Centre County has Mount Nittany Medical Center, an acute-care hospital, along with several other health care providers.

The 260-bed facility offers neurosurgical services, cancer treatment and cardiac catheterization capable of evaluating and treating coronary arteries, muscles and valves.

For tertiary care, such as advanced brain or heart surgeries, patients may go to the 501-bed Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, 404-bed Geisinger Medical Center in Danville or 497-bed Altoona Hospital.

If rehabilitation is needed, HealthSouth’s 73-bed Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital in Pleasant Gap offers inpatient and outpatient services, including therapy for strokes, brain injuries and orthopedic and neuromuscular disorders.

The rehabilitation hospital also operates four outpatient clinics, in State College, Lock Haven, Lewistown and Mifflintown.

For subsidized reproductive health care and screening, Family Health Services runs clinics in Bellefonte, Huntingdon, Philipsburg and State College.

ALTOONA REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM

Facility type: nonprofit health care system created in 2004 when Altoona and Bon Secours-Holy Family hospitals and affiliated health care organizations merged. Bon Secours Health System formally withdrew as a corporate member of Altoona Regional effective March 8, 2011.
Address/phone: 620 Howard Ave., Altoona, PA 16601; 889-2011; www.altoonaregional.org

CEO/president: Jerry Murray

Beds: 433 at two major facilities.

Staff: 4,000, including 326 physicians.

Medical specialties: emergency medicine and trauma, behavioral health; birth and growth; cancer care; cardiac care; physical, speech and occupational therapy; vascular services; sleep medicine; advanced surgical services, including neurosurgery; home nursing care; wound and ostomy program.

Major facilities: Altoona Hospital Campus, 7th Avenue Campus and Station Medical Center outpatient facility, all in Altoona.

CENTER FOR COUNSELING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES

Facility type: on-campus student counseling center providing mental health services to Penn State students.

Address/phone: 501 Student Health Center, Eisenhower Road, University Park, PA 16802

Director: Dr. Dennis Heitzmann

Beds: outpatient only

Staff: 21 licensed mental health professionals and eight advanced doctoral students under supervision by senior staff.

Medical specialties: college counseling center providing initial consultations, crisis intervention, short-term individual and couples counseling, 25 therapy groups per semester and psychiatric services. CAPS services are accredited by the International Association of Counseling Services, and the American Psychological Association has approved the pre-doctoral internship.

Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday

Pharmacy: Main floor of the Student Health Center; open 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday; during the fall and spring semesters, the pharmacy also is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

CENTRE/HUNTINGDON TAPESTRY OF HEALTH

Facility type: women’s and family health center. Many services are paid for by federal and state grants and are provided at little or no cost to patients. A subsidiary of the nonprofit Family Health Council of Central Pennsylvania.

Address/phone: 240 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte, PA 16823, 355-2762; 220 N. Front St., Suite 2, Philipsburg, PA 16866, 342-6992; 1231 Warm Springs Ave., Suite 101, Huntingdon, PA 16652, 643-5364; 112 W. Main St., Lock Haven, PA 17745, 570-748-6237; www.fhccp.org.

Administrative director: none currently

Beds: outpatient only

Staff: 12, including three nurse practitioners, and one obstetrician/gynecologist.

Hours of operation: Bellefonte, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday; 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday. Walk-in STD clinic Tuesday from 1 to 3 p.m.; Philipsburg, Monday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Fridays by appointment. Huntingdon, Monday, 8:30 a.m. to noon; Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; and Friday 8:30 a.m. to noon. Walk-in STD clinic Tuesday from 1 to 3 p.m. Lock Haven, Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Thursday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Medical specialties: gynecological exams, male exams, cancer screening, contraceptives, emergency contraceptives, sexually transmitted disease and HIV screening, adolescent health programs, parenting options, preconceptional health appraisals and referrals, routine physicals, pregnancy testing.

CENTRE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE

Facility type: nonprofit clinic that provides free primary and preventive medical and dental to Centre County residents who have no other access to health care and whose household income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty level.

Address/phone: 2520 Green Tech Drive, Suite D, State College, PA 16803; 231-4043

Director: Cheryl Jo White, executive director

Staff: Thirteen full- and part-time staff. Physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, social workers and other licensed clinicians volunteer their time.

CLEARFIELD HOSPITAL

Facility type: private, nonprofit acute-care hospital that has been providing health care services since 1901.

Address/phone: 809 Turnpike Ave., Clearfield, PA 16830; 765-5341; www.clearfieldhospital.org

CEO/president: David J. McConnell

Clearfield Hospital provides medical care in Philipsburg at Clear-Med Primary Care in the Peebles Plaza. The clinic is open Monday through Saturday morning, with evening hours on Tuesday and Thursday. Same-day appointments are available for minor injuries, illnesses and employment physicals. Lab services are provided.

Clearfield Hospital also offers imaging services, ultrasound and other types of outpatient testing, including electrocardiograms and Holter monitoring, at the Philipsburg clinic. In addition, Clearfield Hospital provides care at the Moshannon Valley Surgical Clinic, Moshannon Valley Orthopedics and Nittany Hospice, all in the Peebles Plaza. Clearfield Hospital also offers Nittany Home Health. Nittany Home Health and Nittany Hospice cover all of Centre County.

GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM

Facility type: nonprofit health system and secondary referral center

Address/phone: 100 N. Academy Ave. Danville, PA 17822; 800-275-6401; www.geisinger.org

CEO/president: Dr. Glenn Steele Jr.

Beds: total of 818 in Geisinger Health System, including beds at Geisinger Medical Center, Hospital for Advanced Medicine and Janet Weis Children’s Hospital; Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center and Marworth Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Center

Staff: 13,927 employees including 784 physicians and scientists, 313 fellows, 2,687 nurses and 13,143 nonphysicians and scientists.

Medical specialties: all aspects of medical care.

Local facilities: Geisinger Medical Groups are in Bellefonte, Philipsburg and State College (Gray’s Woods and Scenery Park). These offer family medicine, primary care and specialists.

Other major facilities: Geisinger Medical Center — including the Hospital for Advanced Medicine and Janet Weis Children’s Hospital, Danville (485 beds); Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre (242 beds, including 20 inpatient rehabilitation beds at GWV’s South Wilkes-Barre campus) and Marworth Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Treatment Center, Waverly (91 beds).

HEALTHSOUTH NITTANY VALLEY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL

Facility type: inpatient rehabilitation hospital with three area outpatient rehabilitation clinics.

Parent company: HealthSouth Corp., Birmingham, Ala.

Address/phone: 550 W. College Ave., Pleasant Gap, PA 16823; 359-3421; www.nittanyvalleyrehab.com

CEO: Susan Hartman

Medical director: Dr. Richard Allatt

Beds: 73

Staff: approximately 175 employees

Medical specialties: physical and rehabilitation. Therapies include physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and respiratory therapy for a variety of medical needs including: stroke recovery; amputation; brain injury; neurological disorders; spinal cord dysfunction; hip fractures; arthritis; burns; cardiac and/or pulmonary rehabilitation; industrial injuries; orthopedic; joint replacement; pain management.

The hospital holds three Joint Commission Disease-Specific Care Certifications — in brain injury, heart failure and stroke — and is ranked third in Clinical Excellence among HealthSouth’s nationwide network of 103 hospitals.

THE MEADOWS PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL

Facility type: for-profit integrated behavioral health care delivery system

Parent company: Universal Health Services Inc.)

Address/phone: 132 The Meadows Drive, Centre Hall, PA 16828; 364-2161

CEO: Larry Grimes

Beds: 101
Staff: 262

Medical specialties: behavioral health services for children, adolescents and adults. Care levels include acute-inpatient, partial hospitalization, outpatient services, peer support services for adults and family based mental health services for children and adults.

WrapAround Services is a publicly funded program through which adolescents receive one-on-one therapy to help deal with mental health issues such as depression, behavioral problems and family dysfunction. The hospital accepts referrals and committals, including self-committals.

MOUNT NITTANY MEDICAL CENTER

Type of facility: Acute-care facility

Address/phone: 1800 E. Park Ave., State College, PA 16803; 814-231-7000; www.mountnittany.org

CEO/president: Steven E. Brown, FACHE

Beds: 260

Staff: 1,400 employees, including a medical staff of more than 250 physicians representing 42 specialties and subspecialties.

Mount Nittany Medical Center is dedicated to the health and wellness of Centre County and the surrounding regions, offering medical, surgical, emergency, outpatient, diagnostic and cancer care services. Specialties and services at the medical center include, but are not limited to, interventional cardiology, digital mammography, maternity, vascular surgery, wound care services, reconstructive and cosmetic surgery, hospitalist program, neurosurgery, pain management, sleep medicine, orthopedics services, diabetes foot clinic and medical care, as well as inpatient care and medical, surgical, emergency medicine, outpatient, diagnostic and cancer care services.

MOUNT NITTANY PHYSICIAN GROUP

Type of facility: primary care and specialty care physician services,
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Medical director: Anthony Cardell, M.D.

Staff: 64 physicians and nearly 250 support staff

The Mount Nittany Physician Group provides primary and specialty care to Centre County and the surrounding region at 11 locations in the region. Specialty care includes pulmonary medicine, allergy and immunology, sleep medicine, oncology, nephrology, pediatric oncology, gastroenterology, rheumatology, endocrinology, neurology, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, neurosurgery, otolaryngology, general and vascular surgery, internal medicine, cardiology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, family medicine, pain management, urology and wound care.

PENN STATE MILTON S. HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER

Facility type: nonprofit college of medicine, including an academic medical center and a children’s hospital.

Address/phone: 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033; 800-243-1455; www.pennstatehershey.org

CEO/dean: Dr. Harold L. Paz

Beds: 484

Staff: nearly 9,000 employees, including 716 clinical faculty, more than 170 research faculty, plus about 1,500 medical students, graduate students and residents. Also, 500 volunteers.

Medical specialties: All aspects of medical care. A leader in medical and scientific research and has been named one of the top heart and intensive care hospitals in the country.

PENN STATE HERSHEY MEDICAL GROUP — STATE COLLEGE

Facility types: multi-specialty outpatient clinics

Associate director: E. Eugene Marsh, M.D.

Administrative director: Steve Speece

Staff: more than 130 employees, including 35 physicians

Website:PennStateHershey.org/statecollege

Addresses: Penn State Hershey Medical Group — Benner Pike, 303 Benner Pike, Suite 1, State College, PA 16801,

Phones: Oncology: 272-4400; Lab: 272-4422

Medical specialties: hematology/oncology, laboratory

PENN STATE HERSHEY MEDICAL GROUP — COLONNADE AND ENDOSCOPY CENTER

Address/phone: 32 Colonnade Way, State College, PA 16803; 814-272-4445

Medical specialties: cardiology, dermatology, family medicine, gastroenterology, vascular surgery

PENN STATE HERSHEY MEDICAL GROUP — PARK AVENUE

Address/phone: 1850 East Park Ave., Suite 312, State College, PA 16803; 235-2480

Medical specialty: family medicine

PENN STATE HERSHEY MEDICAL GROUP — WINDMERE CENTRE

Address/phone: 476 Rolling Ridge Drive, Suite 101, State College, PA 16801; 814-689-4980

Medical specialty: family medicine

PENN STATE HERSHEY BONE AND JOINT INSTITUTE — STATE COLLEGE (HOME TO PENN STATE SPORTS MEDICINE

Address/phone: 1850 E. Park Ave., Suite 112, State College, PA 16803; 865-3566

Medical specialties: orthopedic surgery, pediatric orthopedics, physical therapy, sports medicine

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICES

Facility type: on-campus health center providing outpatient services to Penn State students. Pharmacy open to Penn State students, staff and retirees.

Address/phone: Student Health Center, Eisenhower Road, University Park, PA 16802; appointments, 863-0774 or online at www.sa.psu.edu/uhs; 863-4463 (advice nurse 24 hours a day, seven days a week).

Director: Dr. Margaret E. Spear

Beds: outpatient only

Staff: 100-plus, including 25 physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners.

Medical specialties: general medicine; urgent care; women’s health; men’s preventative health; immunizations and allergy injections; physical therapy; health promotion and wellness.

Hours: During fall and spring semesters, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday. Open Saturday for urgent care only from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Pharmacy: main floor of student health center; open 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday; during the fall and spring semesters, the pharmacy also is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

611 OPEN MRI-CT

Facility type: outpatient radiology imaging center

Address/phone: 611 University Drive, State College, PA 16801, 800-624-6100; 2950 Fairway Drive, Altoona, PA 16602, 800-397-9611: www.611mri.com

CEO: Thomas Mueller

Board certified and fellowship trained radiologists: Medical director Dr. Adam G. Trybus Jr. and Dr. Thomas A. Manning.

Specialties: Provides state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging and interpretation, offering: MRI, open MRI, CT, ultrasound, bone densitometry, X-ray and fluoroscopy. On-site radiologists are board certified and are trained in musculoskeletal imaging.

NITTANY URGENT CARE

Facility type: Multi-service clinic offering treatment of non life-threatening medical issues.

Hours: Weekdays 9 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., weekends 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Address/phone: 2615 E. College Ave., State College, PA 16801, 308-8155, www.ddcwd.com/nittanyurgentcare

Specialties: Urgent care.

MEDEXPRESS URGENT CARE

Facility type: Multi-service clinic offering treatment of non life-threatening medical issues.

Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Address/phone: 1613 N. Atherton St., Suite B, State College, PA 16803, 238-1066, www.medexpress.com

Specialties: Urgent care.