Geisinger honors 278 clinicians for high patient satisfaction ratings
Geisinger clinicians — including physicians and advanced practitioners — were ranked among the best in the country by their patients, according to Press Ganey’s 2023 medical practice survey results. This survey allows patients to grade the service and care they received from a clinician.
“There’s no better indicator of being an exceptional caregiver than to hear it directly from your patients,” said J. Edward Hartle, M.D., executive vice president and chief medical officer for Geisinger. “Year after year, we have more Geisinger clinicians ranking in the top 10% nationally for patient experience, all while the standards keep getting tougher. We’re very proud to see our physicians and advanced practitioners continuing to excel in making better health easier for our patients.”
Among the 278 clinicians honored, three were spotlighted for exemplary work, receiving Geisinger awards for going above and beyond in delivering compassionate patient care.
• Elyssa Johnson, PA-C, chief physician assistant at Geisinger Primary Care Frackville, received the Christina Appleman Award. The award is named in honor of Christina Appleman, certified registered nurse practitioner, and is given to the advanced practitioner at Geisinger with the highest overall score on the care provider section of the patient satisfaction survey.
• Matthew J. Shellenberger, D.O., gastroenterology physician at Geisinger Medical Center, and Jason R. Woloski, M.D., family medicine physician at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, received the Victor J. Marks Award for best Outpatient Specialty Physician and Primary Care Physician, respectively. The award was established in 2002 to honor Victor Marks, M.D., who served as Geisinger’s interim CEO from 2000 to 2001, and his commitment to making patients the primary focus of the health system. It’s given to the outpatient specialty physician and primary care physician at Geisinger who have the highest overall scores on the care provider section of the patient satisfaction survey.
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 nonprofit system generates $10 billion in annual revenues across 126 care sites — including 10 hospital campuses — and Geisinger Health Plan, with more than half a million members in commercial and government plans. 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 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger is among Pennsylvania’s largest employers with an estimated economic impact of $15 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 follow on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X.
