Geisinger Medical Center

Geisinger Medical Center is a hospital in Danville, Pennsylvania, serving as the primary hospital for the also 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/quaternary care hospital for Central Pennsylvania. 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 specialites include, but are not limited to, neurology, pulmonology, oncology, cardiology, and radiology. Geisinger is also home to a level I trauma center and a regional heart, stroke, and neuroscience institute. Geisinger Lifeflight, a 5 helicopter medevac system is also based out of the hospital. Along with Geisinger Lifefight and a level I trauma center Geisinger is the home to a children's hospital called 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." Pediatrics

Awards Gesinger Medical Center has also 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

Coordinates: 40°58′05″N 76°36′22″W / 40.968°N 76.606°W / 40.968; -76.606

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