Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center board welcomes new director
2/20/18
Penn State Health has announced the appointment of Dr. Tony G. Farah to the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Board of Directors.
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Medical Center is top fundraiser for Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community
7/26/17
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center was the top fundraiser in the annual Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community.
Mets named officer to international anesthesiology board
11/30/16
Dr. Berend Mets, chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, has been appointed to a four-year term as an officer to the board of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists.
Medical Center again recognized with Consumer Choice Award
11/30/16
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has earned a Consumer Choice Award from the National Research Corporation for the 17th consecutive year. The award identifies the hospitals that health care consumers have chosen as having the highest quality and image in markets throughout the U.S. in National Research’s annual market insights survey of more than 300,000 households.
New care plan improves outcomes for Crohn's disease complication
8/23/16
The first published combined medical and surgical care plan for managing septic perianal Crohn's disease, a serious complication that occurs in around 40 percent of Crohn's disease patients, has been developed by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine. The plan and its results took more than a decade to develop and are based on patient outcomes.
Tracy named chief medical officer at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
6/1/16
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has named Dr. Thomas Tracy Jr. to serve as chief medical officer. Tracy, who comes to Hershey by way of Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School and Lifespan health system, will have responsibility for both the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State Medical Group.
Hershey Medical Center facing future with certainty and innovation
2/26/16
On the 50th anniversary of its groundbreaking today (Feb. 26), Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine’s Dr. Craig Hillemeier told the Penn State Board of Trustees that the organization is meeting the challenges of its industry with innovation and inspiration. Hillemeier, dean of Penn State College of Medicine, chief executive officer of Penn State Hershey Medical Center and Health System, and Penn State’s senior vice president for health affairs, highlighted the organization’s performance during 2015 at the board’s meeting.
A medical school and teaching hospital in the center of Pennsylvania
2/24/16
On Feb. 26, Penn State Hershey celebrates 50 years since its groundbreaking. A college of medicine and teaching hospital had not even been on the horizon for Penn State in 1963, when representatives of the Hershey Trust, a philanthropic legacy of chocolate king Milton Hershey, requested a meeting with University President Eric Walker.
Penn State Hershey has solid foundation for improving diagnosis
10/7/15
While national attention is being drawn to the issue of inaccurate or delayed medical diagnoses, Penn State Hershey has been actively addressing issues that can lead to diagnostic errors with programs from medical education through to the clinic.
‘Drugs 101’ session to focus on what parents and teens need to know
9/9/15
Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital and the Susan P. Byrnes Health Center will host a Drugs 101 Program from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 23.
The Medical Minute: Blood in the urine often an important warning sign
9/3/15
Blood in the urine can be a scary sight, yet it’s a symptom many people ignore until it is bad enough to land them in a hospital emergency department.
Penn State World Campus graduates first class in online nursing master’s degree
5/5/15
The first class from Penn State’s online master of science in nursing degree will graduate May 10. “These are very high-quality students who want to be in jobs that will help train a new generation of nurses,” said Lisa Kitko, an assistant professor of nursing at Penn State. “That really speaks to their commitment to the profession and to nursing.”
Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic, founding director announced at Dickinson Law
4/7/15
Penn State’s Dickinson Law announced the Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic, a collaboration between the Law School and Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. The clinic will provide low-income patients and patient-families with critical legal assistance under the supervision of Medha D. Makhlouf, the founding director and clinical professor of law.
Probing Question: Are cell phones safe?
1/25/11
Studies have not conclusively linked cell phones to health issues,
says Joshua Muscat, professor of Public Health Sciences.
Probing Question: Why is it so hard to lose weight?
11/2/10
If you're an adult American, chances are pretty good that at one time or another you've tried to diet. Chances are also good that, despite your efforts, you've found yourself standing on a scale and looking at a certain number with frustration and disbelief. It's the same number as last week, and the week before, even though you've been cutting back on sweets and going to the gym an extra day. Why won't that bulge budge?