For Patients and Visitors
For Medical Professionals
Referring Physicians

We are pleased to provide a variety of services to healthcare professionals. Our web site is one of them. Through the site you can access our medical library, clinical information, career opportunities and educational opportunities. We welcome your participation in our mission to provide world-class healthcare to the people of our communities.

For Referring Physicians

Currently handling 60,000 calls annually, the Penn State MD Network at Penn State Hershey Medical Center provides a single point where physicians can conveniently obtain a consultation, make a referral or learn about a patient’s condition. Reach us by calling our toll-free number at 800-233-4082.

To transfer any patient via LifeLion air or ground, please contact our dispatcher directly at 717-531-7777.

Patients should not call this number. If you are a patient, please call 800-243-1455.
Outside Services
 

Service: 
DERMATOPATHOLOGY

 
Sample type(s): 
Skin biopsies and excisions
 
 
Specimen Shipping Address:
Hershey Medical Center
500 University Drive
Room C7607 / MCH179
Hershey, PA 17033
Telephone:  717-531-6875
Fax:  717-531-4278
 
 
Contact Person:
Elizabeth Devitz
Administrative Secretary
Anatomic Pathology/Dermatopathology
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Mail Code H179, Room C7714
500 University Drive
P.O. Box 850
Hershey, PA 17033
Telephone:  717-531-6875
Fax:  717-531-4278

Service: 
HEMATOPATHOLOGY CONSULTATION SERVICE

 
Sample type(s):
Blood smears, bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, other diagnostic tissues (any tissue suspected of involvement by a hematolymphoid disease)
 
Shipping information:
Anatomic Pathology
Hematopathology Consultation Service
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
500 University Drive
Room C7714
Hershey, PA 17033
 
Questions, please contact:
Consultation Office
Name: Elizabeth Devitz
Telephone: 717-531-6875
Fax: 717-531-4278
       (717-531-7741)
 
SPECIAL HEMATOLOGY
Penn State Special Hematology Laboratory offers a variety of specialized tests helpful in diagnosing hematologic and immune disorders. These include, among others, B and T cell subset studies and flow cytometry leukemia/lymphoma/multiple myeloma phenotyping of mononuclear cells from peripheral blood, bone marrow, lymph nodes and tissues.
 
With questions about Special Hematology services, please contact:
Name: Jeff Sanders
Telephone: 717-531-8559
Fax: 717-531-0647
     
Other instructions:
Please provide patient's demographic information, pertinent clinical history, copy of an original report, insurance information, and/or other billing information for your institution.
Feel free to include any other pertinent information.
 
MEET THE TEAM:
 
MICHAEL BAYERL, M.D.
Medical Director, Hematopathology
 
JOZEF MALYSZ, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Hematopathology and Anatomic Pathology
 
JEFF SANDERS, MS     
Special Hematology Supervisor
 
ELIZABETH DEVITZ
Administrative Assistant

Service: 
RENAL BIOPSY SERVICE

 
Sample type(s):
Medical and transplant renal biopsy processing and interpretation: light microscopy, immunofluorescence and electron microscopy available
 
Shipping information:
 
Address:
Hershey Medical Center
500 University Drive
Tissue:  Room C7611
Slides/Blocks: Room C7714
Hershey, PA 17033
 
 
Questions, please contact:
Elizabeth Devitz, Administrative Secretary
Anatomic Pathology/Dermatopathology
Telephone: 717-531-6875
Fax 717-531-4278
 
 
Other instructions:
Please provide billing information and all relevant clinical history and laboratory results (please complete HMC Renal Biopsy History Form)
Power Chart Outreach

 

If you need further assistance, please contact us at: Connected@hmc.psu.edu