Penn State Hershey hosts Heart Month events
2/6/13
Penn State Hershey is marking Heart Month with events including a Hands-Only CPR seminar and a 'Go Red for Women' premier party.
Heart and Vascular
Heart and Vascular
Palmyra man first in Pa. to go home with total artificial heart
2/5/13
When Bob Phillips left the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center for his Palmyra home this month, he did so without a human heart. The 74-year-old became the first person in Pennsylvania to go home with a total artificial heart and a portable driver to power it.
Go Red for Women 'Day of Health and Beauty' set for this Saturday
1/23/13
Women across central Pennsylvania are invited to attend the Go Red for Women "New Year, New You" day at Macy's at Harrisburg Mall. It will take place on Saturday, Jan. 26.
Heart to Heart call-in show set for Jan. 24
1/17/13
At 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24, Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute teams up with WHTM-TV (abc27) to discuss topics related to heart rhythm disorders, thoracic surgery, and more. For more information on the program, including a link to submit questions, visit: http://www.abc27.com/category/204831/heart-to-heart
Follow your heart to First Fridays
1/17/13
The Department of Humanities' next First Friday presentation will be held at noon on Friday, Feb. 1, in the Anesthesia Conference room (C2860) on the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine campus. The Kienle Drama Group will present "Follow Your Heart," a stage reading by Dr. Richard Selzer, followed by an audience discussion with members of the cardiac transplant team. The event is free and open to the public, and no preregistration is required. For more information, call 717-531-8778.
Naccarelli earns alumni award for outstanding service and achievement
8/29/12
Dr. Gerald V. Naccarelli, Bernard Trabin Chair in Cardiology and associate clinical director of Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, is the 2012 recipient of the Reverend Clarence E. Shaffrey, S.J. Award from St. Joseph's University.
Researchers examine factors in cardiac bypass patient survival rates
8/22/12
Risk factors that affect the long-term health of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery patients have been assessed and compiled by a team of Penn State College of Medicine researchers to address a lack of information for patients and doctors.
Medical Center receives award for treatment of heart failure patients
7/19/12
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center recently received the 2012 Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association.
Go Red with Heart and Vascular Institute and the Harrisburg Senators
7/11/12
Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute and the American Heart Association are teaming up with the Harrisburg Senators to help increase awareness of the prevalence of heart disease in women in the Capital Region.
Trescher Lecture: Will Congress ever fix the SGR formula?
4/11/12
The Penn State Hershey Department of Surgery and the Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute will co-sponsor the 42nd annual John H. Trescher Lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, in the Junker Auditorium.
Hands-Only CPR event trains 300 in life-saving skill
3/7/12
More than 300 members of the community attended the inaugural Hands-Only CPR mass training event, sponsored by Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, held on Feb. 4 at the Giant Center. Participants of all ages were enthusiastically engaged in learning this life-saving skill, how to use an AED, how to save a choking victim, and how to perform infant CPR.
New hands-only CPR sessions are scheduled in Hershey for March and April.
New heart and vascular unit open for patients
8/17/11
The new Heart and Vascular Progressive Care Unit at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is open to patients. An open house and ribbon cutting were held on Friday, Aug. 5, and patients were moved into the unit on Monday, Aug. 8.
Echocardiography lab receives reaccreditation
4/20/11
The Penn State Hershey adult echocardiography lab was recently awarded reaccreditation status by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL) for adult transthoracic, adult transesophageal and adult stress studies. The cardiac structure and flow information provided by these studies is useful in the detection and management of nearly every cardiac disease -- from congenital and valvular heart disease to heart attacks and hypertension.