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PITTSTON (July, 2022) – Commonwealth Health Physician Network is pleased to welcome board-certified family medicine physician Evan Nakib, M.D., to Pittston. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, Dr. Nakib provides preventive care, including routine checkups, health-risk assessments, immunizations, screening tests. Dr. Nakib earned her medical degree in 1989 from Dhaka Medical College in Bangladesh and completed a residency in family medicine at Louisiana State University Medical Center in Ba... ... Read More

SCRANTON (June, 2022) – Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton has received the American Heart Association’s Gold Plus Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Quality Achievement Award for their commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability. Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the U.S. A stroke occurs when a bl... ... Read More

WILKES-BARRE (June, 2022) – Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Gold Plus Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Quality Achievement Award for their commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability. Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the U.S. A stroke occurs when ... ... Read More

SCRANTON (June, 2022) - Board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon, Akhila Yarramneni, M.D., recently joined Commonwealth Health Physician Network. Dr. Yarramneni brings over two decades of experience to Commonwealth Health's Heart & Vascular Institute at Regional Hospital of Scranton and has practiced at healthcare systems located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Indiana and Michigan. She is certified in thoracic surgery by American Board of Thoracic Surgery and is a member of the Society of Thor... ... Read More

WILKES-BARRE, Pa (JUNE, 2022) – Employees of Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre are now eligible for new and enhanced benefits designed as pathways to help them eliminate existing student debt faster, pursue additional professional education, and advance their careers. The goal in offering Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre Pathways benefits is to support and retain employees and attract a strong workforce, especially frontline nurses, technicians, therapists and other clinicians and caregivers, along with ... ... Read More

WILKES-BARRE, Pa (JUNE, 2022) – Employees of Moses Taylor are now eligible for new and enhanced benefits designed as pathways to help them eliminate existing student debt faster, pursue additional professional education, and advance their careers. The goal in offering Moses Taylor Pathways benefits is to support and retain employees and attract a strong workforce, especially frontline nurses, technicians, therapists and other clinicians and caregivers, along with support personnel. Benefits include a ne... ... Read More

SCRANTON, Pa (JUNE, 2022) – Employees of Regional are now eligible for new and enhanced benefits designed as pathways to help them eliminate existing student debt faster, pursue additional professional education, and advance their careers. The goal in offering Regional Pathways benefits is to support and retain employees and attract a strong workforce, especially frontline nurses, technicians, therapists and other clinicians and caregivers, along with support personnel. Benefits include a new student lo... ... Read More

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (June, 2022) – Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital is the first institution in our area to offer the new FDA approved and NCCN-indicated, prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) imaging agent to evaluate patients with prostate cancer. PSMA CT-PET scan is a new powerful imaging tool that will allow physicians to locate suspected metastatic prostate cancer at an earlier stage than was previously available. “Clinicians who diagnose and treat prostate cancer employ many too... ... Read More

WILKES-BARRE, PA (June, 2022) – Commonwealth Health Physician Network is pleased to welcome Sanjeev Garg, M.D., to our neurology team. He is an active medical staff member at Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Board certified in neurology, Dr. Garg received his medical degree in 1995 from Indira Gandhi Medical College in Shimla, India. He completed a residency in preliminary medicine at Albany Medical Center Hospital in Albany, New York, and his neurology residency at Penn State Hershey ... ... Read More

SCRANTON (May, 2022) - Five healthy habits could be the secret to a longer life for many people. According to a study by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, individuals who adopt the habits by the age of 50 may live seven or more years longer than those who don’t. And, those healthy habits may also help prevent chronic conditions like cardiovascular disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes. The study analyzed 34 years of data on more than 100,000 adults to see if there is a correlation between healthy... ... Read More