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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Dec. 17, 2018) – Todd Burda has been promoted to the position of vice president of access and business development for Commonwealth Health, according to an announcement by Cor Catena, CEO of Commonwealth Health. Todd’s primary goal will be to work with market leadership as Commonwealth Health advances its plan to integrate market level operations. His focus in this new role will be to identify and coordinate efforts relating to access across the Commonwealth Health market with team me... ... Read More

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Dec. 17, 2018) – Frank Chen Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the Commonwealth Health Physician Network and will practice neurology at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Dr. Zhang specializes in inpatient stroke care and neurologic disorders including Parkinson's disease, seizures, headaches, dementia, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, chronic pain, and muscle spasticity. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Zhang earned a medical degree from Suzho... ... Read More

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Dec. 17, 2018) – Interventional cardiologist Daniel Tsyvine, M.D., has joined the Commonwealth Health Physician Network and the medical staff of Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Dr. Tsyvine is certified in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease, nuclear cardiology and echocardiography and is a registered physician in vascular interpretation. He is a graduate of Boston University School of Medicine and completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel D... ... Read More

SCRANTON, Pa. (Dec. 17, 2018) – Two Commonwealth Health employees joined with a local university professor to co-author a research study. Heidi Bockelkamp, PT, DPT, market director of rehabilitation services at Regional Hospital of Scranton and Moses Taylor, along with Dana Maida, PT, DPT, Regional Hospital staff therapist, worked with Barbara Wagner, PT, DPT, MHA, professor emerita University of Scranton, on the study. Dana also is a University of Scranton faculty specialist and assistant director of c... ... Read More

SCRANTON, Pa. (Dec. 13, 2018) – Cardiologists at Commonwealth Health Heart & Vascular Institute are performing a new procedure that helps to reduce stroke risk in people who have non-valve-related atrial fibrillation while offering them an alternative to warfarin. The procedure, called left atrial appendage closure device, or LAAC, is beneficial to patients who have cannot tolerate warfarin, an anticoagulant. Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is an irregular, often rapid heart rate that often causes poo... ... Read More

SCRANTON, Pa. (Dec. 11, 2018) –The Commission on Cancer, a quality program of the American College of Surgeons, has granted three-year accreditation with three commendations to the Commonwealth Health Cancer Network Program, an Integrated Network Cancer Program. The program includes Regional Hospital of Scranton, Moses Taylor Hospital and Delta Medix, along with the entire cancer community, including Hematology Oncology of NEPA, Scranton Hematology & Oncology, Northeast Regional Cancer Institute, Th... ... Read More

Commonwealth Health is expanding its services and providers at the Nanticoke Medical Center to include vascular surgery and wound care. John Guerriero, D.O., and Michael Levandowski, a certified registered nurse practitioner, will begin seeing patients at 4 E. Main St., Nanticoke, on Tuesday and Friday afternoons, from noon to 4. Dr. Guerriero specializes in general and vascular surgery, hyperbaric medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation. He is a graduate of Ohio University and completed a res... ... Read More

The bariatric program at Commonwealth Health recently recorded its 1,000th surgical procedure since the program's inception in 2010. Members of the team are, front row, from left: Megan Ruda, scheduling coordinator; Karyn Thomas, RN, BSN, bariatric coordinator; Noelle Altavilla, RD, LDN. Second row: Arthur Rogo, practice manager; Dr. Gary Neale, FACS, FASMBS; Dr. Clark Gerhart, FACS, and Kyle Landis, PA-C. ... Read More

BERWICK, Pa. (Nov. 29, 2018) – Commonwealth Health Berwick Hospital recently held an open house and community hernia screening from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 8. Hospital administrators and staff conducted tours of the hospital and provided free blood pressure checks and information on Berwick Retirement Village and the facility’s other service lines. Hernia screenings by Dr. Anton Georgiev were offered and guests had the opportunity to meet the physicians and providers affiliated Berwick Medical Professionals. S... ... Read More

BERWICK, Pa. (Nov. 30, 2018) – Patients seeking appointments with primary care providers or urgent care for non-life threatening conditions have a convenient new option to consider: online scheduling. Before heading to the Commonwealth Health Berwick Hospital emergency department, patients can save their spot online and wait at home instead of in the hospital waiting room. They also may save time by booking a doctor’s appointment through the health care system’s website instead of making a phone call to... ... Read More