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12/21/2017 New Medical Building to Meet Growing Demand for St. Luke’s Kidney Services
12/20/2017 St. Luke’s IT Department Named Best Nationwide
12/19/2017 New Bus Route to Serve St. Luke’s Miners Campus
12/13/2017 Debilitating Ailments Can’t Keep 91-Year-Old, Fitness-Minded Local Man out of St. Luke’s Gym
12/13/2017 Quakertown Native Dennis Pfleiger Named President of St. Luke’s Quakertown Campus
12/12/2017 St. Luke’s Brodheadsville Family Practice Moving to St. Luke’s Health Center - Brodheadsville
12/11/2017 St. Luke’s Sponsored Television show “Chef’s Kitchen” Featured in Lehigh Valley Business
12/01/2017 Accreditation for St. Luke’s Monroe to Perform Angioplasties
12/01/2017 Excellent African Adventure for St. Luke’s First Couple of Physical Therapy
12/01/2017 St. Luke’s and Lehigh University Research Collaboration for Innovations in Health Technology
12/01/2017 St. Luke’s Sponsored Giraffe Barn to House Second Giraffe!
11/29/2017 First-Ever ‘Kangaroo-a-Thon’ at St. Luke’s NICU Promoting Skin-to-Skin Contact for Premature Infants
11/29/2017 New Approach to College Student Health through Innovative St. Luke’s / Lafayette Partnership
11/29/2017 St. Luke’s First in Area with New Supplemental Donor Breast Milk Program
11/22/2017 St. Luke’s and Allentown School District provide Thanksgiving meals to less fortunate
11/21/2017 After Gruesome Football Injury, Phillipsburg Athlete and Cadet Thankful for Extraordinary Recovery with St. Luke’s
11/14/2017 Genetic Counseling at St. Luke's help patients decipher own genetic mysteries
11/14/2017 St. Luke’s Spotlights Critical Link Between Type 2 Diabetes and Heart Disease in Partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company
11/10/2017 How do you to stay motivated to exercise in the dark and cold?
11/10/2017 St. Luke’s Senior Health Gets High Marks in U.S. News & World Report
11/08/2017 Boy Scouts of America Presents Award to St. Luke’s CEO Richard A. Anderson
11/08/2017 Donation Gives Grieving Parents of Newborns the Gift of Time
11/08/2017 Drexel University Honors St. Luke’s Pioneering Work in Population Health
11/08/2017 St. Luke’s Singers Signal Start of Lehigh Valley Holiday Season
11/06/2017 St. Luke’s Doctor Receives National Cardiology Teaching Award
11/06/2017 St. Luke’s Offers DIEP Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy
11/06/2017 St. Luke’s School of Nursing in Top 5 in State
11/06/2017 “The Girls” Night Out Highlights After-Cancer Reconstruction Options
11/06/2017 Veterans Day Breakfast at St. Luke’s Miners Campus
11/03/2017 St. Luke’s Campuses Receive ‘A’ for Patient Safety in Leapfrog Report
11/01/2017 Motorcyclists to Honor Friend by Donating Toys to St. Luke’s Pediatric Patients
11/01/2017 National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
11/01/2017 Pennsylvania Auditor General Praises St. Luke’s Nurse-Family Partnership
10/31/2017 St. Luke’s CEO Rick Anderson on WFMZ-TV Channel 69’s Business Matters
10/30/2017 Monroe County's Newest Cancer Center Opens
10/30/2017 St. Luke’s Hospital - Warren Campus Celebrates 5 Years with St. Luke’s University Health Network
10/27/2017 New Sports Medicine Physician Expands St. Luke’s Orthopedic Care Services
10/27/2017 St. Luke’s First in Region with Revolutionary Procedure to Relieve Chronic Pain
10/24/2017 Donors Fund NanoKnife for St. Luke’s Tumor Patients
10/24/2017 Read all about it: Sorority, St. Luke’s joins forces to bring books to needy kids
10/20/2017 St. Luke’s Reaccredited by American College of Cardiology
10/19/2017 St. Luke’s Corks & Forks to Benefit Monroe Schools
10/16/2017 St. Luke’s Quakertown Hospital Earns Trauma Center Re-Accreditation
10/13/2017 Sky’s the Limit for This Parkettes Gymnast and St. Luke’s Extraordinary Athlete
10/12/2017 DBT Therapeutic Component Added to Program for People Struggling with Depression
10/12/2017 St. Luke's Is Proud Supporter of Da Vinci Science Center
10/10/2017 “Just Talk About It” Discussion about Child Mental Health and Behavioral Issues
10/10/2017 St. Luke’s Quality Awards Spur Advances Locally and Nationally
10/10/2017 Temple University Hospital and St. Luke’s University Health Network Formally Announce Strategic Partnership for Four Transplant Services
10/06/2017 Certified Nurse Practitioner Joins St. Luke’s Emaus Avenue Family Practice
10/06/2017 New Practice Bolsters St. Luke’s Presence in Western New Jersey
10/06/2017 St. Luke’s, Rodale Discuss Organic Farm Partnership at PPL Energy-Efficiency Forum
10/06/2017 St. Luke’s Miners Hospital Earns Trauma Center Re-Accreditation
10/03/2017 Doctor Joins St. Luke’s Physician Group as Bariatric Surgeon
10/02/2017 Sacred Heart Obstetrics Services Now Delivered Through New Collaboration with St. Luke’s
10/02/2017 St. Luke’s Care Now Opens 10th Walk-In Center in Hamburg
09/27/2017 Richard Anderson Featured on Radio Program Lessons with Leaders
09/27/2017 St. Luke’s and Geisinger sign air medical collaboration agreement
09/25/2017 Dr. Nicholas Avallone Named a Top Doc in New Jersey Three Years Running
09/22/2017 Doctor, Physician Assistant Join St. Luke’s Northern Valley Primary Care
09/22/2017 Richard Anderson Receives Honorary Doctorate
09/21/2017 Craig Thatcher Q&A, Concert to Benefit St. Luke’s Quakertown
09/21/2017 Multiple Sclerosis: What Every Woman Needs to Know
09/21/2017 St. Luke’s Miners Emergency Department Expansion
09/20/2017 St. Luke’s 5th Annual Blue Ribbon 5K and Family Fun Walk
09/19/2017 Sacred Heart HealthCare System and St. Luke’s University Health Network Announce Merger
09/18/2017 St. Luke's Holds Thirteenth Annual ‘Night Of Heroes’
09/13/2017 Blue Mountain Health System and St. Luke’s University Health Network Announce Merger
09/11/2017 ASR Media Productions Team And St. Luke’s University Health Network Receives Its Third Mid-Atlantic Emmy® Award
09/08/2017 New Nurse Practitioner at St. Luke's Christmas City OB/GYN
09/07/2017 St. Luke's Surgical Residency Graduate Joins St. Luke’s Plastic Surgery
09/06/2017 New Post-Partum Program for New Moms at St. Luke’s
09/05/2017 Community Open House for the new St. Luke’s Baby & Me Support Center
08/31/2017 Pre-Teen St. Luke’s Extraordinary Athlete is Diabetes Fundraising Powerhouse
08/28/2017 St. Luke’s Miners Campus Helps Local Student with Unique Connection to St. Luke’s
08/24/2017 St. Luke’s and LifeAire Systems Bring Transformational Innovation to Hospital Air Quality
08/23/2017 St. Luke’s Emergency Transport Service Receives American Heart Association Award
08/22/2017 Esteemed Physician Joins St. Luke’s Northern Valley Primary Care
08/17/2017 Major Expansion at St. Luke’s Anderson Campus
08/15/2017 St. Luke’s to Host Nurse-Family Partnership Event
08/09/2017 St. Luke’s Neurosurgical Team Expands, Adding Two Specialists
08/08/2017 Work Begins on Fowler Community Wellness Center in Bethlehem
08/04/2017 Nurse practitioner joins St. Luke’s family practices in Schuylkill and Carbon counties
08/04/2017 St. Luke’s Nursing Students Distribute Backpacks to Brighten Back-to-School
07/31/2017 St. Luke’s Care Now Opens Walk-In Center in Quakertown
07/27/2017 St. Luke’s Bariatric Surgeon Presents Research
07/24/2017 Quakertown Campus Named to Becker's 2017 100 Great Community Hospitals List
07/24/2017 Quakertown ‘Extraordinary Athlete’ Perseveres
07/24/2017 Physical Therapy at St. Luke's Expands Reach
07/21/2017 Tamaqua Family Practice Welcomes Physician Assistant
07/13/2017 New Procedure for Men with Benign Prostate Enlargement at St. Luke’s Miners
07/13/2017 St. Luke’s University Health Network Named Most Wired
07/11/2017 Largest Independent Urology Practice to Join St. Luke’s
07/07/2017 Walk at Lehigh Valley Zoo to Raise Funds for St. Luke’s Baby & Me Support Center
06/28/2017 St. Luke’s Cancer Doctors Published in Prestigious Medical Journals
06/27/2017 St. Luke’s offers new type of PET/CT scan
06/22/2017 Sheftel Memorial Fund Softball Tournament featured David Akers and Steve Carlton
06/22/2017 St. Luke’s Offers Free Car Seat Clinic
06/22/2017 St. Luke’s Wins National Awards for Stroke Treatment
06/16/2017 Congratulations to St. Luke’s 2017 Graduating Residents and Fellows!
06/15/2017 Inaugural Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 5K Run/Walk
06/13/2017 New St. Luke’s Medical Center in Lehighton
06/12/2017 St. Luke's Pioneers Orthopedic Surgery Telehealth Innovation
06/08/2017 St. Luke’s Earns Highest Recognition for Electronic Medical Records
06/07/2017 Justin Sheftel Memorial Fund Softball Tournament to feature Eagles kicker David Akers and Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton
06/06/2017 Extraordinary Saucon Valley grad overcomes injury to achieve his dream
06/01/2017 St. Luke’s Expert Delivers Keynote at Global Fitness Summit in China
05/22/2017 Bikers Against Bullies Ride to Benefit St. Luke’s Pediatric Cancer Patients
05/18/2017 7th Annual Charity Bike Ride to benefit St. Luke’s Hospice
05/18/2017 Cancer Society skin care and makeup program at St. Luke’s Warren Campus
05/18/2017 St. Luke’s Health Center–Forks to Offer Free Health Screenings May 20
05/18/2017 St. Luke's Miners Campus Awards Academic Scholarships to High School Students
05/17/2017 Older Adult Meal at St. Luke's Warren Campus
05/17/2017 Wearable Fitness Trackers Help Students Elevate Activity Levels
05/16/2017 St. Luke’s Singers Present Spring Concert
05/15/2017 St. Luke’s Approach to Stroke Care Saves Precious Time and Brain
05/15/2017 St. Luke’s Palisades Family Practice Open House
05/14/2017 Lifetime Achievement Award for St. Luke’s Hospice Medical Director
05/13/2017 One Family Has 40 Births at St. Luke’s Hospital Over 70 Years
05/12/2017 St. Luke’s University Health Network Announces Baby & Me Support Center and Expanded Services
05/12/2017 Temple/St. Luke’s Medical Students Graduate on May 12
05/10/2017 St. Luke’s Older Adult Behavioral Health Unit Continues to Serve Unique Needs of Seniors
05/10/2017 St. Luke’s Warren Campus and Physician Groups Standardize Phone Number Prefixes
05/09/2017 St. Luke’s Hosts 3-day “Micropreemie” Collaborative Conference
05/08/2017 Auxiliary of St. Luke’s University Hospital Celebrates the 105th Charity Ball
05/08/2017 Nursing Excellence Awards
05/05/2017 St. Luke’s Health Center–Nazareth Open House on May 13
05/04/2017 St. Luke’s Hospital Miners Campus to Host 2017 Black Diamond Garden Party
05/03/2017 St. Luke’s Warren Campus presents WISE Healthy Aging lunch-and-learn series
04/26/2017 Consumer Reports Recognizes St. Luke’s Cardiac Outcomes the Best in the Nation
04/26/2017 Girl Fight: Top UFC Women’s Strawweight Training at St. Luke’s
04/25/2017 Autism Group Supports Parents and Families
04/19/2017 St. Luke’s DRG Stimulation Offers Long-Awaited Relief for Debilitating Pain
04/17/2017 St. Luke's Joins Initiative for National Donate Life Month
04/14/2017 St. Luke’s Named Among Nation's 100 Top Hospitals for Third Straight Year
04/13/2017 St. Luke’s Encourages Individuals to Talk about End-of-Life Care
04/11/2017 Steve Carlton Makes a Special Appearance in Bethlehem
04/10/2017 St. Luke’s University Health Network Partners with Lehigh Valley Active Life
04/07/2017 St. Luke’s Epilepsy Center Receives High-Level Accreditation
03/31/2017 St. Luke’s Monroe Campus Celebrates Six Months of Superior Patient Care
03/28/2017 Northampton County Medical Society Alliance Celebrates National Doctors' Day with Donation to St. Luke's Hospice House
03/27/2017 St. Luke’s Athletic Trainers Practice to Make Perfect
03/24/2017 St. Luke’s scores big for Freedom High School athlete: Alec Huertas is ready to play ball!
03/23/2017 How to Choose the Pediatric Practice that's Right for Your Family
03/22/2017 Choose the Right Pediatric Practice for Your Family
03/17/2017 St. Luke’s Champions ‘March Gladness,’ Seeks All-Star Baby Photos
03/17/2017 Temple/St. Luke’s Medical Students Matched With Residency Programs
03/16/2017 Colorectal Cancer Screening Saves Lives
03/16/2017 Penny Power Readers Vote St. Luke’s Quakertown Best Hospital and Best PT
03/15/2017 Bethlehem Man Alive Today Thanks to Colorectal Screening and St. Luke’s
03/15/2017 Jonathan Hosey, MD, Advocates for Best Neurological Care
03/08/2017 Susan Lipson, MD, Joins St. Luke’s Palisades Family Practice
03/06/2017 Michael Baba, DO: An Outstanding Doctor, a ‘Regular Guy’
03/03/2017 Sizhu “Melody” Liu, CRNP, Joins St. Luke’s
03/02/2017 St. Luke’s Miners Campus Donates Opioid Antidote to Local Law Enforcement
03/01/2017 In the News: St. Luke’s Gets Regional Attention
02/28/2017 St. Luke's Introduces Behavioral Health Services at Primary Care Practices
02/27/2017 Medical Leaders Improve Patient Care Through Education
02/23/2017 Dennis Pfleiger Joins St. Luke’s as Quakertown Campus COO
02/22/2017 St. Luke’s and Da Vinci Explore “The Science of Fear” at 2017 Mini-Medical School
02/21/2017 Women’s Health: How Physical Therapy Can Help You
02/17/2017 5 Things to Know About Twins
02/14/2017 5 Things to Know About Your Heart for Valentine’s Day
02/14/2017 American Heart Association Loves St. Luke’s Babies’ Hearts
02/09/2017 St. Luke’s: How to Keep Children Safe, Healthy and Happy in Winter
02/09/2017 St. Luke’s International Surgical Studies Helps People in Developing Nations
01/24/2017 Lehigh Valley Business Cites St. Luke's ExecuHealth Success
01/18/2017 Dr. Maher El Chaar Signs Books, Addresses Weight-Loss Surgery Issues
01/18/2017 Tickets Available for Ellen Goodman’s Littner Series Lecture
01/17/2017 Rick Anderson Included in Legendary Business Leaders of the Lehigh Valley
01/17/2017 Tickets Available for Ellen Goodman’s Littner Series Lecture
01/16/2017 Quakertown Community High School Receives NATA Safe Sports School Award
01/11/2017 St. Luke’s Cancer Program Again Earns Accreditation With Commendation
01/10/2017 Brenda Erickson Delibero Named ER Manager at St. Luke’s Warren Campus
01/10/2017 WFMZ: Dr. Jeffery Jahre Explains Lyme Rating
01/06/2017 Dr. Jamie Thomas Named to Additional Vice Presidency at St. Luke’s
01/04/2017 Ear, Nose and Throat Practice Opens in Tamaqua
01/02/2017 Lehigh Valley’s First Baby of 2017 is Born at St. Luke’s


2017

St. Luke’s Again Named One of the Nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics
St. Luke's Weight Management Center