Category: People

Marie Conley and Kaitlin Snook stand outside the emergency department entrance at Hershey Medical Center. Marie wears a jean jacket and has wavy hair. Kaitlin wears scrubs with her hair in a ponytail. Both wear masks. The word “emergency” is on a sign on the building.

Neighborhood nurses team up to save a life

May 27, 2020

A frantic phone call to her neighbor triggered a team response that saved Marie Conley’s life when Hershey Medical Center nurse Kaitlin Snook arrived in time to deliver a lifesaving dose of steroids.

Patient Maurice Brown, who is bald and wears glasses, sits in a chair and smiles down at an iPad in his hands. The screen shows the smiling face of medical student Rahul Gupta. A hospital bed and window are in the background.

The arts take center stage to relieve stress, support patients and staff

May 26, 2020

Center Stage Arts in Health provides a cache of creative support to help Penn State Health and College of Medicine staff cope with the COVID-19 upheaval ― from musical greetings to inspirational driveway art signs, art kits and more.

Director of volunteer services Barbara Moyer sits at her sewing machine as she makes a face mask. She is wearing a purple short sleeve shirt, gray pants and glasses.

Sew appreciated: St. Joseph volunteer services director says thanks with hand-sewn masks

May 21, 2020

Barbara Moyer, director of volunteer services at St. Joseph Medical Center, sewed nearly 130 face masks and sent them to volunteers.

A head-and-shoulders professional photo of Dr. Donald Martin is superimposed on a photo showing Penn State's Nittany Lion statue.

Dr. Donald Martin earns PAMED Distinguished Service Award

May 13, 2020

Dr. Donald Martin, a faculty member at Penn State College of Medicine for 35 years and an anesthesiologist from Lebanon County, was named the 2020 recipient of the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s (PAMED) Distinguished Service Award.

A mosaic image shows a woman nurse with a cap, scrubs and gloves pressing a face mask to her face. The mosaic tiles are images of other nurses.

Key players: nurses innovate care, shape policy, impact lives

May 6, 2020

Nurses act as caregiver, advisor, confidante, educator, advocate – often all at once – and for multiple patients. Nurses also shape policies at the national level as representatives of professional organizations. During National Nurses Week, we’re celebrating the important role nurses play, now and every day of the year.

Close-up of doctor’s coat with hand holding a stethoscope.

Eight Penn State Health doctors named to ‘Top Physicians Under 40’ list

Apr 27, 2020

Eight Penn State Health doctors have been named among the Pennsylvania Medical Society's Top Physicians Under 40.

A chef wearing a face mask holds a cake out to a boy who is wearing an N95 mask, a coat and hat. Behind him are balloons, a woman in a white coat and a man.

Justin’s masks: on his 12th birthday, boy gives gift of protective gear to Hershey

Apr 23, 2020

Justin Skirzenski of Palmyra made 22 masks with his 3D printer. For his 12th birthday, he delivered them to Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

Stacks of cards sit in a cardboard box. The front of the card shows a watercolor painting of Hershey Medical Center. One card is propped open to show handwriting inside.

For those in quarantine, snail mail brings good cheer

Apr 6, 2020

Some 500 Penn State Health employees are opening their mailboxes to find well wishes from their employer, thanks to the diligent efforts of volunteers.

Elaine Allen, foreground, a telephone operator at Hershey Medical Center, sits at a computer wearing a headset and types on a keyboard. Behind her are two other operators.

Switchboard operators provide crucial support during COVID-19 era

Mar 26, 2020

Penn State Health switchboard operators are among the many employees that are demonstrating exceptional dedication and teamwork during the COVID-19 crisis.

I am Penn State Health: Kassie Heeman

Mar 13, 2020

As baby’s first photographer, Kassie Heeman, a sonographer at Hershey Medical Center, knows her job is an important one. Parents are anxiously awaiting their first peek, and the doctors need her images to gauge how well the tiny subjects are growing.

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