Geisinger Medical Center is a hospital in Danville, Pennsylvania

Danville, Pennsylvania

Danville is a borough in Montour County, Pennsylvania, USA, of which it is the county seat, on the North Branch of the Susquehanna River. Danville was home to 8,042 people in 1900, 7,517 people in 1910, and 7,122 people in 1940. The population was 4,897 at the 2000 census...

, 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

Northeastern Pennsylvania

Northeastern Pennsylvania is a geographic region of Pennsylvania that includes the Pocono Mountains, the Endless Mountains and the industrial cities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Hazleton and Carbondale....

 and central Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

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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."

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
  Geisinger Health System
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• Bloodless surgery
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Clinics close to the main hospital: Lewistown, Milton, Lewisburg, Bloomsburg