2019 News Releases

Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton 2018 Community Benefits Report 2/1/2019 SCRANTON, Pa. (Feb. 1, 2019) – Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton contributed to the community in 2018 in many ways beyond providing quality medical care. As one of

Commonwealth Health Moses Taylor Hospital 2018 Community Benefits Report 2/1/2019 SCRANTON, Pa. (Feb. 1, 2019) – Commonwealth Health Moses Taylor Hospital contributed to the community in 2018 in many ways beyond providing quality medical care. As one of Scranton’s largest

Scranton Family Practice Joins Commonwealth Health Physician Network 2/5/2019 SCRANTON, Pa. (Feb. 5, 2019) – Five primary care health care providers associated with Medical Associates of NEPA have joined the Commonwealth Health Physician Network. They will continue to see patients

Commonwealth Health Hospitals Announce Top Employees of 2018 2/6/2019 WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Feb. 1, 2018) – Commonwealth Health has announced its 2018 Employee of the Year award winners. Each hospital names an Employee of the Year, Clinical Manager of the Year

Tunkhannock Area Seventh Grade Earns Two Lifesaving Certifications 2/7/2019 TUNKHANNOCK, Pa. (Feb. 7, 2019) – Tunkhannock Area School District honored its seventh grade students Thursday for being the first full grade level in Pennsylvania to earn certifications in two lifesaving

Commonwealth Health Employee Named Officer of the Year by DSI 2/20/2019 WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Feb. 20, 2019) – Kenneth Polacheck, shift coordinator at Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, has been named 2018 Officer of the Year by DSI Security Services. Polacheck

Topic of Presentation: Joint and Back Pain Panel Discussion 3/1/2019 WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (March, 2019) – Orthopedic surgeons William Krywicki, M.D., and James Mattucci, M.D., along with Neurosurgeon, Carlo DeLuna, M.D., and Interventional Pain Management Physician, Dr. Fred Usoh will host

TOPIC OF PRESENTATION: Six Weeks to Better Health 3/1/2019 BERWICK, Pa. (March, 2019) – Medical professionals of Commonwealth Health Berwick Hospital Center will present informative health topics, once weekly, for six consecutive Wednesdays beginning on March 13 and running through

Topic of Presentation: Robotic Assisted Gynecological Surgery 3/1/2019 Scranton, Pa. (March, 2019) – Barbara Plucknett, MD will present an informative health talk on robotic assisted GYN surgeries at 6 p.m. April 2 in the McGowan Meeting Room of Regional Hospital