Topics: Medicine

A man and woman sit outside at a wooden table with a statue of the Penn State Nittany Lion in the background. They both wear face masks and the woman is wearing glasses and hospital scrubs under a lab coat. The man’s arms are crossed.

Underrepresented College of Medicine students find support through mentoring program

Apr 6, 2021

Diverse Student Champion Program pairs students considered underrepresented in medicine with diverse mentors from the Penn State College of Medicine.

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine campus is seen in an aerial photo on a fall day. Trees with changing leaves are visible in the foreground.

College of Medicine faculty receive grants for cancer, addiction, community health research

Apr 5, 2021

Penn State College of Medicine researchers secured more than $15.3 million in grant funding from 110 awards during the months of October, November and December 2020. They will use the funds to study the role of genetics in causing disease, further develop a child abuse online learning program and increase influenza vaccination in Hispanic communities.

Collage of women in biomedical sciences that span the past 50 years

Researchers reflect on 50 years of women in science at Penn State College of Medicine during symposium

Apr 2, 2021

Women who were pioneers as faculty and researchers at the College of Medicine and Milton S. Hershey Medical Center told their stories as part of a full-day symposium, "A Celebration of Women in Science."

A man dressed in a gray suit and white shirt and wearing a navy blue face mask stands with a woman dressed in a while coat and dark blouse, and wearing glasses and an orange face mask, while holding a framed award.

Holy Spirit names Jho 2021 Physician of the Year

Mar 31, 2021

Holy Spirit Medical Center presented Dr. Diana Jho with the 2021 Physician of the Year award during its annual Doctor’s Day Appreciation Breakfast on March 30.

Rachel Frometa, who is seated and wears a mask and sunglasses on the top of her head, holds the hand of her mother, Betty Frometa, who stands beside her, as a vaccine is pressed into her arm by the hands of a health care worker.

Feeling relieved: Pop-up vaccination clinics reach underserved populations

Mar 30, 2021

Penn State Health is partnering with community organizations and local governments to help Phase 1A-eligible individuals in underserved communities have access to COVID-19 vaccinations.

A group of health care workers in scrubs stand in a hospital room and pose for a photo.

St. Joseph Medical Center Recognizes Guardian Angels for exceptional care

Mar 29, 2021

St. Joseph Medical Center presented three Guardian Angel awards on March 18 to Cancer Center staff recognized by patients and family members for exhibiting kindness and exceptional care.

Arshjot Khokhar, a fourth-year medical student at Penn State College of Medicine, stands with his parents holding a sign saying that he matched into internal medicine residency at Yale New Haven Hospital.

The masked match: finding a future in medicine in the midst of a pandemic

Mar 22, 2021

Fourth-year medical student Nate Tolman remembers when the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic first set in. He was spending time with his fiancée, Brenda Iglesias, in Los Angeles in early […]

Four examples of abstract paintings by Dr. Noel H. Ballentine include black lines that flow among the colors.

Physician’s abstract art featured at Cocoa Beanery exhibit

Mar 2, 2021

Noel H. Ballentine, MD, a general internist and geriatrician at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, will exhibit his artwork at Cocoa Beanery.

In the foreground, a surgeon watches a monitor while a second surgeon, background, prepares to insert a cardiovascular device on a patient

Researchers assess heart failure treatment that ‘closes off’ damaged portion of heart, avoids open heart surgery

Feb 25, 2021

Cardiologists, cardiac surgeons and researchers at Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine are investigating a less invasive treatment for heart failure.

A patient walks on a treadmill wearing a face mask in the lab of Dr. Jonathan Stine at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Dr. Stine and exercise physiologist Brei Hummer are watching the patient.

Stine shares liver research findings in gastroenterology podcast

Feb 24, 2021

Dr. Jonathan Stine, assistant professor of medicine and public health sciences, was featured on the Gastroenterology Learning Network podcast.

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