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		Geisinger Medical Center

		100 North Academy Street

		Danville, Pennsylvania 17822

		United States of America

		Website http://www.geisinger.edu

		Telephone ++1 (for USA) - 570 - 271 62 00

		Telefax ++1 (for USA) - 570 - 271 80 56

Founded by Abigail Geisinger in 1915. Designed and operated by proteges of the Mayo brothers to be the “Mayo Clinic of the East”. Currently it is a teaching affiliate of Jefferson Medical College. Currently it is initiating a rural health advocacy and research program. Geisinger has many active residency and fellowship programs, a basic science cardiology research institute (Weis Research Center) and an active clinical cardiology research program.


	Non-Invasive Diagnostic Methods

	Echocardiography

	Stress Testing

	Stress Echocardiography

	Stress Nuclear Imaging

	Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

	Metabolic Stress Testing

	Tilt-Table Testing

	EKG

	24 hour Holter Monitoring

	Vascular Non-Invasive Testing


	Invasive, Diagnostic Methods

	Electrophysiology Procedures

	Cardiac Catheterization

	Peripheral Vascular Catheterization

	Implantable Cardiac Monitors

	Pressure-Wire Coronary Lesion Assessment

	Intra-Vascular Ultrasound


	Non-Invasive, Non-Surgical Methods

	Enhanced External Counterpulsation

	Invasive, Non-Surgical Methods

	Angioplasty

	Coronary Stenting

	Rotablator

	Cutting Balloon

	Rheolytic Thrombectomy

	Transluminal Extraction Atherectomy

	Intravascular Brachytherapy

	Renal Stenting

	Cardioseal Patent Foramen Ovale Closure

	Congenital Cardiac Catheter Procedures


	Surgical Methods

	Coronary Bypass & Valve Surgery

	Ross Procedure

	Congenital Cardiac Surgery

	Mitral Valve Repair

	Transmyocardial Revascularization (TMR)

	VAD Placement

	Off-Pump Bypass Surgery


	Total number of Beds : 440

	Normal Care Beds : 296

	Intermediate Care Beds : 100

	Critical Care Beds : 44

	Cardiac Catheterization Labs : 4


	Operation rooms : 24

	Number of Doctors : 500

	Number of Nurses : 400

	Translators : Yes, many languages

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention : 620

Cardiac Catheterization : 3000

Bypass Surgery : 600

Valve Cardiac Surgery : 400

Electrophysiology : 500

Total Visits of In- and Outpatiens : Thousands

Average length of stay of Cardiac Patients in days : 4 days

By Car

Easily accessible by Highway from New York City (Route 80), Philadelphia (Route 80), Baltimore (Route 83) and Washington DC (Route11/15)

By Air Transportation

45 Minute drive to Williamsport Airport

1 hour drive to Wilkes-Barre-Scranton Airport

1 1/2 hour drive to Harrisburg Aiport

10 Minute drive to Danville Airport

Heli Port is available. For more information, please call 570-271-6666

This information was provided by James C. Blankenship, MD, the Director of the Cardiac Cath Labs of the Geisinger Medical Center.

Last update : 16th of May 2002

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