Geisinger News Releases

John and Helen Villaume Foundation establishes scholarship at Geisinger Commonwealth
The board of directors of The John and Helen Villaume Foundation has announced the foundation has established the John and Helen Villaume Foundation Annual Scholarship at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM).

Dr. M. Justin Coffey named chair of Geisinger’s Department of Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine and Behavioral Health
- Geisinger Bloomsburg Hospital
- Geisinger Community Medical Center
- Geisinger Lewistown Hospital
- Geisinger Medical Center
- Geisinger Shamokin Area Community Hospital
- Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre
- Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
- Geisinger Janet Weis Children's Hospital
- Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital

Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre opens renovated inpatient unit
Total of $22 million in hospital improvements over last three years
Dr. Scheinman to serve as keynote speaker
Steven J. Scheinman, MD, president and dean of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) and executive vice president, Geisinger, is a keynote speaker at the Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s (PSMF) seventh annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit in Huntington Beach, California.

Geisinger providing thousands of bleeding control kits throughout central and northeastern PA
Geisinger trauma services trains 10,000 to Stop the Bleed
- Geisinger Bloomsburg Hospital
- Geisinger Community Medical Center
- Geisinger Lewistown Hospital
- Geisinger Medical Center
- Geisinger Shamokin Area Community Hospital
- Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre
- Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
- Geisinger Janet Weis Children's Hospital
- Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
Geisinger Commonwealth announces early residency ‘matches’
Five GCSOM fourth-year medical students participated in military match; one student participated in early match for ophthalmology

Dr. Christian Kauffman named chair of Geisinger’s Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Geisinger Bloomsburg Hospital
- Geisinger Community Medical Center
- Geisinger Lewistown Hospital
- Geisinger Medical Center
- Geisinger Shamokin Area Community Hospital
- Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre
- Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
- Geisinger Janet Weis Children's Hospital
- Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital

GCMC offers robotic-arm–assisted joint replacement technology
Surgeons personalize knee and hip replacement procedures for patients