Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Brings New PET/CT Scanner Online

2/11/2014

EDWARDSVILLE, PA (February 12, 2014) – Wilkes-Barre General Hospital recently dedicated its new positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scanner at the Thomas P. Saxton Medical Pavilion, Edwardsville. The imaging technology is used in the diagnosis, staging and treatment of cancer.

From left: Cornelio Catena, CEO, Commonwealth Health; Rose Geiser, nuclear medicine technologist; Pamela Tahan, COO, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital; Brenda Heck, director of Imaging Services; Dr. Joan Forgetta, nuclear medicine physician; Missy Yankovich, nuclear medicine technologist; Sharon Wood, clinical manager of nuclear medicine; and Rick McCarty, director of Engineering.