Jan 31, 2019
During the past 17 months, George Blackall, director of the Office for a Respectful Learning Environment, has collected 758 narratives from College of Medicine students hoping to recognize someone who both challenged and changed them. The program, Blackall says, is helping to make the College of Medicine an even better place for tomorrow’s medical professionals.
Mark Faulkner, Penn State Health’s general counsel, has announced plans to retire. His decision brings to a close a legal career that began in 1972, and included providing legal services to Penn State, The Milton S Hershey Medical Center, and what evolved during his tenure into Penn State Health.
In Brief features announcements, staff news and upcoming events from Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine.
Several Penn State College of Medicine employees are celebrating a milestone work anniversary in February.
For a patient awaiting a new organ – namely a liver or kidney – living donation provides a viable alternative and can often shorten a recipient’s wait time.
Jan 30, 2019
A child with an extremely rare -- and usually fatal -- condition is being discharged after spending the first 13 months of her life in the hospital.
Andrea Murray recently joined Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute as a community engagement coordinator in the Community-Engaged Research Core and as a project manager of the Translation of Despair and Healthcare supplement.
By Carolyn Kimmel Penn State Health Children’s Hospital pediatrician Dr. Erich Batra and his daughter had a special date with an important goal last fall—to drive safer and smarter. The […]
Dr. Deepa Sekhar has been appointed executive director of Penn State PRO Wellness. Sekhar, a pediatrician at Penn State Health and an associate professor of pediatrics at Penn State College of Medicine, assumed the post this month.
Jan 28, 2019
Penn State College of Medicine's Physician Scientist Student Association shared several highlights from its 2018 activities.
