Location: Penn State Children's Hospital

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Penn State and Penn State Health announce $2 million grant from the PNC Foundation

Oct 20, 2020

Penn State and Penn State Health joined with the PNC Foundation to announce a $2 million grant that will support programming to cultivate wellness and foster economic innovation in communities across the south-central Pennsylvania region and beyond.

Green native sapling being planted into the ground by woman wearing visor, facemask, pink shirt and grey pants. Woman is digging into the ground with a shovel.

Tree-planting ceremony adds 100 saplings to Hershey Medical Center campus

Oct 20, 2020

Volunteers from Hershey Medical Center and the College of Medicine planted 100 native saplings on the Hershey campus on Oct. 15.

Dr. Melissa Tribuzio, wearing glasses and a mask, holds a stethoscope to 2-year-old Matthew Fitzpatrick’s chest as he sits on his mother’s lap. He wears a diaper and has a pacifier in his mouth. Samantha Fitzpatrick, who is wearing a sweater and a mask, places her hand behind his back. His little brother, Ben, is in the background and wears a mask.

You’ve got a friend: Penn State Health earns highest marks in patient loyalty nationwide

Oct 13, 2020

Pediatrician Dr. Melissa Tribuzio dances with the 7-year-olds and pokes fun at the teenager’s eye rolls – all to put patients at ease. Gestures like these make Penn State Health a national leader in patient loyalty.

Young girl dressed for Halloween in brown top hat and pumpkin shirt gets her black smiley-face cloth facemask fitted by her mother prior to trick-or-treating.

The Medical Minute: Trick-or-treating safely amid COVID-19

Oct 8, 2020

How do parents separate myth from fact when it comes to trick-or-treating during the COVID-19 pandemic? Physicians with Penn State Children’s Hospital explore the answers in this week’s Medical Minute.

Amy Keisling, Gender Health Clinic coordinator, smiles as she leans on a framed picture that says “I am not a burden.” She has curly hair and is wearing glasses and a lanyard. Behind her is a bulletin board out of focus.

Treating transgender patients with dignity, respect important as number grows

Oct 6, 2020

Health care professionals can struggle with knowing how to have an open, honest discussion with a transgender patient. Because the number of younger people who identify as transgender is increasing, Penn State Health is putting this issue front and center.

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.

Two women stand outside of a car, looking in at an infant seat in the back seat.

Penn State Children’s Hospital, The GIANT Company team up to launch community car seat safety program

Sep 22, 2020

In recognition of Child Passenger Safety Week Sept. 20 – 26, Penn State Children’s Hospital and The GIANT Company held a car seat safety check point today in Harrisburg. The Children’s Hospital and GIANT are teaming up to make such safety sessions more accessible to families in the region.

The front side of a tall building with a lot of glass windows.

Thomas elected chair of pediatric critical care clinical research network

Sep 22, 2020

Dr. Neal Thomas, associate dean for clinical research at the College of Medicine, was elected chair of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) clinical research network.

A view from the ground near the main entrance of Hershey Medical Center. A Penn State Health banner is in the foreground; the building is behind it.

Leading local response to a pandemic, growth of virtual care and clinical innovation shaped 2019-2020 fiscal year

Sep 15, 2020

An unprecedented pandemic. Learning how to live with COVID-19. Participating in groundbreaking clinical trials. Continued growth to serve the region. Deborah Berini, president of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, talked about these hallmarks of a unique year during the hospital’s annual public Board of Directors meeting.

The cover of Becky and Kaia’s New Addition: A Tale of Penn State Children’s Hospital is superimposed over a photo of the Children's Hospital.

Illustrated book celebrating Children’s Hospital expansion now available for preorder

Sep 15, 2020

An illustrated book celebrating the three-floor expansion of Penn State Children’s Hospital, opening in November, is now available for preorder.

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