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12/30/2020
COVID Vaccination Update 12/30/2020
12/30/2020
What’s in a Name? Top 2020 Baby Names at St. Luke’s Mostly Reflect Tradition
12/28/2020
St. Luke’s Offers Vaccine To Entire Workforce and Emergency Medical Service Personnel
12/19/2020
St. Luke’s Vaccinates 2,000 Health Care Workers through Weekend at Several Locations
12/17/2020
First COVID Vaccination
12/16/2020
A Very Merry 2nd Christmas after St. Luke’s Doctors Recharge Scranton Man’s Life with New Deep Brain Stimulator
12/15/2020
Shaden Eldakar-Hein to Lead Medical School
12/14/2020
Upper Bucks Campus Celebrates 1 Year of Providing Outstanding Patient Care
12/14/2020
Five Network Hospitals Ranked among Safest in Country
12/14/2020
Network Prepared to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine This Week
12/09/2020
St. Luke’s Experts Recognized for Health Care and Community Efforts with Rural Health Awards
12/07/2020
2020 Premier Alliance Excellence Award
12/03/2020
Miners Welcomes Former NICU Patient to RN Staff
12/03/2020
Lehighton Campus Earns ACC Chest Pain Center Accreditation
12/01/2020
St. Luke’s Breaks Ground on Pediatric Specialty Center in Center Valley
12/01/2020
St. Luke’s Opens Outpatient COVID-19 Treatment Clinic in Phillipsburg, N.J.
11/30/2020
St. Luke’s Supports the Upper Perkiomen Valley Chambers PPE Drive
11/30/2020
St. Luke’s Again Voted Best Hospital/Health Network in Morning Call Readers’ Choice Poll
11/25/2020
Allentown Campus Donates Headsets to Students for Remote Learning
11/23/2020
Partnership to Provide Care to Nazareth Area School District
11/23/2020
First Outpatient COVID-19 Treatment in Region
11/18/2020
Penn Foundation to Join Network
11/18/2020
No Visitation Policy at Hospitals Reinstated
11/16/2020
Expanding Domestic Production of Isolation Gowns
11/12/2020
Dinner by Starlight Presentation Available to View Online
11/12/2020
Judith Adele Agentis Charitable Foundation Establishes Palliative Care Nursing Education Fund
11/06/2020
Upper Bucks Campus Receives Reaccreditation as Adult Level IV Trauma Center
11/06/2020
Luminaria Lighting to Offer Beautiful Night of Remembrance
11/03/2020
John and Angelina Perrucci ICU at Warren Campus Thriving 5 Years After Generous Contribution
10/30/2020
Orthopedic Surgeon Joins Growing Team of Pediatric Specialists
10/27/2020
First Level IV Medical Detoxification Unit in the Region
10/20/2020
Residency Programs Receive Grants to Combat Physician Shortages in Rural Areas
10/16/2020
New St. Luke’s Pediatrician Comes Home to Treat Patients in Pocono Region
10/16/2020
St. Luke’s Nurse Honored for Her Efforts on COVID-19 Front Line
10/16/2020
Star Wellness Breaks Down Barriers with Same-Day, Walk-In Primary Care and Medical Home Model
10/15/2020
Allentown First Responders to be Honored at Dinner by Starlight
10/15/2020
St. Luke’s and Volunteer Seamstress Design Clear Mask for Speech Therapists
10/15/2020
St. Luke’s First in Region to Offer New Device to Help Failing Hearts ‘Squeeze’
10/13/2020
Lehighton Auxiliary Presents Donation for New Carbon Campus
10/13/2020
St. Luke’s Acquires Internal Medicine Practice in Bucks County
10/13/2020
St. Luke’s Researching Novel Pain Control ‘Pacemaker’ Called One of Year’s Top Innovations
10/13/2020
Tucker’s Toy Run Benefitting St. Luke’s Pediatric Patients Marks 10 Year Anniversary
10/12/2020
St. Luke’s Contributes to Research on Monoclonal Antibodies Made Famous by President Trump’s Treatment
10/12/2020
Dr. Cynthia Martin Joins St. Luke’s Easton Area Family Medicine
10/12/2020
Free Walk-in COVID-19 Testing
10/08/2020
Five Bethlehem Easton Area Surgeons Join Staff
10/07/2020
St. Luke’s Heart and Vascular Center Rated “High Performing” By U.S. News
10/06/2020
SLUHN Earns Most Wired Recognition for 8th Time
10/05/2020
Palmerton Primary Care Welcomes Patricia Donovan
09/28/2020
New Non-Surgery Heart Valve
09/28/2020
Nurse-Family Partnership to Hold Virtual Community Briefing
09/25/2020
Lehighton Campus Pioneers Artificial Intelligence in X-Rays
09/24/2020
Respected OB GYN Joins Network in Easton Area
09/23/2020
Robert Gayner Joins National Nephrology Group
09/23/2020
New Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology in Palmerton
09/22/2020
St. Luke’s Cancer Center Offers Innovative SpaceOAR Hydrogel for Prostate Cancer Patients
09/21/2020
St. Luke’s HealthNow Wins Emmy for Simulation Center Episode
09/20/2020
Wellness 101 Show Wins Emmy for The Production Pocketknife, LLC and St. Luke’s University Health Network
09/15/2020
Become a Doctor for…FREE?! St. Luke’s Makes it a Reality
09/15/2020
Air Products Foundation Provides Grant for New Simulation Center
09/09/2020
Free Walk-in COVID-19 Testing in South Bethlehem
09/08/2020
New PICU Welcomes Medical Director
09/08/2020
Network Welcomes Northgate Internal Medicine
09/01/2020
Gastroenterology Specialists Opens New Office in Palmerton
08/27/2020
Ob-Gyn Care Associates Welcomes Physicians and Advanced Practitioner
08/27/2020
Professional Triathlete Joins Nazareth Family Practice
08/27/2020
New Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
08/26/2020
Surgeon Runs Half the Length of Regional Trail
08/21/2020
Ob-Gyn Care Associates of St. Luke’s Welcomes Physicians and Advanced Practitioner to Team of Providers
08/21/2020
Campuses Win American Heart and Stroke Association Awards
08/18/2020
Carbon County Bonds Paid Off for Benefit Community
08/18/2020
PPL Executive Joins Board of Trustees
08/18/2020
Get Your Tail on the Trail Awarded SHIFT Award
08/18/2020
Monroe Campus Earns HAP Award
08/18/2020
Only 4-Year Medical School in the Lehigh Valley
08/13/2020
Palmerton Auxiliary Presents Check for New Carbon Campus
08/10/2020
Lehighton Campus Economic Benefit to Region Tops $128 Million
08/10/2020
St. Luke's Sacred Heart Wins Good Neighbor Award
08/06/2020
Run, Bike, Skate, Even Horseback Ride in Virtual St. Luke’s Via Marathon
08/06/2020
St. Luke’s OB/GYNs: Support Over a Lifetime
08/06/2020
St. Luke’s Continues “Caring for Your Future” with Two New Pediatric Specialists
08/05/2020
St. Luke’s University Health Network and The Production Pocketknife, LLC Nominated for 3 Mid-Atlantic Emmys®
08/05/2020
Vascular Center in Lehighton Moves to New Location
07/31/2020
New School Based Therapy for Bethlehem Area Students
07/29/2020
St. Luke’s Top Ranked by U.S. News & World Report
07/23/2020
Geisinger St. Luke’s Brings Nationally Recognized Breast Imaging Program to Orwigsburg
07/23/2020
Newsweek Names St. Luke’s to List of World’s Best Hospitals… Again
07/21/2020
St. Luke’s CSA Revenue Hits $1 Million Mark, Benefiting Local Farms
07/21/2020
St. Luke’s Partnerships Bolster Made-in-the-USA Medical Supply Chain
07/20/2020
Local Start-up’s Technology Purifies Air at St. Luke’s Allentown
07/16/2020
Faster, More Comfortable Body Scans at Geisinger St. Luke’s
07/15/2020
Knee Arthritis Questions Answered by St. Luke’s Surgeon Dr. Robert Grob
07/08/2020
10-year-old Boy Sells Toys to Support Local Health Care Heroes
07/08/2020
St. Luke’s to Provide Comprehensive Health Services for Pocono Mountain School District Students and Employees
07/08/2020
St. Luke’s Scores High in Fortune’s IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals Ranking
07/03/2020
West Side Hammer Electric and Penn Community Bank Support Summer Meals Program
07/01/2020
St. Luke’s Helping Condition Young Athletes in Safe, Novel “Fitness Center”
07/01/2020
St. Luke’s Acquires Mental Health Practice in Phillipsburg
07/01/2020
Geisinger St. Luke’s medical office building now open
06/30/2020
St. Luke’s Achieves Multiple 100-Top-Hospital Designations
06/26/2020
St. Luke’s Expands Cancer Care in Carbon & Schuylkill Counties: New Infusion Center Planned for Fall 2020
06/25/2020
St. Luke’s Welcomes Pediatric General Surgeon to Growing Pediatric Program
06/22/2020
St. Luke’s Upper Bucks’ New MRI Technology Built for Patient Comfort and Speed
06/18/2020
Feeding the Frontlines: A Special Treat for St. Luke’s Nurses
06/18/2020
Olympic Hopeful Mandy Marquardt Partners with St. Luke’s on Diabetes Awareness
06/18/2020
St. Luke’s Miners Awards Scholarships to Mentorship Program Students
06/10/2020
St. Luke’s Launches “Return to Work” Program for Businesses
06/10/2020
New St. Luke’s Jim Thorpe Primary Care Now Welcoming Patients
06/08/2020
St. Luke’s Board of Trustees Recognizes President & CEO Rick Anderson for 35 Years of Distinguished Leadership
06/04/2020
Coping (Creatively) with COVID-19 on the Frontlines
06/04/2020
St. Luke’s Bringing Comfort to the COVID-Quarantined Homeless
06/03/2020
St. Luke’s University Health Network to Acquire Easton Hospital
05/29/2020
Dr. Robert Grob Joins St. Luke’s Orthopedic Care
05/28/2020
St. Luke’s Hosts Virtual Network-Wide Memorial Service for COVID-19 Victims
05/28/2020
St. Luke’s Part of National Coalition Expanding Domestic PPE Production
05/26/2020
Premier, St. Luke’s and Other Health Systems Invest in PPE Production Company
05/26/2020
ICYMI: St. Luke’s President and CEO Rick Anderson Appears on Business Matters
05/21/2020
St. Luke’s Warren Campus Restarts Elective Surgery and Related Procedures
05/21/2020
National Stop the Bleed Day
05/20/2020
Local 3D Community Prints Stethoscopes and PPE for St. Luke’s
05/19/2020
ICYMI: Talk With Your Doctor COVID-19 Update on Channel 69 (WFMZ-TV) - 5/19/2020
05/15/2020
St. Luke’s Campuses Earn Highest Rating in Vascular Quality Program
05/12/2020
Advanced Air Purification Prevents Spread of COVID-19 at St. Luke’s Allentown
05/11/2020
ICYMI: Talk With Your Doctor COVID-19 Update on Channel 69 (WFMZ-TV) - 5/11/2020
05/08/2020
St. Luke’s Restarts Elective Surgery and Related Procedures
05/07/2020
St. Luke’s Nurse Honored at White House
05/06/2020
Microsoft: St. Luke’s is a “Digital First Responder”
05/05/2020
St. Luke’s Conducts More Than 100,000 Virtual Visits During COVID Crisis
05/05/2020
ICYMI: Talk With Your Doctor COVID-19 Update on Channel 69 (WFMZ-TV)
05/04/2020
St. Luke’s and Geisinger CEOs Issue Joint COVID-19 Message
05/01/2020
‘Get Your Tail On The Trail’ Starts 165-Mile Challenge For 7th Year
04/30/2020
Leapfrog Awards More ‘A’ Grades for Patient Safety to St. Luke’s
04/29/2020
St. Luke’s President and CEO Rick Anderson Appears on Business Matters
04/29/2020
St. Luke’s Innovative Partnership with Microsoft Leads to International TV Commercial
04/27/2020
Talk With Your Doctor COVID-19 Update on Channel 69 (WFMZ-TV)
04/27/2020
WNEP Newswatch 16 Checks in With Dr. Eric Tesoriero on COVID-19
04/24/2020
St. Luke’s Discharges 500th Covid-19 Patient!
04/23/2020
St. Luke’s Helps Local Companies Protect Workers – and Global Supply Chain
04/23/2020
Bug Zapper Kills COVID-19 Virus
04/21/2020
Support for St. Luke’s from Across the World
04/16/2020
St. Luke’s Anderson Campus Discharges 100th COVID-19 Patient
04/16/2020
Open Letter to Our Community
04/14/2020
St. Luke’s Warren Participates Successfully in Experimental COVID-19 Plasma Trial
04/10/2020
Feeding the Frontlines During and After Their Shifts
04/07/2020
St Luke’s One of First in World to Pilot Remote Patient Monitoring for COVID-19 Patients
04/06/2020
Lower Saucon Distillery Supplies Health Care Heroes with Sanitizer
04/06/2020
Cybercriminals Target Home Routers and Offer Phony COVID-19 Apps
04/05/2020
COVID 19 Patients Extubated from Ventilators
04/02/2020
St. Lukeʼs Warns of Cybercriminals Preying on COVID-19 Fears
03/28/2020
St. Luke’s Virtual Visits Connect Patients to Care
03/25/2020
St. Luke’s: COVID-19 Community Spread in Lehigh Valley and Poconos
03/25/2020
St. Luke’s Implements Universal Masking for Employees
03/25/2020
St. Luke’s Command Center Manages Network’s Emergency Response to COVID-19
03/24/2020
St. Luke’s Partners with Local Business to Produce 3D Printed Masks
03/21/2020
Community Donations of Masks and Supplies Help COVID-19 Fight
03/17/2020
St. Luke’s and LVHN Announce Some Elective Surgeries Will be Postponed
03/15/2020
LVHN and St. Luke’s Create Common Hospital Visitation Restrictions to Limit Any Confusion in the Community
03/13/2020
Hotline for Coronavirus COVID 19 Inquiries
03/09/2020
International Award for Work to Reduce Acute Kidney Injury and Hypotension
03/05/2020
Miners Campus and Blue Raider Foundation Give Tamaqua Student Scholarship
03/05/2020
Older Adult Meal Now Offered at Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital
03/05/2020
First Drug Shipment from Non-Profit Group Combating Shortages and Rising Prices
03/03/2020
Merissa Frye Cancer Research and Compassion Fund Supports Women in Need
03/03/2020
President and CEO Rick Anderson’s Morning Call Opinion Piece
02/28/2020
Novel Coronavirus FAQ
02/20/2020
Laundry for a Community in Need
02/19/2020
Ashland Family Practice Welcomes Nurse Practitioner Bettina Heinsohn
02/19/2020
Stop the Bleed Program Brought to Nazareth Intermediate School
02/19/2020
Network Lawyer Helps Pen Book on Women of the Supreme Court
02/12/2020
Easton Hospital Shifts Labor and Delivery
02/10/2020
Homegrown Olympic Hopeful Chanelle Price Advocates for Healthy and Fit Kids as Fitness Ambassador
02/10/2020
Warren Campus to Host Cadaver Lab for High School Students
02/06/2020
GSL Hospital Receives Joint Commission Accreditation
02/06/2020
New Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Opens
02/03/2020
Adopt a School Program Provides Aid to Bangor Area Students
02/03/2020
VNA President Elected to Top Post on Statewide Homecare Board
02/03/2020
U.S. Government Report: St. Luke’s Hospitals Best in Lehigh Valley
01/27/2020
First TWO Babies Arrive at the New Women & Babies Pavilion
01/22/2020
Doctors to Speak on Diabetes Prevention and Care at Nazareth Library
01/22/2020
Health Center in Palmerton Opens
01/22/2020
BSI Corporate Benefits Pledges Major Match Donation for St Lukes Sacred Heart
01/17/2020
First Patient at New Upper Bucks Campus
01/16/2020
St. Luke’s Supports Mountain Center in Tobyhanna
01/13/2020
New Women and Babies Pavilion Opens at Anderson Campus
01/08/2020
Nazareth Man Breathing Easier Thanks to St. Luke’s/Temple Lung Transplant Partnership
01/03/2020
Monroe Campus Earns Trauma Center Designation
01/02/2020
Anderson Campus Provides New Electronic Vehicle Charging Stations
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