The acquisition of a Carbon County medical building is getting a boost from the state.
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Carbon County doctor earns wilderness medicine certification
Daniel Plavin, MD, uses his wilderness medical training to administer health services on challenging and wild terrain when he is not taking care of patients in one of St. Luke’s Rural Health Care Centers.
Read More »Former Philadelphia Eagles staffers join St. Luke’s Sports Medicine
Keith Gray and Chris Peduzzi, former Philadelphia Eagles staff members, have joined St. Luke’s Sports Medicine team, part of St. Luke’s University Health Network.
Read More »St. Luke’s appoints new medical director of occupational medicine
Michael Sidhom, MD, MSPH, has been named Medical Director of St. Luke’s Occupational & Environmental Medicine, which provides workplace solutions to employers in the greater Lehigh Valley and New Jersey.
Read More »Facing an EMT shortage, Lehigh Valley Health Network EMS is hiring students to train for the profession
Three EMTs are currently being sponsored to become paramedics. The program has spots for 10 students and tuition for each would normally be more than $800, he said. Lehigh Valley Health Network Emergency Medical Service is recruiting students for a new program it hopes will help it ease the shortage of emergency medical technicians, or EMTs. The ...
Read More »St. Luke’s Anderson accredited as Level II trauma center
The Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation gave the hospital its approval, effective September 1, after a lengthy and in-depth review of the hospital’s specialized surgical services and other related medical resources.
Read More »St. Luke’s implants new device to help woman’s failing heart work better
St. Luke’s University Health Network is the first hospital in Northeastern Pa. to implant a new pacemaker-like device, the Optimizer, into a patient that prompts her heart muscle weakened by heart failure to squeeze more strongly with each beat, giving her more energy and quality of life.
Read More »St. Luke’s Summer Meals program offers free lunches to kids in Allentown, Quakertown
St. Luke’s University Health Network is providing free lunches to children through its Summer Meals Program in Allentown and Quakertown.
Read More »97% of physicians in St. Luke’s network now vaccinated against COVID-19
As of May 6, 97% of St. Luke’s University Health Network physicians were fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the Bethlehem-based health network.
Read More »10 area hospitals earn an A rating for safety, one receives a D
10 hospitals in the greater Lehigh Valley earned an A grade in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade report, including three Lehigh Valley Hospital campuses, and six St. Luke’s hospital campuses.
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