Mission Statement

The Department of Radiology provides interdependent clinical care, education and research to support the College of Medicine missions at Penn State. Our missions include the provision of the highest quality image acquisition and interpretation services and image guided interventional and therapeutic services to patients receiving care at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Education of medical students, residents and fellows has long been the central focus of the department, occurring during clinical care, in the lecture hall and in the research laboratory. The advancement of imaging science through basic, translational and clinical research is the third arm of our mission and, is the future of our profession.

Radiology Overview

The Department of Radiology occupies much of the ground floor, main hospital, and also staffs faculty at our Cherry Drive Outpatient building on campus. Other imaging locations include the Penn State Health Groups sites at Fishburn Road, Hershey, Nyes Road, Harrisburg and in Silver Springs, PA. A new Imaging Building is under construction on the east end of our 500 acre campus. We have over 370 employees including 45 faculty and 31 Radiology residents. An all digital department, we provide immediate image availability at the point of patient care at all locations within the network.