Palliative Care Physician joins Geisinger
Dr. Vithalani completed medical school at King's College London, United Kingdom. She completed her family medicine residency at the Penn State Health Family Medicine Residency Program at Mount Nittany Medical Center where she served as chief resident. She was honored with the American Academy of Family Physicians Leadership in Graduate Medical Education award and is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
Prior to joining Geisinger, Dr. Vithalani worked for the National Health Service at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, United Kingdom. She returned to America and pursued fellowship training in one of the country's leading palliative care programs at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in California.
She is a professional member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Palliative care can be provided alongside treatments with curative intentions, as well as focus on symptoms that may occur as part of these illnesses or treatments. Dr Vithalani will be available for inpatient consultations at Geisinger Lewistown Hospital, as well as outpatient clinic at in the Community Cancer Treatment Center at 211 3rd Street, Lewistown PA 17044. To consult with Dr. Vithalani, ask your doctor to place a referral for Palliative Medicine Outpatient and have their office call 717-242-7297 to schedule an appointment. For patients outside the Geisinger system, your doctor’s office may call 717-242-7297 to schedule an appointment.
About Geisinger
Geisinger is among the nation’s leading providers of value-based care, serving 1.2 million people in urban and rural communities across Pennsylvania. Founded in 1915 by philanthropist Abigail Geisinger, the non-profit system generates $10 billion in annual revenues across 134 care sites - including 10 hospital campuses, and Geisinger Health Plan, with 600,000 members in commercial and government plans. The Geisinger College of Health Sciences educates more than 5,000 medical professionals annually and conducts more than 1,400 clinical research studies. With 26,000 employees, including 1,600 employed physicians, Geisinger is among Pennsylvania’s largest employers with an estimated economic impact of $14 billion to the state’s economy. On March 31, 2024, Geisinger became the first member of Risant Health, a new nonprofit charitable organization created to expand and accelerate value-based care across the country. Learn more at geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X.
