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Welcome to Penn State Hershey Children's Heart Group

Penn State Children's Heart Group is a team of experienced pediatric cardiovascular physicians, working together to provide the most advanced heart care for patients with congenital acquired heart disease from the smallest newborn, children, teenagers and adults with congenital heart defects. With pediatric cardiologists in every subspecialty, and a world renowned pediatric cardiovascular surgeon, we have experience treating even the rarest of heart defects and conditions.

Our comprehensive program is a regional center of excellence in the care of children with heart disease.  A focus on superior care distinguishes the Children's Heart Group from other teaching and academic centers.   At our institution, the care of your child is entrusted to our fully trained, board-certified physicians.  Children benefit directly from the expertise of pediatric cardiologists, pediatric cardiac surgeons, pediatric intensivists, pediatric anesthesiologists and a faculty of highly trained pediatric specialists and sub-specialists.

Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center opened to patients on July 13, 2009.  Parking is available for patients in the lot on the right of the building (near the Life Lion helipad), in Lot E (open parking in front of the Cancer Institute/new main hospital entrance), and on the first two floors of the Centerview Parking garage.  Valet parking is also available to all patients and is free to those with handicap tags.

A Healthier World Awaits

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Caring for Families

Every year, Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is a destination for hope and healing for thousands of children and their families. As the only Level I pediatric trauma center between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, we serve the most populous rural regions in the nation, with more than a million children in our referral area.

Transforming Lives

Planning is underway for a new state-of-the-art home for pediatric medicine at Penn State Hershey Medical Center which will capitalize on our current strengths and allow us to better meet the needs of children and families in central Pennsylvania. The new free-standing children’s hospital building will represent the leading edge in medical facility design, and embody our commitment to family-centered care.

 

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To learn more about how you can advance the care and well-being of children at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, please call 717-531-8497.

As part of our ongoing commitment to provide our community with current and reliable health information, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has created this page to provide links to reliable information regarding novel H1N1 A influenza.

Here you can find details about the location of any confirmed cases, as well as appropriate steps you can take to stay healthy. Look here for additional information in the days ahead.

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