Category: People

Penn State Health names new vice president for medical affairs and staff development

Dec 5, 2019

Penn State Health has recruited Dr. Safa Farzin, a well-respected physician-executive based in Harrisburg, to serve as its vice president for medical affairs and staff development, with specific responsibility for the new Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center as well as other health system responsibilities.

Harrisburg man advances children’s surgery and medical education through bequest gifts

Dec 4, 2019

A $3.5 million estate gift from Harrisburg native and former Marine Corps Cpl. Chester Ray Trout will be honored this week at a lecture by the first Chester Ray Trout Chair of Pediatric Surgery.

‘Anyone would do it,’ says Hershey Medical Center ER nurse who adopted abused children she met on her shift

Nov 26, 2019

When Hershey Medical Center nurse April Doster started her shift in the Emergency Department one December afternoon in 2016, she didn’t expect to meet three children who would eventually call her “mom.”

College of Medicine faculty couple establishes new medical student scholarship

Nov 20, 2019

Dr. Robert Harbaugh and Dr. Kimberly Harbaugh have given $100,000 to establish the Curvin and Ida Kinard Scholarship in honor of Robert’s maternal grandparents.

Paul earns national award for work on behalf of infants and their families

Nov 20, 2019

A Penn State Health pediatrician and researcher has earned national recognition for his contributions to the health of infants, mothers, children and others.

Medical office associate Laura Bjanes smiles as she looks at her computer monitor. She has shoulder-length hair, glasses and is wearing a polo shirt. In front of her a woman is seeing from behind standing at the counter. Another woman employee is behind Laura working at a computer.

I am Penn State Health: Laura Bjanes

Nov 15, 2019

Medical office associate Laura Bjanes works to create a welcoming atmosphere for the patients at Cornerstone, whether they have been there two weeks or two years.

Alexandra Black, left, of Penn State Health St. Joseph, holds a stethoscope to the chest of a toddler who is sitting on his mother’s lap. She is wearing hospital scrubs and has short hair and glasses. Behind them two children watch.

St. Joseph midwife completes medical mission to Bahamas

Nov 6, 2019

Alexandra Black, a certified nurse midwife at Penn State Health St. Joseph, tended to the basic medical needs of people left in the wake of Hurricane Dorian during an International Medical Relief mission trip to the Bahamas.

Cindy Twombley stands and smiles as she looks to the left. She has long hair and is wearing a sweatshirt and rubber gloves. Next to her a female patient wearing a T-shirt sits with an armband around her arm.

I am Penn State Health: Cindy Twombley

Oct 14, 2019

Cindy Twombley, the clinical supervisor at Penn State Health Medical Group – Cocoa, works to make sure our patients have a positive experience from the moment they walk in the door.

A professional photo of Jennifer Nyland, PhD, shows her holding an award as a Woman to Watch in STEM. She is standing in her office with books and a framed degree in the background.

Whitaker Center names Nyland “Woman to Watch” in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)

Oct 8, 2019

Whitaker Center honored Penn State College of Medicine assistant professor of neural and behavioral sciences Jennifer Nyland, PhD, at the inaugural Women of Impact: Celebrating Women in STEM Awards Luncheon in Harrisburg on Sept. 12.

Five women stand on grass and smile in front of a stone building flanked by a small tree.

Penn State Health St. Joseph interpreters grow in diversity and number

Oct 4, 2019

With seven onsite medical interpreters, Penn State Health St. Joseph has more interpreters on staff — driven by a growing demographic — than ever before.

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