Penn State Health and College of Medicine showcase accolades - Pennsylvania State University

HERSHEY, Pa. — To admit the achievements of faculty, unit and students astatine Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine, the pursuing database of appointments and awards of nationalist involvement has been compiled for July 1 done Sept. 30. Photos whitethorn beryllium disposable upon request.

APPOINTMENTS

• Stephens named subordinate dean. The College of Medicine has named Dr. Mark Stephens, prof of household and assemblage medicine, as the subordinate dean for aesculapian acquisition for the University Park Curriculum pursuing a nationalist search. He had served successful an interim relation since July 1, 2021. Stephens joined the College of Medicine’s University Park determination field arsenic a clinician, student and pedagogue successful 2016.
• Brooks is vice president of Health System Operation Command Centers. Heather Brooks has been appointed to the presumption of vice president for Health System Operation Command Centers – Patient Logistics. The relation is liable for the wellness strategy transportation halfway and diligent travel level nether the Penn State Health Clinical Platform Network, which analyzes objective information to amended diligent care. Brooks volition enactment connected aligning champion practices and processes crossed the wellness system, including interfacility diligent transfers and capableness management.
• Armstrong elected president. Dr. April Armstrong, seat of the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation astatine the College of Medicine and Hershey Medical Center, has been elected president of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery for a one-year team. Her word began this month. Nominations to the ABOS committee of directors travel from the American Orthopaedic Association, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Medical Association. Armstrong is the 2nd pistillate to service arsenic president of the ABOS.

AWARDS

• Leong receives prestigious award. The American Academy of Family Physicians has selected Dr. Shou Ling Leong, prof of household and assemblage medicine astatine the College of Medicine, as the recipient of its 2022 Thomas W. Johnson Award for Career Contributions to Family Medicine Education. Leong was chosen for this recognition — 1 of AAFP’s highest honors — retired of the organization’s astir 130,000 members crossed the country.  The grant recognizes outstanding contributions to household medicine education, including undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education.
• College of Medicine receives grounds funding. Researchers astatine the College of Medicine obtained much than $142 cardinal successful full probe awards past fiscal twelvemonth (July 2021 done June 2022), securing the college’s presumption arsenic the top-funded assemblage astatine Penn State for the 2nd consecutive year. This includes astir $78 cardinal successful awards from the National Institutes of Health, a caller all-time record. More accusation astir ongoing probe projects is disposable here.
• Lactation Support Program honored. The Pennsylvania Breastfeeding Coalition precocious recognized Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center for establishing its Lactation Support Program. Hampden Medical Center’s programme supports breastfeeding/chest-feeding and an situation of wellness for unit and students arsenic they modulation backmost to enactment oregon studies aft giving birth. The installation hosts 5 mothers' lounges that supply breastfeeding people, including visitors, a backstage space.
• Medical radical earns Readers’ Choice awards. Two Lancaster-based Penn State Health Medical Group locations were honored with Reader’s Choice Awards by LNP/LancasterOnline. Penn State Health Lime Spring Outpatient Center and Penn State Health Medical Group — Kissel Hill were among the apical 3 successful the Medical/Family Practice category.