Be an Advocate

Learn something new about our health care services and meet our latest advocate, Kathy Gray, C.R.N.P.

When Marie Drosnock (left) was due for a colonoscopy, her sister, Kathy Gray, C.R.N.P. (right), recommended she have the procedure at Lehigh Valley Health Network. "No one wants to go for a colonoscopy,” Gray says. “But we make the procedure really easy." She recommends our health network over others because of the great nursing staff and follow-up care. She knows her colleagues will make patients like her sister feel comfortable in situations that sometimes can be just the opposite. "From start to finish, patients have the best experience possible," Gray says.

Are you an advocate for our health network? If so, call 610-402-3175 or e-mail Richard.Martuscelli@lvh.com and share your story in CheckUp.

Guide to Our Care

Plastic Surgery

Considering a cosmetic surgery procedure or know someone who is? At Plastic Surgery Associates of Lehigh Valley, you’ll find the expertise of surgeons with the support of our health network to ensure your safety and satisfaction. The experienced team will be there for you before and after your procedure, ensuring you get the results you desire.

Neurological Care

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a terminal neuromuscular disorder. At the ALS Clinic of Lehigh Valley Health Network, we help patients live their best life after diagnosis. The ALS Clinic evaluates and cares for people with ALS and related disorders. We treat both the disease and its symptoms, and have the only program in the region affiliated with the ALS Association.

Cancer Care

For a process as sensitive as genetic testing, it’s important to choose the right facility to ensure you are being tested appropriately and the results are correctly interpreted. Our Cancer Risk and Genetic Assessment Program is staffed by master’s-level, board-certified genetic counselors. Our team includes a medical oncologist, breast surgeon, colorectal surgeon, gynecologic oncologist and our cancer support team.

Heart Care

Our Center for Advanced Heart Failure is the only one in the area under the medical direction of a heart failure specialist. The center’s nurses are specially educated to treat the complexities of the disease and prepare patients to manage their illness at home. Program coordinator Donna Petruccelli, C.R.N.P., received the 2009 Heart Failure Society of America Clinical Excellence in Nursing Award. Click here for more details.

Burn Care

Assure your family and friends in the Poconos they have access to our Burn Center specialists through our partnership with Pocono Medical Center. Now available in the East Stroudsburg hospital, our TeleBurn service allows their physicians to upload photos of patients’ burn injuries to a Web site for our specialists to review. The physicians then consult to determine if patients need to be transferred here.

Children’s Care

Having an X-ray, MRI or CT scan can be very scary for children and require special expertise. We are the only health network in the region to have that compassion and expertise in our pediatric radiologists. Tom Fitzsimons, Howard Rosenberg and Nancy Roman are specially educated in areas such as ultrasound evaluations for a tether spinal cord and hip displasia, and parents don’t have to travel outside the area to benefit from their care.

This page last updated 7/16/09 05:50 PM