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Initiative prepares Penn State medical students to care for veterans
Several events focusing on veterans and military medicine will take place on the Penn State Hershey campus to celebrate Joining Forces Wellness Week, in partnership with the American Association of...
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Heart surgeons give care from the heart
When doctors in Uganda told Shamim Nanukose that her 4-year-old son, Edwin Mugerwa, had a hole in his heart they couldn’t fix, she was horrified. She cried, asked questions the doctors couldn’t answer,...
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Making inpatient cancer care better for patients and caregivers
Kurt Holtzer never had a problem racing up multiple flights of stairs to respond to code calls for his job at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. But when he couldn’t climb a single flight without...
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Kidney recipient gives thanks for anonymous donor and the gift of a second...
On July 23, Melissa Masse celebrated her 34th birthday in the operating room of Penn State Hershey, watching Dr. Riaz Shah hold up a kidney while the medical team sang “Happy Birthday.” Earlier that...
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Medical student asks the right questions and finishes second on recent...
Each of the past three or four years, second-year medical student Johnna Mahoney took a timed, 50-question online qualification test to see if she could advance toward becoming a contestant on...
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Penn State Hershey promotes healthy living at 2014 Farm Show
Across from stands selling sausages and strudel, nurses and other staff from Penn State Hershey check blood pressure, calculate Body Mass Indexes (BMI), and discuss smoking, physical activity...
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Researcher calls THON an inspiration for his work
Hong-Gang Wang, Ph.D., director of the molecular oncology program at Penn State College of Medicine, has the same energy and devotion as THON participants about finding the cure for pediatric cancer....
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THON support for pediatric research is even more than a dream come true
Dr. Valerie Brown, associate professor of pediatrics at Penn State College of Medicine, thought THON was too good to be true when she came to Hershey in late 2013. “I just didn’t believe that this...
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Cheers, hugs, and tears at 2014 Match Day
On Friday, March 21, fourth-year medical students across the country discovered where they will spend their residencies in an annual tradition known as Match Day. For more than 120 students at Penn...
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Focused on People and Problem-Solving: Penn State Hershey’s new PA Program
Andrey Frolov left a job at the University of Kansas Cancer Center and moved halfway across the country to be part of Penn State Hershey’s new graduate-level physician assistant program. The...
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Disaster simulation tests trauma training of emergency medicine residents
Emergency medicine is all about response. When it comes to disasters like bombings and shootings, time and resources are limited, but medical personnel need to work with what they have to control the...
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Celebrating Survivorship at Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute
The messages on the wall inside Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute show why surviving cancer is something to celebrate. “Today I’m celebrating 12 years breast cancer free and five years leukemia...
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French, bad breath, and the Kardashians: One medical student’s reflections
If laughter really is the best medicine, Bailey Sanders is going to make a great doctor. Sanders was chosen by her peers in Penn State College of Medicine’s Class of 2014 to give this year’s student...
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Inaugural event seeks to connect the public with public health concerns and...
What is the best way to prevent food borne illness? How effective is hospice care? What factors influence hookah use in college students? And, is raw milk safe? These are the type of questions that...
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Students get their schools moving with wellness mini-grants
The students and staff at Lincoln Charter School in York are doing big things. They are learning to eat healthy and grow their own food. They are learning the importance of getting up and moving. They...
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Drugs 101 educational event designed to help parents learn about drugs, the...
Paula Cameron’s son was just like many high school students – not a big fan of school, but managed to get by academically. He played sports and was captain of both the ice hockey and lacrosse teams....
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Inspired by his father, Dr. Joseph Gascho’s photography series highlights...
While portraits of deans, department chairs and board members are often hung around campus, a series of photographs by Dr. Joseph Gascho, Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, highlights the...
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Advocacy program gives victims of domestic violence a voice
When a woman walks into the Emergency Department at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, she is asked what is wrong. While her physical symptoms may be obvious, there is sometimes more going on...
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Free wig program provides a sense of comfort and joy to cancer patients
When Patricia Greene learned she would need a stem cell transplant and probably lose her hair, she remembered signs she had seen around the Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute about a wig program where...
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Scholarship recipients give thanks for alumni support
During this season of thanks, and in honor of National Philanthropy Day (officially celebrated on Nov. 15), Penn State College of Medicine recognizes a group of individuals who have affected the...
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