Penn State Health launches new OnDemand COVID-19 Travel Testing service
People who plan to travel this summer – whether nationally or internationally – may need proof of a negative COVID-19 test to board a plane or train. Penn State Health now offers a new Travel Testing...
View ArticleFamily and Community Medicine wins Donate Life Day photo contest
Penn State College of Medicine’s Department of Family and Community Medicine won the Donate Life Blue & Green Day photo contest. The team earned a basket of Gift of Life-branded merchandise....
View ArticleNeurosurgery resident Daggubati honored for exceptional teaching
Dr. Lekhaj Daggubati, a neurosurgery resident at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, was honored in June 2021 as part of the Exceptional Moments in Teaching program of Penn State Health...
View ArticleEl Minuto Médico: Vacunar a los niños contra el COVID-19 los protege a ellos,...
In English La aprobación de una vacuna contra el COVID-19 para niños de 12 años y mayores es un disparo en el brazo en la batalla contra el virus, pero solo es tan valiosa como la cantidad de padres...
View ArticleResidents, fellows complete graduate medical education in Department of...
Four residents and two fellows are graduating from graduate medical education programs in the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation programs this year. This year’s Orthopaedic Residency...
View Article37th Children’s Miracle Network Telethon raises $388,550
The 37th annual Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Telethon raised a record-breaking $388,550 to benefit equipment, programs and research at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital. The event aired June 7...
View ArticleResidents graduate from Pediatric Residency program
Fifteen residents from the Pediatric Residency program marked the completion of their training during a ceremony at the Best Western Premier in Harrisburg on June 4, 2021. “It is such an amazing...
View ArticlePenn State Health lanza el nuevo servicio Pruebas de Viajar COVID-19 OnDemand
In English Las personas que planean viajar este verano – ya sea a nivel nacional o internacional – pueden necesitar pruebas de una prueba negativa de COVID-19 para abordar un avión o tren. Penn State...
View ArticleDr. Ian Gilchrist honored for career excellence in interventional cardiology
Interventional cardiologist Dr. Ian Gilchrist of Hershey Medical Center helped pioneer a new technique for heart catheterizations during the early 1990s. Instead of going through an artery in the...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine Pandemic Response Friday Round-Up – Week of June 7-11
College of Medicine leaders updated faculty, staff and students on June 11 about the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic: All College of Medicine Updates Staff must continue to wear masks While...
View ArticlePenn State Health Holy Spirit hospitalists are patient experience champions
Holy Spirit Medical Center recognized six hospitalists as high performers in patient experience on May 21 and 28. Senior leaders presented a Penn State Health Patient Experience pin, framed...
View ArticleEight scholars begin summer Translational Science Fellowship program
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s 2021 Translational Science Fellowship summer program begins this week. Graduate and medical students are attending a highly interactive...
View ArticlePenn State Health Children’s Hospital ranks among the best in the nation for...
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Penn State Health Children’s Hospital as one of the nation’s best for children in multiple specialties. This marks the 11th consecutive year the Children’s...
View ArticleHappy Anniversary: Employees honored for work milestones
Congratulations to the following Penn State Health employees who are celebrating a milestone work anniversary between June 9 and June 15. They put our values into action every day. Employees are...
View ArticleNew Penn State Health vendor-credentialing program will help front office...
Penn State Health will launch a new vendor-credentialing program, GHX Vendormate Credentialing, on Monday, July 5. The new program will apply across the health system, replacing Intellicentrics — also...
View ArticleEquity team encourages use of cultural complications curriculum
Penn State College of Medicine’s Sustainability Council Equity Team announced that a new resource is available to residency and fellowship programs and departments to help faculty, staff, trainees and...
View ArticlePawsitivity: A shot of kindness boosts veteran’s spirits
By Carolyn Kimmel U.S. Army veteran Robert Trate relies on public transportation to get to important appointments around his Reading home, but there was no stop close to the thing he needed most ─ a...
View ArticlePenn State Health Dermatology Department wants to educate girls about...
When she was growing up, Dr. Claire Hollins saw women around her who wore hairstyles so tight it caused them pain. Those hairstyles never appealed to her, she said, because of the discomfort she...
View ArticleMedical Minute: A men’s health checklist for dad on Father’s Day
This Father’s Day, it might be time to set aside traditional gifts, like neckties and gift cards, for a different type of present: The gift of health. The fact is, most men put their health last. In a...
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Hershey Medical Center is first in PA to use revolutionary new device to...
It looks like a white box on wheels. It weighs less than 20 pounds. Yet on the inside, the Paragonix SherpaPak Cardiac Transport System harnesses technology that revolutionizes the way hospitals...
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