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2010-09-01
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Memorial’s Surgical Technology Program Graduates all pass national exam
Each of the 11 surgical technologists who graduated from Memorial Medical Center’s Surgical Technology Program August 6, recently passed the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) certification exam. Surgical technologists are members of the surgical team. They assist...
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2010-08-23
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Area Physician Hits the Road for Kidney Disease Awareness
Thirty miles is the farthest Dr. Harry Pote has ever bicycled at one time, but that is about to change. On September 18, 2010, Pote will join hundreds of other riders for the 4th Annual Tour DaVita, a three day...
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2010-08-11
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Emergency Physicians to gather for Educational Summit
Emergency Medicine physicians will gather next month in our region for an Educational Summit designed to provide continuing education credits, networking and hands on training on the latest emergency protocols and treatments. The Summit will feature a number of physician speakers...
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2010-08-11
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Crichton Rehabilitation Center receives Highest Level of Accreditation- The only CARF accredited facility in the Laurel Highlands Region
The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) announced that Crichton Rehabilitation Center has once again been accredited for a period of three years for its Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs – Hospital (Adults) and Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs – Hospital (Children and...
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2010-08-04
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Radiologist joins Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center and Cambria Somerset Radiology are pleased to welcome Hirohiko Ito, MD, Board certified Radiologist. Dr. Ito received a medical doctorate from Wakayama Medical College in Wakayama, Japan in 1989. Upon completing an internship in Internal Medicine at...
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2010-08-03
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$500 Marjorie Farabaugh Nurse Practitioner Student Scholarship now available
Applications are being accepted for nurse practitioner students hoping to be awarded the first $500 scholarship from the Marjorie Farabaugh Nurse Practitioner Student Scholarship Fund. In 2006, the Laurel Highlands Nurse Practitioner Association along with family, friends and colleagues established the...
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2010-08-02
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Conemaugh Health System employees work together to combat low breastfeeding rates in our region
With Breastfeeding Awareness Week celebrated in August, a group of Conemaugh Health System employees felt strongly about getting the message out about the many benefits of breastfeeding. Employees who chose to breastfeed their children gathered for a group photo in the...
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2010-07-30
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Luncheon being held to recognize local high school students’ fundraising efforts
Several area high school students will be honored for their help raising funds for Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center’s (MMC) Critical Care Unit. The students will meet in MMC’s Atrium on Monday, August 2 at 11 30 a.m. for a group...
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2010-07-22
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Neurologist fellowship-trained in Multiple Sclerosis and Clinical Neurophysiology joins Memorial
Renu K. Pokharna, MD, board certified neurologist, has joined Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center. With a fellowship in Multiple Sclerosis from University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and one in Clinical Neurophysiology from West Virginia University School of Medicine, Dr. Pokharna...
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2010-07-15
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General and bariatric surgeon at Memorial is published in two national medical journals
An article co authored by Patrick Gatmaitan, MD, minimally invasive and bariatric surgeon, Conemaugh Valley Surgeons, entitled “Bariatric surgery for type 2 diabetes Weighing the impact for obese patients” is featured in the July 2010 issue of the Cleveland Clinic...
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