Abington Memorial Hospital’s Cancer Program Earns Outstanding Achievement Award

The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has granted a 2012 Outstanding Achievement Award to The Rosenfeld Cancer Center at Abington Memorial Hospital, one of only 79 cancer programs in the U.S. to earn this award and one of only three in Pennsylvania. Award criteria were based on qualitative and quantitative surveys conducted last year.—Read More

AMH Names Murayama Chair of Department of Surgery

Kenric M. Murayama, M.D., FACS, has been named surgeon-in-chief and chair of the Department of Surgery at Abington Memorial Hospital, effective June 1, 2013.

Dr. Murayama comes to AMH from Penn Presbyterian Medical Center where he currently serves as chief of the Department of Surgery and associate program director of the General Surgery Residency Program of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. He is one of the most highly respected foregut surgeons in the nation.—Read More

Abington Health Announces its Acquisition of the North Penn Visiting Nurse Association

After a period of due diligence, officials at Abington Health are pleased to announce that the acquisition of the North Penn Visiting Nurse Association (NPVNA) has been finalized, effective April 1, 2013.—Read More