Penn State College of Medicine’s Medical Doctor program has received full accreditation for the next eight years by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.
When Dr. Thomas Ma first assumed the role of chair of the Department of Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, he wasted no time making changes.
Penn State College of Medicine welcomed 152 new medical students from both its Hershey and University Park campuses with orientation from July 10 through 13.
Global Programs has announced the spring 2018 Travel Grant recipients. The program supports faculty travel related to developing global awareness, global literacy and global competency among our undergraduate population. Graduate students may apply for the grants for assistance with travel to international conferences with the goal of promoting and supporting global leadership in scholarship and international engagements.
Surgeons at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center recently performed their 500th heart transplant. For almost 35 years, the Medical Center has been the only heart transplant center in southcentral Pennsylvania.
The Global Engagement Network is a group of strategic peer partnerships around the world, developed around the natural links between faculty and research interests. Global Programs supports these collaborative research projects through a development fund and has announced the awardees, whose projects primarily focus on long-term sustainability.
Dr. Robert E. Harbaugh, distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, has been named a senior vice president of Penn State Health Medical Group. Dr. Krish Sathian, chair of the Department of Neurology and professor of neurology, neural and behavioral sciences, and psychology, assumed leadership of the Neuroscience Institute, effective July 1.
Seven Penn State College of Medicine students joined the Accelerated MD Pathways program during a signing ceremony on June 7 with Dr. Craig Hillemeier, dean, CEO and senior vice president for health affairs. The students now have the opportunity to earn a medical degree in three years and move on to residency.
Dr. Ronald Miller, a nephrologist at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, is the July winner of Penn State College of Medicine’s “Exceptional Moments in Teaching” program.
The Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved has accepted a new study examining health disparities of Appalachian residents. It was conducted by public health professionals from Penn State College of Medicine and three other schools.
When migraine sufferers see the tell-tale squiggly lines, light flashes and blind spots of a migraine aura, they prepare for a migraine. When researchers see the brain image of an aura, they try to figure out what causes it and if there is a way to stop the start of the migraine. Now an international team of researchers has identified the electrical activity specific to the start of migraines and demonstrated a way to stop it in animal experiments.
The first six physicians to train in the new Penn State Health Family and Community Residency Program at Mount Nittany Medical Center are headed for the next steps in their medical careers.