A welcome message from the chairman...
Thank your interest in the Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology at the Penn State University College of Medicine -
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. I am very proud of our
exceptional faculty and resident staff and their accomplishments
in our mission areas of patient care, research, education and
community outreach. Our research programs in Maternal-Fetal
Medicine, Reproductive Endocrinology and Gynecologic Oncology
are robust and continue to gain the department recognition at
the national and international level with total grant funding of
over 3 million dollars.
Our educational program continues to thrive as evidenced by
our recent receipt of 4 years full accreditation by the
Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council of
Graduate Medical Education and approval to increase the size of
our Residency Training Program to 5 Residents per year. Our
excellence in education is also reflected in the large number of
students (11 from the Class of 2006, 8 from the Class of 2007
and 8 from the Class of 2008) who chose OB/GYN as a career,
several of whom remained in our own residency training program.
With respect to our clinical activities the Oncology
Division remains a full member of Gynecology Oncology Group
(GOG), and our Reproductive Endocrinology Division, a member of
the NIH Reproductive Medicine Network, continues to have
superior results from their In-Vitro Fertilization Program
(based on data from the Society for Assisted Reproductive
Technologies) which places them among the top programs in the
region and in the country and has an internationally recognized
program for the management of patients with polycystic ovarian
syndrome (PCOS). Maternal-Fetal Medicine continues to serve as a
resource for high risk mothers for all of central Pennsylvania
and recently instituted a telemedicine facility at one of our
satellite offices, while providing state of the art prenatal
diagnosis, genetics and ultrasound services, including a fully
accredited first trimester nuchal translucency screening
program. Our Women’s Health Division has had an extraordinary
year and has initiated a Minimally Invasive Surgery Program that
is unparalleled in the region. All of these activities have
resulted in a record year for Ambulatory visits, Operating Room
cases and Deliveries. Building upon these successes has allowed
for the addition of a newly formed Division of Urogynecology and
Minimally Invasive Surgery that will bring unparalleled
expertise in these areas to the Central Pennsylvania region.
I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge all of the support
that we receive from our Hospital Administration, our College of
Medicine, and our Nurses. Without this support it would not be
possible to achieve these goals. Likewise, all of the support
staff that contribute to the day to day operations of the
Department – administrative assistants, billing and coding
personnel, operations directors and numerous others makes it
possible for us to achieve this kind of success. I trust that
your visit to our web site will provide evidence of the
enthusiasm and commitment of our Department to provide the best
in Health Care services for the Women of Pennsylvania, and the
best in research and education for our next generation of
physicians.
John T. Repke, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
University Professor and Chairman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Penn State University College of Medicine
Obstetrician-Gynecologist-In-Chief
The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
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