Location: Penn State Health St. Joseph

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.

A man wears several electrodes on his chest as he walks on a treadmill. A woman in scrubs is in the background, working on a computer.

Ask Us Anything About… Vascular Disease

Oct 14, 2020

Vascular disease can be any condition that affects a group or network of blood vessels called your circulatory system. Dr. Ali Amin, a vascular surgeon at Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center, answers viewer questions and gives families some helpful tips on how to address some of these important issues.

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.

Brenda Pogue laughs and tilts her head back while in the passenger seat of a car. At the edges of the road, friends and family in masks smile at her and take photos.

Five hundred and counting: Linglestown resident returning to life as Penn State Health marks milestone

Oct 8, 2020

Penn State Health discharged its 500th COVID-19 patient last weekend. Brenda Pogue of Linglestown is among the hundreds whom the health system helped heal. She’s still getting better.

Two women in masks and rubber gloves work over tables covered with bananas, boxes of fruit, pineapples and other fresh fruits and vegetables.

Local jewel: Reading farm stand serves up fresh produce in food desert

Sep 30, 2020

Penn State Health helps sponsor the Blue Mountain Academy farm stand – an oasis for dozens of people in the heart of a food desert.

Woman standing in yellow gown, blue hair cover, blue facemask, blue gloves and blue shoe covers holds a red bag while removing red-bag waste from a patient room.

Penn State Health employees practice safety first when cleaning patient rooms, operating rooms

Sep 29, 2020

Environmental Health Services and Operating Room team members from Hershey Medical Center and Penn State Health St. Joseph share why their work is so incredibly important and rewarding during COVID-19.

Eddie Moran leans back in a chair while two women in PPE stand in front of him. Behind them is a truck with the word CATE on the side.

St. Joseph clinicians staff mobile COVID-19 response unit during Berks County stop

Sep 28, 2020

Penn State Health St. Joseph joined with Latino Connection, Highmark Blue Shield and the Pennsylvania Department of Health to provide free, walk-up COVID-19 testing, bilingual educational materials and giveaways to anyone who wanted them.

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.

Lynette Chappell-Williams smiles. She is wearing a blazer over a top and a necklace and earrings.

Penn State Health names first chief diversity officer

Sep 10, 2020

Lynette Chappell-Williams has been appointed Penn State Health’s first systemwide vice president and chief diversity officer.

Man in red shirt and tan cargo shorts walks alongside woman in pink top and black pants in a wooded yard

Heart transplant program boasts best survival rates in Pennsylvania

Sep 9, 2020

One year after heart transplant surgery, Brandon Seiber, 22, of Enola is back playing basketball. Our heart transplant team boasts the highest one-year survival rate of all transplant centers statewide. Learn how our team helped Brandon.

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