Northeast Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center

Watching the Olympics? Keep an eye out for Charles A. Karcutskie IV, MD, a member of TCMC’s Charter Class of 2013! (That's him on the right here!) He's serving ...as a volunteer field of play athlete physician. Dr. Karcutskie is currently a general surgery resident at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, FL, and is completing a research fellowship in trauma. See more

Carol was a speaker at the annual Wayne- Pike County Prevention Initiative SHIP breakfast in Hawley, Wayne County. Carol spoke about the Youth Mental Health First Aid trainings being offered in the northeast. It was great to meet our former NEPAAHEC intern Stephanie Ear,l now with the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute and friends from TCMC, Dr. Jennifer Joyce and Betsy Mead.

Last week NEPA CEO Mary Wetherall gave a yoga demonstration for the Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers Health Care on the Hill Health Fair at the Capitol Building in Harrisburg.

Congratulations Gwen on your years of service in a community health center.

Meet our fourth summer, rural intern, second year medical student from The Commonwealth Medical College, Geetika Gupta. Geetika's internship was at Guthrie Troy and Guthrie Canton in Bradford County. While at Guthrie Troy, Geetika's preceptors were former AHEC students Dr. Kari Wood and Dr. Kristin Tofts. It is rewarding to have our former students practicing in NE PA and hosting medical students. While at Guthrie Canton, Geetika's preceptor was Dr. Sarah Swain, a former ...AHEC student as well. But what was most exciting is that Dr. Swain completed her AHEC rotation in Canton with Dr. John Kirkowski. Dr. Kirkowski is still practicing in Canton. So pictured is Geetika (left) with her preceptor Dr. Swain (right) who is standing next to her former preceptor Dr. Kirkowski all in Guthrie Canton. A special thank you to Dr. Swain, Dr. Kirkowski, Dr. Wood, and Dr.Tofts for once again precepting a TCMC summer intern and sharing their expertise with a future practitioner. A final thank you goes out to practice manager LuAnn Sakers who works hard behind the scene to make the Guthrie experience a success. See more

Our third summer rural intern from The Commonwealth Medical College is Nicole Maianelli. Nicole spent five weeks with Dr. David Wood at the Hamlin Family Health Center. Nicole stated that it was a very busy five weeks and she had the opportunity to be part of a great team. The health center is a part of Wayne Memorial Community Health Center. Dr. Wood has been an AHEC preceptor for over tens years. His love for teaching and his passion for rural, family medicine is evident to all his students. Thank you Dr. Wood for your commitment to supporting future practitioners.

Meet another amazing summer, rural, primary care intern - Arianne Wenk. Arianne spent her five week internship at Endless Mountains Health System in Montrose, Susquehanna County. A special thank you to Dr. Hassan Khalil and Dr. Joseph Speicher for giving their time and mentoring Arianne. And finally we would like to thank practice manager Val Brewer who makes the internship flow smoothly at the Cabot Health Center.

Carol from Northeast PA AHEC and Kat Warner from Eastcentral AHEC recently conducted a training in Youth Mental Health First Aid for the staff of NEPACHC (Northeast PA Community Health Center) in Susquehanna County. If anyone is interested in hosting a Youth Mental Health First Aid class, please contact us.

Emily Nebzydoski, board-eligible pediatrician

Welcome to the Class of 2020.

Carol from Northeast AHEC and Debra from Eastcentral AHEC conducted a training for staff and community on Youth Mental Health First Aid at Wayne Memorial Hospital. We thank CEO David Hoff and Donna Decker for sponsoring this training. For more information about Youth Mental Health First Aid trainings in the area, please contact the AHEC. We would love to see you at upcoming trainings in September and October.

Terri Lacey begins her new position as executive director of TCMC's Behavioral Health Initiative (BHI) today 8/15.