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Student Nurses Respond to Need for Clinicians at COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic

February 17, 2021 - Beginning December 28, 2020, 10 Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences (RHSHS) nurses began assisting in the hospital’s COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic in various positions.

Tower Health Working to Operationalize Broader Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccine

January 20, 2021 - Tower Health is following Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and PA Department of Health (DOH) guidelines for prioritizing distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Reading Hospital – Tower Health Adds Six Academic Programs

January 12, 2021 - Reading Hospital – Tower Health received approval to add six new Residency and Fellowship programs in Nephrology, Plastic Surgery, Sleep Medicine, and Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine.

Reading Hospital – Tower Health Reminds Community of Multiple Opportunities for Care

December 23, 2020 - As COVID-19 cases continue to increase in Berks County, Reading Hospital – Tower Health encourages the community to consider alternate care locations for non-life-threatening, but urgent, health issues. Tower Health offers several in-person and virtual care options for patients, including:

Reading Hospital Named One of the Top 50 Best Teaching Hospitals in the United States

October 20, 2020 - Reading Hospital – Tower Health has been named one of the top 50 best teaching hospitals in the United States, according to a ranking released by Washington Monthly Magazine and the Lown Institute.

Karen Restifo, MD, JD, Named Inaugural Vice Dean of Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health

August 10, 2020 - Karen Restifo, MD, JD, has been named regional vice dean of Drexel University College of Medicine's Tower Health campus in West Reading, effective September 1, 2020.

St. Christopher's Now Offers Virtual Visits

For many patients, a phone or video virtual visit may be the best way to see a St. Christopher’s physician. We are offering safe, secure virtual visits for a variety of services for new and existing patients when it is medically appropriate. Keep in mind that children under the age of 18 must be…

Tower Health and Drexel University Celebrate 'Topping Off' at New Facility

May 18, 2020 - Earlier today, Monday, May 18, Tower Health and Drexel University celebrated an official "Topping Off" ceremony for Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health, an additional site location of the medical school to be opened in Wyomissing, PA.

Bruce Weiner, MD, FACS, Named Certified Surgeon for Hidden Scar Breast Cancer Surgery

Phoenixville Hospital announces its breast surgeon, Bruce Weiner, MD, FACS, has been recognized as a Hidden Scar™ Trained Surgeon for Hidden Scar™ Breast Cancer Surgery.

Tower Health Welcomes Drexel Medicine Physicians

January 2, 2020 - Effective January 1, 2020, 110 clinicians and staff from Drexel Medicine have joined Tower Health Medical Group (THMG), expanding the health system's network of primary care and specialty practices in size, capability, and reach.