Put on your dancing shoes! The Wayne Memorial Hospital Auxiliary’s 69th annual Mistletoe Ball takes place on January 16, 2010 at Ehrhardt’s on the Waterfront in Tafton. The popular dinner-dance event features the live performance of the band, Groove Train. This year’s theme is “Starry Starry Night"...

(Honesdale, November 4, 2009)…Wayne Memorial Hospital/Health System presented outgoing members of its Board of Trustees with souvenirs of their service, tangible gratitude to four people who had gifted the Hospital with more than a decade each of their time, energy and skills. The retiring members were humble. “I really benefited more than any benefits I brought here,” said Justin O’Donnell, former bo...

(Honesdale, November 4, 2009)…Family Medicine physician Caress Christian, MD, recently joined Dr. John Weisenreider and the staff of the Pike County Family Health Center (PFHC), a Wayne Memorial Community Health Center.  Located in Lords Valley, near the Hemlock Farms community, the PFHC offers primary care and obstetrical/gynecological services with Dr....

Since early May, Wayne Memorial Hospital’s Infectious Disease Specialist Rosita Liu, MD, and other members of the staff have met regularly with school district officials,  Emergency Management administrators, Honesdale EMS and others to prepare for a potential H1N1 pandemic emergency in our area. Dr. Liu agreed to answer a series of questions about the H1N1 flu in our area at this time to help lo...

(Honesdale, October 23, 2009)…Wayne Memorial Hospital has signed an agreement with Board-certified Hematologist-Oncologist Iftikhar-Ahmad Shahid Chouhdry, MD, FACP, to direct its Chemotherapy and Infusion Clinic. Dr. Chouhdry, most recently director of Delaware Catskill Hematology and Cancer Care and chief of the Department of Hematology/Oncology at Catskill Regional Medical Center in New York State, ...

Wayne Memorial has a Burn Cart! A large-scale disaster with many burn victims could tax northeast Pennsylvania facilities. The only burn center in the region, the Lehigh Valley Regional Burn Center, has capacity for only 25 to 30 burn patients. Now, with the help of a $65,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and contributions from Emergency Medica...

Dr. Brian Lenczewski, a general surgeon at Wayne Memorial Hospital and Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers, demonstrates how he uses laparoscopic surgery instruments for gall bladder removal to students at Western Wayne High School. It was part of the annual Together for Health School Fair for 11th graders, organized by Wayne Memorial's Community Health Department. The event, which is a partn...

(Honesdale, October 13, 2009)…Concerned about the current flu season, Wayne Memorial Hospital is taking several steps to reduce the exposure of hospitalized patients to infection, including restricting visitation and posting hygiene stations at entryways.

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 (Honesdale, September 27, 2009)...Wayne Memorial Hospital (WMH) is now offering neuro-spine surgery for the first time in its history, thanks to Philip J. Hlavac, MD, of North East PA Neuro Spine PC.

Wayne Memorial Hospital (WMH) is now offering neuro-spine surgery for the first time in its history, thanks to Philip J. Hlavac, MD, of North East PA Neuro Spine PC.  The board certified neurosurgeon is set to perform his first operation at Wayne Memorial on September 23rd.Wayne Memorial worked efficiently to accommodate Dr. Hlavac and patients in need of his services. Referring to the area’...

(Honesdale, September 9, 2009)…For the second time in her 20-year career, Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner Eileen Arenson has joined a federally qualified health center, this time in Pike County. “I enjoy working in public health,” says Arenson. “Contributing to the community is very important to me.”

Two new hospitalists have joined the inpatient care team at Wayne Memorial Hospital, both with local ties to the northeast Pennsylvania community. Louis Kareha, DO and Melissa Diehl, CRNP, are also now part of a newly-formed hospitalist physician group called Advanced Inpatient Medicine (AIM). The group is owned and operated by Louis O’Boyle, DO, FACP, who remains Medical Director of the hospital...

 (Honesdale, PA, September 8, 2009)— Youngsters at the Wayne County YMCA summer camp were invited to create their own smiles this summer at the end of a fun and informative visit by staff from the Together for Health Dental Center. Led by Theresa Pfund, EFDA (Expanded Function Dental Assistant), the mostly elementary school-age children learned how to pr...

(Honesdale, August 17, 2009)…Breast-cancer survivor Sylvia Bailey of Pleasant Mount has survived three bouts of cancer—two instances of breast cancer and one of colon cancer—but she doesn’t consider herself a “victim.” She’s a fighter: “When you’re handed lemons, you make lemonade,” she says brightly. Bailey is one of 10 breast-cancer survivors profiled by Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania for ...

Wayne Memorial Hospital’s Tumor Board, which convenes regularly to discuss diagnoses and treatments of current cancer patients at the hospital, recently met the hospital’s newest surgeon: Brian Lenczewski, MD. Trained at New York Medical College, North Shore University Hospital on Long Island and Akron City Hospital, Dr. Lenczewski has performed numerous cancer-related surgeries, such as resecting col...