Press And News

Mount Nittany Health announced today its campaign for continued community education on the COVID-19 vaccine. “Doctors’ orders: Don’t wait. Vaccinate!” offers an online toolkit for community leaders and members at-large to support having difficult but crucial conversations with those hesitant to be vaccinated.

Mount Nittany Health is pleased to announce that Jeannine Lozier, manager, community health and outreach, Mount Nittany Health, is the recipient of the 2021 Ann Graybill Cook Volunteer of Distinction Award, presented by the Centre County Council for Human Services (CCCHS).

One of the many examples of Mount Nittany Health’s commitment to provide exceptional care is the Joseph V. and Suzanne P. Paterno Women and Children’s Unit, the largest unit in the region, with dedicated medical and nursing teams, serving women's healthcare, pediatric patients and welcoming more than 1,300 newborns every year.

Mount Nittany Health is pleased to announce the addition of spine surgeon, Aidin Kashigar, MD, FRCSC, to Mount Nittany Physician Group Orthopedics.

After the tragic death of Osaze Osagie last year during a law enforcement response to a mental health 302 warrant, the Task Force on Mental Health Crisis was formed. Tiffany Cabibbo, DSc, MSN, RN, CENP, executive vice president, patient care services and chief nursing officer, Mount Nittany Health and Brian Newcomb, MD, department chair, Mount Nittany Medical Center Emergency Department were appointed to the Task Force to help lead the efforts to evaluate Centre County's mental health system and the continuum of crisis intervention services.

Mount Nittany Health is pleased to share that Emily Peterson, MD, Mount Nittany Physician Group Reconstructive & Cosmetic Surgery, has been appointed board president of the Robert H. Ivy Pennsylvania Plastic Surgery Society.