Apr 25, 2019
The St. Baldrick's Foundation will give researcher Dr. Sinisa Dovat $5,000 to mentor a young investigator in pediatric cancer research this summer. The foundation’s Summer Fellow grant provides funding for a medical school or college student to work in a pediatric oncology research lab for one summer.
Mar 27, 2019
Forty years after the 1979 near-meltdown at Three Mile Island, thyroid cancer is on the upswing. Is radiation the culprit? Dr. David Goldenberg discusses his research and how to cure the disease.
Mar 20, 2019
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and the Colorectal Cancer Alliance is urging everyone to talk with their health care providers about screening.
Mar 7, 2019
Dr. Thomas McGarrity, a gastroenterologist at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, developed a colorectal cancer screening program for Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine employees that has become a national model.
Dr. Rodney Ellis has been named chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine, effective July 1.
Mar 5, 2019
The Penn State Health Board of Directors has appointed Stephen M. Massini to the role of chief executive officer for Penn State Health. The appointment becomes effective upon the retirement […]
Feb 27, 2019
The Red Lion man was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome—a pre-leukemic syndrome—in October 2012 and given the choice of a stem cell transplant or other treatment alternatives that may have resulted in about two more years of life.
Feb 22, 2019
To support ongoing growth and evolving functions of Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine, the University’s Board of Trustees today (Feb. 22) approved an action taken recently […]
Feb 21, 2019
Dr. Craig Hillemeier, dean of Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State’s senior vice president for health affairs and chief executive officer of Penn State Health, has announced his upcoming retirement.
Feb 14, 2019
The PA Breast Cancer Coalition awarded Dr. David Waning of Penn State Cancer Institute $50,000 to advance his studies of metastatic breast cancer treatment.
