 2025 New Year’s babies
Penn State Health Labor and Delivery units across central Pennsylvania celebrated the new year by welcoming the first babies of 2025. Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center’s first baby of the new...
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