Oct 16, 2025
Larissa Whitney, DBA, MHS, PA-C, assistant dean and program director of the Physician Assistant Program and assistant professor of emergency medicine, has been selected to serve a three-year term as a commissioner with the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant.
Dr. Robert Harbaugh, chief medical officer of Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and senior vice president for academic practice, will step down from his leadership roles effective Nov. 1. Harbaugh will continue to serve the institution as a University Distinguished Professor and Penn State Alumni Fellow.
Oct 7, 2025
A chance job as a front office greeter changed everything. Encouraged to explore radiology, Erin Schaffner found her calling as a radiologic technologist, combining compassion, science and service through every procedure she performs.
Oct 1, 2025
Penn State Health has appointed Kyle Snyder as president and chief operating officer and Tracy Moyer as executive vice president and chief financial officer.
Aug 14, 2025
David Millar, a second-year medical student at Penn State College of Medicine, spent part of his summer break navigating the Allegheny Mountains to raise awareness for addiction recovery.
Jun 12, 2025
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center has named Angela Sonon senior vice president and chief operating officer and Valerie Ritter vice president and chief nursing officer, effective June 1.
May 21, 2025
Two Penn State Health physicians are recognized on the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s 2025 Top Physicians Under 40 list. Dr. Sean Mahase, a radiation oncologist, and Dr. Alireza Mansouri, a neurosurgeon […]
Apr 17, 2025
Penn State Health has named Dr. Joseph MacDonald as vice president and chief medical officer at Lancaster Medical Center. MacDonald assumed the new role on April 7.
Apr 15, 2025
Dr. Robert B. Greer, III, former chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at Penn State College of Medicine and one of the last remaining foundational leaders of the medical institution, died on March 27 at home.
Apr 10, 2025
Penn State Health has appointed Betsy Thomas and Dr. Thomas Samson, two medical professionals with four decades of combined experience in health care, to lead its perioperative service unit.
