
“The philosophy of care that I live by is to listen carefully, think critically, and come up with a plan to meet each patient’s needs.”
Karissa Thal, MD
Dr. Thal earned her Bachelor of Science from The Schreyer Honors College at Penn State University. She earned her M.D. at The Penn State College of Medicine and completed her residency at the Penn State Health Family and Community Medicine Residency at Mount Nittany Medical Center. During her residency, Dr. Thal served as Chief Resident and she also received a certificate of appreciation from the Penn State Navy and ROTC programs, recognizing her work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Working at Mount Nittany Health enables me to become my hometown’s family doctor,” said Dr. Thal. “I was born at Mount Nittany Medical Center and trained with the physician who delivered me.”
In addition to her family medicine duties, Dr. Thal is certified in advanced headache diagnosis and management from Thomas Jefferson University and works in the Mount Nittany Physician Group Neurology Clinic two days a week. She is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Pennsylvania Medical Society.
Dr. Thal resides in Bellefonte and when not seeing patients at Mount Nittany Health she volunteers at the Brookline Lab Retriever Rescue.
Female
English
Medical Education
The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine - Hershey, PA
Board Certification
American Board of Family Medicine
I feel like I'm being listened to and understood with compassion.
Dr. Thal is amazing! She is really trying to help me.
Felt informed and comfortable talking with her. She's very knowledgeable!
Dr. Thal is the absolute best doctor I have had since Dr. Benson. I do hope she is here to see me though my last years. She is thorough, caring, explains things and let's me ask questions.
“The philosophy of care that I live by is to listen carefully, think critically, and come up with a plan to meet each patient’s needs.”
Karissa Thal, MD