Geisinger Medical Center

Geisinger Medical Center is a hospital in Danville, Pennsylvania, serving as the primary hospital for the Danville-based Geisinger Health System, a primary chain of hospitals and clinics which includes the Danville medical center across northeastern and central Pennsylvania.

Geisinger Medical Center is the primary tertiary/quartary care hospital for Central Pennsylvania and was recently named one of the top hundred hospitals in the country. It is the primary place of practice for the 551 physicians in the Geisinger Medical Group-Danville as well as the education center for residents and fellows in 28 specialties. These specialties include, but are not limited to, neurology, pulmonology, oncology, cardiology, and radiology. Geisinger is home to a level I trauma center and a regional heart, stroke, and neuroscience institute.

Geisinger Lifeflight, a five-helicopter medevac system, is based at the hospital. With Geisinger Lifefight and a level I trauma center, Geisinger is home to the Janet Weis Children's Hospital. The hospital strives "to maximize the health potential of every infant, child and adolescent by partnering with our patients, their health care providers, families, communities and government on issues of wellness delivered by an affordable, accessible, quality comprehensive system that fosters education and research."^[1]

Awards

Gesinger Medical Center has won many awards including Solucient's top 100 hospitals in cardiac care and Solucient's top 100 hospitals Performance Improvement Leaders.

See also

• Geisinger Health System
• Bloodless surgery

Clinics close to the main hospital: Lewistown, Milton, Lewisburg, Bloomsburg

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