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Welcome to Penn State Hershey Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension

The Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension team at the Penn State Children’s Hospital is an experienced group of physicians, nurses, dietitians and social workers who work together to provide evaluation and treatment to infants, children and teenagers with kidney disease or high blood pressure.

We are a division within the Department of Pediatrics at the Penn State Children’s Hospital. We provide services in both the outpatient and inpatient setting and work closely with our physician colleagues in Pediatric Urology, Renal Transplantation, and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, as well as many other pediatric specialists to provide comprehensive care for children with all forms of acute or chronic kidney disease.  More...

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.

 

  • Home For Hope” Spring 2009 newsletter - Learn More >>
  • Fast Facts about the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital  - Learn More >>

 

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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