Remlinger is director of provider services and credentialing for Penn State...
Kathy Remlinger has accepted the newly created position of director of provider services and credentialing for Penn State Health. In this role, Remlinger is responsible for establishing and maintaining...
View ArticleMickalonis named Penn State Health system emergency management and business...
Scott Mickalonis has joined Penn State Health in the newly created role of emergency management and business continuity director. His responsibilities include oversight, strategic direction and...
View ArticleHershey Medical Center names Hanna vice president operations
Maher Hanna will join Hershey Medical Center as a new vice president of hospital operations beginning Monday, Feb. 22. In this role, Hanna will be operationally responsible for Family and Community...
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First shot: The COVID vaccine’s long trip from loading dock to first injection
By Bill Landauer It arrives without fanfare. Eight hours later, a nurse injects it into the arm of a health care worker, who raises his fist in triumph. It’s the moment for which many have been hoping...
View ArticleHolmes receives Holy Spirit Medical Center’s first BEE Award
The recipient of Holy Spirit Medical Center’s BEE (Be Extraordinary Every day) Award is Ariele Holmes. Holmes, a patient care assistant on 8 Main, earned the award for always having a cheerful, helpful...
View ArticleAnnual required employee training starts Jan. 26
What: 2021 annual employee training modules open on Tuesday, Jan. 26, and must be completed by Monday, May 31. The modules are: Compliance Cybersecurity and Privacy Awareness...
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Pawsitivity: College of Medicine student uses 3D printers to create masks for...
When Marc Levine offered a homeless man money several months ago, he received an unexpected response. The man asked Levine, a first-year medical student at Penn State College of Medicine, if he would...
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Penn State Health begins to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to patients
Health system to reach out to eligible patients as vaccine doses are supplied by the government, manufacturers Penn State Health today began providing initial COVID-19 vaccinations to members of its...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: Understanding seasonal affective disorder
A change of seasons often prompts a short-lived change in mood or behavior, such as feeling active with the onset of warm weather or tired when the first frost hits. This is called seasonality, and...
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Pawsitivity: College of Medicine student uses 3D printers to create masks for...
When Marc Levine offered a homeless man money several months ago, he received an unexpected response. The man asked Levine, a first-year medical student at Penn State College of Medicine, if he would...
View ArticleWeekly Updates: Week of Jan. 18
COVID News Continue COVID-19 safety precautions, even after second dose of vaccine The work continues. Already, thousands of Penn State Health and College of Medicine employees have weighed the...
View ArticleNew patient-led podcast helps young adults with cancer navigate ‘Life on Pause’
Ryan Dellinger never expected that his senior year of high school would be sidelined by cancer treatments. Likewise, when Lauren Kauffman began planning her wedding, she never dreamed her trousseau...
View ArticleJoshi appointed chief scientific officer of Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium
Dr. Monika Joshi, associate professor of medicine at Penn State College of Medicine and medical oncologist at Penn State Cancer Institute, has been named chief scientific officer of the Big Ten Cancer...
View ArticleFive questions with exercise physiology researcher Kathleen Sturgeon
Just as different doses of drugs have variable effects on people, so too does exercise. Kathleen Sturgeon, PhD, assistant professor of public health sciences at Penn State College of Medicine, is...
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I am Penn State Health: Stephen Caldwell
Since starting his job as inventory management specialist when Penn State Health Lime Spring Outpatient Center opened in Lancaster, Stephen Caldwell jokes that he doesn’t need to go to the gym, he just...
View ArticleNew aerosol-generating procedures guidance provides additional COVID-19...
Hershey Medical Center developed new staff guidance for COVID-19-negative patients receiving aerosol generating procedures during times when the spread of the illness is severe. Clinical leaders have...
View ArticlePresident’s Perspective: Berini talks strategy
In her January President’s Perspective, Hershey Medical Center President Deborah Berini discusses the importance of a new strategic plan in ensuring Hershey’s success as the region’s only academic...
View ArticleMassini: Eligible recipients to receive vaccine when available
Penn State Health CEO Steve Massini sent the following email to Penn State Health and College of Medicine employees today. Dear Colleagues, You may have heard that the PA Department of Health recently...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine Pandemic Response Friday Round-Up – Week of Jan. 18-22
College of Medicine leaders updated faculty, staff and students on Jan. 22 about the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic: COM Town Hall Recap: Dr. Black and a panel of College experts held a town...
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Family who lost mom to COVID-19 donates iPads
By Carolyn Kimmel After 40 years of mother-daughter togetherness, Karen Pearson got 45 seconds to tell her mother how much she loved her. That was her portion of an iPad visit, shared with multiple...
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