American Heart Association

L.V. Heart Walk on Sept. 22

The American Heart Association is holding the 2018 Lehigh Valley Heart Walk with registration and festivities beginning at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 22 at SteelStacks, 101 Founders Way. The 2.5-mile SteelStacks campus walk steps off at noon.

Activities include free CPR demonstrations, healthy snacks, activities for kids and live entertainment.

The local heart walk is sponsored by Lehigh Valley Health Network, Coordinated Health, PSECU, Lutron, B. Braun Medical, Cohen Feeley Altemose & Rambo and Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital. For information about the walk, or to sign up to participate, visit www.heart.org/lehighvalleywalk or call 484-245-6262.

Lehigh Valley Health Network

Lehigh Valley Hospital is ranked in the top five among hospitals in Pennsylvania on the 2018-2019 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals list. It was rated high performing in five categories: Gastroenterology and GI Surgery, Geriatrics, Nephrology, Orthopedics and Pulmonology; and in eight common adult procedures and conditions: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, aortic valve and heart bypass surgery, heart failure, colon cancer surgery, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hip replacement and knee replacement.

LVH-Muhlenberg ranked as the number five hospital in the state for the second straight year; the number 23 hospital in the state; and as high performing in the category of neurology and in two common conditions/procedures: aortic valve surgery and heart failure.

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St. Luke’s Health Network

St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) recently launched its new Family Medicine Residency Program at St. Luke’s Miners Campus that provides post-graduate training for physicians wanting to practice family care in a rural setting.

The program is one of 34 nationwide, and the only one in Pennsylvania, that is accredited as integrated rural training tracks. It is integrated program with St. Luke’s Family Medicine Residency – Warren, Phillipsburg, N.J., and St. Luke’s Hometown Rural Health Center.

For more information, visit https://vimeo.com/282008326.