Health & Wellness

ATLANTA — Dr. Alan Kivitz, founder and president of the Altoona Arthritis & Osteoporosis Center and the Altoona Center for Clinical Research, recently traveled to Atlanta for the annual American College of Rheumatology conference. While attending the conference Kivitz presented the findings from the Phase 3 FUTURE trials. The purpose of the Phase…

UNIVERSITY PARK —Three cases of mumps have been confirmed at Penn State’s University Park campus, University Health Services (UHS) reported Nov.21. The affected students have been isolated, while the UHS staff is working with the Pennsylvania Department of Health to determine who has been in close contact with the three students.…

STATE COLLEGE — A new, one-year $125,000 Highmark grant will provide a new program to integrate behavioral health services with primary care for uninsured residents living or working in Centre Country. On Oct. 7, Highmark Foundation representative Jane Brooks, program officer, presented a check to Cheryl White, executive director at Centre Volunteers in Medicine,…

DANVILLE — Geisinger and Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine announced through a press release a Geisinger Primary Care Scholars Program to provide debt-free medical school and living assistance to medical students who commit to work within primary care at the health system after graduating. The program will expand access to care for the communities…

LEWISTOWN — Suresh Patil M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon has joined the staff of Geisinger Musculoskeletal Institute in Lewistown, according to a press release. Patil is specialty trained in joint replacement surgery of the hip and knee. He is among an exclusive group of surgeons nationwide offering Anterior Approach to hip replacement surgery — a…

DANVILLE — Geisinger has partnered with Life Image, a global network for sharing clinical and imaging data, to offer a first-of-its-kind innovative digital tool that allows women to request, store, and share their breast health records, including previous mammograms for timely and accurate breast-care management. According to a press release, access to previous mammograms…

STATE COLLEGE — Mount Nittany Health has announced through a press release the addition of Christina Catherine, M.D., Ph.D., to Mount Nittany Physician Group Neurology. “It’s important that my patients have a voice and that they feel heard,” said Catherine. “I want them to know someone is listening to their story and is here…

TATE COLLEGE — Mount Nittany Health has announced through a press release the addition of Brian Shunk, D.O., to Mount Nittany Physician Group Internal Medicine, at its Mount Nittany Health – Blue Course Drive location. “My philosophy of patient care is to help every patient, every time, to the very best of my ability,”…

STATE COLLEGE — Centre LifeLink EMS has received the Pennsylvania CARES Award, according to a press release. The award acknowledges the agency’s dedication to collecting out-of-hospital cardiac arrest data for quality improvement purposes. The agency is one of 145 EMS agencies across the commonwealth honored by Pennsylvania CARES during October in observance of Sudden…

PLEASANT GAP — Paul Koberna, MD, FCCP, has been named as the associate medical director of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Nittany Valley, an inpatient rehabilitation hospital designed to return patients to leading active and independent lives, according to a press release. Prior to being named as associate medical director of the inpatient physical…