Category: People

Kristofer Miller, who has a beard and moustache and is smiling, holds up a picture of a group of people. A red arrow drawn on the picture shows him among six co-workers, who are standing by stacks of large cardboard boxes and laundry bins.

All in the family: Miller counts Hershey Medical Center as one of his own

Oct 26, 2020

Kristofer Miller’s life has been entwined with Hershey Medical Center since he took his first breath – literally. The Environmental Health Services quality coordinator and hiring manager says many personal and professional milestones of his life involve the Medical Center.

Exterior photo of Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center.

St. Joseph names September Daisy Award winners

Oct 22, 2020

Penn State Health St. Joseph presented DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Awards on Sept. 29, to two nurses, Betty Jo Rivera and Marissa Campbell.

Osiris Martinez Urquilla looks at a computer screen as she stands in the medical laboratory at Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center. She is holding a test tube and is wearing scrubs, gloves and face mask and has long hair in a ponytail.

I am Penn State Health: Osiris Martinez Urquilla

Oct 22, 2020

Osiris Martinez Urquilla came to America from El Salvador by herself and worked hard to become a medical laboratory scientist lead at Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center.

Glenna and J. David Brensinger lean against the side of a bridge. In the background are trees and, at a distance, a large waterfall.

Lancaster man gifts real estate to honor his late wife, support lifesaving cancer research

Oct 19, 2020

J. David Brensinger has always been the type of person to reach out and help others. Now, a planned gift in memory of his wife, Glenna, will help cancer patients for generations to come.

Janice Mills, who has short hair and glasses, smiles and holds a vintage picture of herself in a nurse’s uniform.

From bats to TMI, veteran nurse educator has seen it all

Oct 19, 2020

From bats in waiting rooms to working during the Three Mile Island accident, nurse educator Janice Mills has seen it all in her 46 years at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

Carolyn Powell, who wears glasses and is smiling, smiles and holds a picture of herself taken in her early days at Hershey Medical Center. She is wearing a polka-dotted blouse and a string of pearls and stands on a bridge with trees in the background.

Longtime employee gives Hershey Medical Center a loud rah-rah on its 50th anniversary

Oct 12, 2020

Carolyn Powell, Human Resources project coordinator, shares why she’s Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s biggest cheerleader, 45 years and counting.

Dr. Cheston Berlin, who is wearing glasses and a suit and tie, shows a photo of himself from 1971.

Practicing in the ‘Golden Age of Medicine’: Dr. Cheston Berlin looks back at 50 years at Hershey Medical Center

Oct 5, 2020

Dr. Cheston “Chet” Berlin reflects on 50 years of “firsts” since his arrival at the new Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in 1971.

A man wearing a suit smiles for a photo

Machtay named Penn State Cancer Institute associate director for clinical research

Sep 29, 2020

Dr. Mitchell Machtay has joined Penn State Cancer Institute as associate director for clinical research.

St. Joseph presents two nurses with Daisy Awards

Sep 22, 2020

Penn State Health St. Joseph presented DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Awards to Rachel Drzewicki, a nurse in the Family Birthing Center, and Jennifer Schemberg, a nurse educator on 2N at the Bern campus.

I am Penn State Health: Kassie Heeman

Sep 21, 2020

Kassie Heeman knows she carries a lot of weight on her shoulders. “If I don’t see something, then the doctors don’t see it – and that’s a big deal,” said the Paxtonia resident who is a sonographer at Hershey Medical Center.

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