Temple University with a bachelorâs degree in media studies and production.
Justin Haenel graduated with honors from the
University of Vermont in spring 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and a minor in computer science. He is the son of Deborah and Steve Gavalchik, of Lancaster.
Brooke Finkill, of Lititz, graduated cum laude with distinction in her major from
Temple University with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a minor in communications.
Eric David Garner, of Lititz, received a Bachelor of Science in business administration from the
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Katelyn Robbins, a 2016 Hempfield High School graduate, has graduated summa cum laude from
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Two Geisinger hospitals earn highest score for quality
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DANVILLE, Pa., May 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Geisinger Lewistown and Geisinger Wyoming Valley hospitals earned the highest score for quality from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), joining an elite group of hospitals across the country with 5-Star ratings for 2021.
CMS rated more than 4,500 hospitals from 1 to 5 stars as part of its annual overall quality scores, with fewer than 14% of all hospitals, and only 22 facilities in Pennsylvania, receiving 5 stars. This rating puts both hospitals among the top 25% in Geisinger’s 44-county service area.
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Geisinger continues to bring advanced cancer care closer to home as it is the first hospital system in the U.S. to offer Accuray Incorporated s (NASDAQ: ARAY) newest Synchrony
® technology on both the CyberKnife
® Systems to better aim radiation beams and minimize damage to non-cancerous tissue during treatment.
As part of Geisinger s expansion project at its Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center, the health system recently began providing care using the one-of-a-kind Synchrony Motion Synchronization and Real-Time Adaptive Radiotherapy Technology on its CyberKnife S7 and Radixact Systems.
Synchrony uses artificial intelligence to adapt radiation treatment delivery in real-time to tumor movement during the treatment session, with the goal of delivering a more targeted radiation dose to the tumor, in less time, to improve outcomes. Synchrony is designed to correct the radiation beam if
By Tony Callaio For Sunday Dispatch
A happy day in 2013 when Jennifer Sidari became Dr. Sidari graduating from medical school. She’s shown with her parents, Patty and Pete.
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The Sidari family proudly accepts the Sunday Dispatch 2020 Person of the Year award in honor of their inspiration, the late Dr. Jennifer A. Sidari. Left to right: Victoria Sidari, Patty Sidari, Pete Sidari (holding Jennifer’s photo), Peter Sidari.
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Over the years, Dr. Jen’s Hope Foundation has donated to dozens and dozens of charitable organzations since 2013.
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DANVILLE, Pa., April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a 5-year, $3.6 million contract to Geisinger to study the role of genetic variation in cancer.
Researchers from Geisinger and the NCI s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) will analyze genetic data from Geisinger s MyCode Community Health Initiative, a precision medicine project with more than 276,000 consented participants. The work will be led by David J. Carey, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Molecular and Functional Genomics at Geisinger and a MyCode principal investigator, and Douglas Stewart, M.D., a senior investigator at DCEG.