Geisinger Medical Center is a hospital in Danville, Pennsylvania, serving as the primary hospital for the Danville-based Geisinger Health System, a primary chain of hospitals and clinics which includes the Danville medical center across northeastern and central Pennsylvania.
Geisinger Medical Center is the primary tertiary/quartary care hospital for Central Pennsylvania and was named one of the top fifty hospitals in the country, as of October 2012. It is the primary place of practice for the 551 physicians in the Geisinger Medical Group-Danville as well as the education center for residents and fellows in 28 specialties. These specialties include, but are not limited to, neurology, pulmonology, oncology, cardiology, and radiology. Geisinger is home to a level I trauma center and a regional heart, stroke, and neuroscience institute.
Geisinger Life Flight, a five-helicopter medevac system, is based at the hospital. With Geisinger Life Flight and a level I trauma center, Geisinger is home to the Janet Weis Children's Hospital. The hospital strives "to maximize the health potential of every infant, child and adolescent by partnering with our patients, their health care providers, families, communities and government on issues of wellness delivered by an affordable, accessible, quality comprehensive system that fosters education and research."
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