LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL

LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL (LVH), PART OF JEFFERSON HEALTH, IS COMPRISED OF EIGHT HOSPITAL CAMPUSES, INCLUDING LVH - CEDAR CREST, LVH - MUHLENBERG, LVH - 17TH STREET, LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK (LVHN) - TILGHMAN, LVH - HECKTOWN OAKS, LVH - CARBON, LVHN - HIGHLAND AND LVHN - 1503 N. CEDAR CREST. LVH OFFERS A CONTINUUM OF PROGRAMS IN HEALTH CARE PROMOTION, PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND REHABILITATION TO THE COMMUNITY. EXTENSIVE INPATIENT, OUTPATIENT, AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND ARE PART OF LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK (LVHN). THEY WERE ESTABLISHED TO MEET THE MEDICAL, SURGICAL, AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND BEYOND. IN FY25, LVHN CONTINUED TO INTEGRATE AND ALIGN WITH JEFFERSON HEALTH.LVH SERVES AS A REFERRAL CENTER FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO MILLION RESIDENTS OF SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING KEY AREAS:LEHIGH VALLEY TOPPER CANCER INSTITUTE - WHEN JEFFERSON HEALTH AND LVHN COMBINED LAST YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION BECAME ONE OF THE TOP FIFTEEN NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTH SYSTEMS IN THE U.S., WITH THIRTY-TWO HOSPITALS AND MORE THAN SEVEN HUNDRED SITES OF CARE. THE COMBINATION, WHICH BROUGHT LEHIGH VALLEY TOPPER CANCER INSTITUTE INTO THE FOLD, EXPANDED JEFFERSON HEALTHS'S TOP-TIER CANCER CARE PROGRAM BEYOND PHILADELPHIA INTO NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. NOW IT PROVIDES MORE PATIENTS WITH ACCESS TO AN EVOLVING SET OF TREATMENTS AND A BROADER NETWORK OF SPECIALISTS AND CANCER RESOURCES.SOME OF THE RESOURCES BROUGHT SPECIFICALLY BY THE CANCER INSTITUTE INCLUDE THE LEHIGH VALLEY REGION'S FIRST STEM CELL TRANSPLANT PROGRAM; CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR T-CELL THERAPY (CAR-T), WHICH FIGHTS CANCER WITH THE PATIENT'S OWN REENGINEERED CELLS; HISTOTRIPSY TREATMENT, A NONINVASIVE THERAPY THAT USES FOCUSED SOUND WAVES TO DESTROY LIVER TUMORS; THE HEPATIC ARTERY INFUSION PUMP, A DEVICE THAT DELIVERS CHEMOTHERAPY DIRECTLY INTO THE HEPATIC ARTERY, WHICH SUPPLIES BLOOD TO THE LIVER; AND AI-DRIVEN RADIATION THERAPY, WHICH OFFERS SUPERIOR IMAGING TO BETTER TARGET TREATMENT.IN ADDITION, THE CANCER INSTITUTE IS HOME BASE FOR CLINICAL TRIALS STUDYING VACCINES FOR BOTH MELANOMA AND PANCREATIC CANCER.IN MAY 2024, THE CANCER INSTITUTE WAS RECOGNIZED AND ACCREDITED AS AN INTEGRATED NETWORK CANCER PROGRAM WITH THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS COMMISSION ON CANCER. THE CANCER INSTITUTE WAS COMMENDED FOR BEING "A ROLE MODEL FOR INTEGRATED NETWORK CANCER PROGRAMS." THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE EXCELLENT COLLABORATION AND EXPERTISE OF ALL PHYSICIANS AND COLLEAGUES TO BRING TOGETHER THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES OF THE HEALTH NETWORK TO PROVIDE STANDARDIZED, UNIFORM, COORDINATED AND CONSISTENT CANCER CARE TO OUR PATIENTS FROM ALL LOCATIONS. IN CALENDAR YEAR 2024, THE CANCER INSTITUTE ESTIMATED 7,000 NEW ANALYTIC CANCER CASES. INPATIENT ONCOLOGY ADMISSIONS WERE 3,872 IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2024, AND OUTPATIENT VOLUMES INCLUDED 30,079 TREATMENT VISITS FOR RADIATION PROCEDURES AND 56,909 TREATMENT VISITS FOR INFUSION VISITS. LEHIGH VALLEY HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE - LEHIGH VALLEY HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE ENDED FY25 WITH ANOTHER YEAR OF GROWTH AND ADVANCEMENTS IN CARDIOVASCULAR CARE. THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS REFLECT OUR DEDICATION TO CLINICAL EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION, AND COMMITMENT TO ELEVATING CARDIOVASCULAR CARE LOCALLY FOR THE PATIENTS WE SERVE.PROGRAMMATIC MILESTONES AND NEW INITIATIVES - THE HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE WAS PART OF SEVERAL GROUNDBREAKING PROCEDURES AND PROGRAMMATIC MILESTONES THIS YEAR. LVHN WAS THE FIRST IN THE WORLD TO USE A RADIAL BALLOON DILATION CATHETER AND THE FIRST IN THE U.S. TO UTILIZE NEW 3D STENT TECHNOLOGY. WE ALSO PERFORMED OUR FIRST RENAL DENERVATION CASE, PROVIDING ANOTHER TREATMENT OPTION FOR PATIENTS WITH DRUG-RESISTANT UNCONTROLLED HYPERTENSION.ADDITIONALLY, OUR SUBSPECIALITY PROGRAMS LED BY OUR SURGICAL COLLEAGUES CONTINUE TO ADVANCE. OUR LIMB PRESERVATION PROGRAM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP TO COMBAT THE DISPARITIES OF LOWER-EXTREMITY AMPUTATION IN OUR REGION, AND OUR AORTIC CENTER OF EXCELLENCE BUILT UPON CLINICAL EXCELLENCE AND SKILL WITHIN OUR VASCULAR AND CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY DIVISIONS. EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH EXCELLENCE - OUR EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES CONTINUED TO GROW WITH THE ONBOARDING OF NEW FELLOWS AND THE GRADUATION OF SKILLED CARDIOLOGY PROFESSIONALS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE SECURED PRESTIGIOUS PLACEMENTS AT INSTITUTIONS OR CONTINUED FOR ADDITIONAL FELLOWSHIPS. THE VASCULAR SURGERY INTEGRATED RESIDENCY, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (ACGME) IN JANUARY 2024, CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE WITH THE HELP OF ESTEEMED FACULTY AND GROWTH WITHIN OUR VASCULAR SURGERY DIVISION. WITH A COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING CARDIOVASCULAR CARE, THE HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE PRIDES ITSELF ON SERVING AS A SOURCE TO EDUCATE THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY ABOUT THE LATEST ADVANCES AND CHANGES IN CLINICAL GUIDELINES. TO AID IN THIS, WE REGULARLY HOST CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLEAGUES AND EXTERNAL LEARNERS. IN FY25, WE HOSTED SEVEN CONTINUING EDUCATION EVENTS, WITH A TOTAL OF 446 LEARNERS HEARING FROM OUR TEAM OF EXPERTS. ADDITIONALLY, RESEARCH REMAINS A CORNERSTONE OF OUR MISSION. THIS IS HIGHLIGHTED BY IMPACTFUL PUBLICATIONS IN RESPECTED JOURNALS, AS WELL AS OUR INVOLVEMENT IN ESTEEMED CLINICAL TRIALS RESERVED FOR REPUTABLE INSTITUTIONS. EXPANDING ACCESS AND ENHANCING PATIENT EXPERIENCE - WE HAVE CONTINUED TO IMPROVE ACCESS AT MULTIPLE SITES WITH THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION AT OUR NEWER LOCATIONS AT LVH - MACUNGIE AND LVH - GILBERTSVILLE. THESE LOCATIONS HAVE PROVEN TO BE CONVENIENT FOR PATIENTS IN THOSE MARKETS AND HAVE ALLOWED FOR ADDITIONAL ACCESS AT OUR LVH CARDIOLOGY - 1250 CEDAR CREST LOCATION. OUR CARDIAC DIAGNOSTIC INITIATIVES CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON PATIENT CONVENIENCE, WHILE ALSO GIVING OUR CLINICIANS THE MOST ADVANCED AND ACCURATE TOOLS TO PROVIDE A DIAGNOSIS AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT STRATEGY. SOME HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE LOCATIONS CONTINUE TO OFFER SATURDAY HOURS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON SEEING NEW PATIENTS. THIS INITIATIVE HAS IMPROVED ACCESS AND HAS HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE OVERALL PATIENT EXPERIENCE WITH THE CONVENIENCE OF WEEKEND HOURS. PATIENT EXPERIENCE SURROUNDING THE HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE'S CENTRO DEL CORAZN PROGRAM CONTINUES TO EXCEL WITH OUR FULLY BILINGUAL AND CULTURALLY SENSITIVE CARE TEAM. ACROSS THE HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE, PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND ACCESS REMAIN AN ONGOING COMMITMENT. TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR PATIENTS, THE HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE ALSO CELEBRATED THE ADDITION OF NEW TEAM MEMBERS, INCLUDING NONINVASIVE CARDIOLOGIST AMOGH JOSHI, DO, AND ADVANCED HEART FAILURE SPECIALIST LEKHA RACHARLA, D.O. BOTH ARE GRADUATES OF OUR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY AND WELLNESS - OUR DEDICATION TO IMPROVING CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH EXTENDS BEYOND CLINICAL CARE IN OFFICE AND HOSPITAL LOCATIONS. OVER 36 HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS TOOK PLACE THROUGHOUT OUR REGION IN FY25 INCLUDING INFORMATION SESSIONS LED BY OUR TEAM OF EXPERTS, HANDS-ONLY CPR TRAININGS, AND SCHOOL OUTREACH TO EDUCATE OUR YOUTH ABOUT HEART DISEASE.OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY RECOGNITION - IN FY25, THE HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE SURPASSED QUALITY BENCHMARKS, EARNING 4-STAR RATINGS IN THE NATIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR DATA REGISTRY ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY DEVICE IMPLANT REGISTRY FOR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, 3-STAR RATINGS IN THE SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY VASCULAR QUALITY INITIATIVE REGISTRIES FOR VASCULAR SURGERY, AND 3-STAR RATINGS IN THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS QUALITY RATING FOR CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY. THESE ACCOLADES UNDERSCORE OUR COMMITMENT TO DELIVERING TOP-TIER CARDIOVASCULAR CARE. ADDITIONALLY, WE WERE RECOGNIZED BY FORTUNE AS A TOP FIFTY CARDIOVASCULAR HOSPITAL AND HIGH PERFORMING IN ALL CARDIOLOGY AND HEART AND VASCULAR SURGERY CATEGORIES OF U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT. ON THE OPERATIONAL FRONT, PROCEDURAL VOLUMES REACHED NEW HEIGHTS, WITH 6,181 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATIONS, 3,530 ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY CASES, 1,484 OPEN-HEART SURGERIES AND 1,768 VASCULAR SURGERIES PERFORMED AT LVHN.LOOKING AHEAD - AS WE CELEBRATE THESE ACHIEVEMENTS, WE REMAIN FOCUSED ON ADVANCING CARDIOVASCULAR CARE THROUGH INNOVATION, COLLABORATION, AND EXCELLENCE. THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF FY25 SET A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR CONTINUED GROWTH IN FY26 AND BEYOND, WHERE WE WILL STRIVE TO REACH EVEN GREATER HEIGHTS IN PATIENT OUTCOMES AND COMMUNITY IMPACT. ADDITIONALLY, WE CONTINUE TO ALIGN WITH OUR JEFFERSON HEALTH COLLEAGUES, FURTHER ADVANCING OUR CLINICAL ABILITIES. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO OUR DEDICATED COLLEAGUES, PATIENTS, AND PARTNERS FOR THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT. TOGETHER, WE ARE SHAPING THE FUTURE OF CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR PATIENTS.

LEHIGH VALLEY FLEMING NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE - LEHIGH VALLEY FLEMING NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE PERPETUATED ITS LEGACY IN FY25 AS A WORLD-CLASS TEAM PROVIDING EXTRAORDINARY CARE FOR BRAIN, SPINE, NEUROLOGICAL AND NEUROSURGICAL DISORDERS. AS A DEDICATED HUB OF COLLABORATION, INNOVATION, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH, WE CONTINUED OUR EVOLUTION AS A PREMIER DESTINATION FOR CARE FOR THE REGION. WE PRIORITIZED COLLABORATION AND TEAMWORK THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS, STRESSED ONGOING EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AND MADE DECISIONS BASED ON THE LATEST RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE FOR EVERY PATIENT. ADDITIONALLY, OUR TEAMS POSITIONED THEMSELVES FOR RAPID RESPONSE TO A CHANGING NETWORK STRUCTURE AND INTEGRATION WITH JEFFERSON HEALTH (VICKIE & JACK FARBER INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE) AND OPTIMIZATION INITIATIVES FOR IMPROVED ACCESS AND PATIENT EXPERIENCE.TO EXPAND AND CONTINUE TO SERVE AS MANY PATIENTS AS POSSIBLE, THE NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE WELCOMED ADDITIONAL SPECIALISTS IN THE LATTER PART OF 2025 INCLUDING A NEW FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGEON, A SKULL BASE NEUROSURGEON AND OUR FIRST DUALLY TRAINED OPEN AND ENDOVASCULAR NEUROSURGEON. THE NEUROSURGICAL TEAMS CONDUCTED 26,656 TOTAL VISITS, 3,221 NEW PATIENT VISITS AND 1,561 OR CASES. SEVERAL NEW CLINICIANS WERE ADDED TO OUR NEUROLOGY TEAM, CONTRIBUTING TO A BANNER YEAR WITH SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH ACROSS THE BOARD IN NEW, TOTAL, AND PROCEDURAL VISITS. THE TEAM CONDUCTED 9,516 NEW PATIENT VISITS, A 15.23% INCREASE OVER PRIOR YEAR, 70,816 TOTAL VISITS, AN 11.16% INCREASE OVER PRIOR YEAR AND 22,781 PROCEDURAL VISITS, A 10.68% OVER PRIOR YEAR. WE ALSO WELCOMED OUR FOURTH NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST, WHICH HAS EXPANDED PATIENT CARE ACCESS FOR THE SPECIALTY RESULTING IN IMPRESSIVE GROWTH FOR THE PRACTICE, HIGHLIGHTED WITH A MORE THAN 47% INCREASE IN TOTAL VISITS DURING FY25. OUR NEUROLOGY TEAM CONTINUES TO SUPPORT MULTIDISCIPLINARY CLINICS, INCLUDING THE NEUROLOGY AND PREGNANCY CLINIC (WITH MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE, MFM), A UNIQUE OFFERING NOT FOUND ELSEWHERE IN THE REGION, THE NEUROCARDIOLOGY CLINIC (WITH CARDIOLOGY) AND THE ALS CLINIC THAT NOW INCLUDES PULMONOLOGY, PROVIDING PATIENTS WITH ROBUST AND COMPREHENSIVE CARE. OUR NEUROMUSCULAR TEAM AT LVH - CEDAR CREST ACHIEVED DESIGNATION AS A MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION CARE AFFILIATE. THIS DESIGNATION ACKNOWLEDGES THE EXPERTISE, SKILLS, AND PATIENT-CENTEREDNESS THE TEAM BRINGS IN CARING FOR PEOPLE EVERY DAY. IN THE CONTINUED ADVANCEMENT OF OUR FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY CAPABILITIES, THE NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE OBTAINED CAPITAL FUNDING TO ACQUIRE AND INSTALL MR-GUIDED FOCUSED ULTRASOUND (MRGFUS) FOR THE TREATMENT OF ESSENTIAL TREMOR AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE. THIS STATE-OF-THE-ART TREATMENT BECAME AVAILABLE IN OCTOBER 2024 AND IS THE FIRST AND ONLY IN OUR REGION WITH FEWER THAN SEVENTY-FIVE UNITS AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTRY. FY25 ALLOWED FOR EXPANSION OF THIS REVOLUTIONARY PROGRAM THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH THE THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGICAL TEAM. THIS HAS ALLOWED COORDINATION OF PATIENT TREATMENT FOR MRGFUS AT LVHN FOR PATIENTS FROM BOTH LVHN AND JEFFERSON HEALTH. IN ADDITION TO OUR PROGRAM ADVANCEMENTS AND EXPANSIONS, THE NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE WAS AWARDED SEVERAL NATIONAL ACCOLADES THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. LVH - HECKTOWN OAKS MET ALL EVIDENCE OF STANDARDS COMPLIANCE BY THE JOINT COMMISSION AND WAS AWARDED ITS FIRST PRIMARY STROKE CENTER DESIGNATION IN THE HOSPITAL'S HISTORY. ADDITIONALLY, LVH - CEDAR CREST, LVH - MUHLENBERG AND LVH - POCONO WELCOMED THE JOINT COMMISSION FOR SUCCESSFUL STROKE SURVEY VISITS, EACH RECEIVING RECERTIFICATIONS. COUPLED WITH THAT AND BASED ON QUALITY AND REGULATION STANDARDS BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, LVHN HOSPITALS RECEIVED SEVERAL AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION "GET WITH THE GUIDELINES" AWARDS. LVH - CEDAR CREST AND LVH - MUHLENBERG WERE AWARDED THE STROKE GOLD PLUS AND STROKE ELITE HONOR ROLL AWARDS, AS WELL AS BEING NAMED HEALTHGRADES 2025 STROKE CARE EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS. LVH - CEDAR CREST ALSO RECEIVED THE ADVANCED THERAPY HONOR ROLL AWARD. LVH - HAZLETON, LVH - POCONO AND LVH - SCHUYLKILL WERE RECOGNIZED WITH STROKE GOLD PLUS AND STROKE ELITE HONOR ROLL AWARDS AS WELL, WITH LVH - SCHUYLKILL ALSO RECEIVING THE RURAL STROKE BRONZE AWARD, A FIRST FOR LVHN. LVH - HECKTOWN OAKS EARNED THE STROKE GOLD PLUS AWARD IN ADDITION TO ITS NEW DESIGNATION AS A PRIMARY STROKE CENTER. LVH - CEDAR CREST WAS ONCE AGAIN RECOGNIZED AS A "HIGH-PERFORMING" SITE IN NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT WITH AN OVERALL SCORE OF 57.5 AND A TOTAL RANKING OF 85TH, WHICH WAS A FOUR-SPOT IMPROVEMENT FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. LVH - CEDAR CREST WAS ALSO NAMED AMONG THE TOP ONE HUNDRED GREAT NEURO AND SPINE PROGRAMS FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW BY BECKER'S HOSPITAL REVIEW. THESE NOTABLE PROGRAMS ARE RENOWNED FOR THEIR EXCELLENT OUTCOMES, SURGICAL TECHNIQUES, AND LEADING-EDGE RESEARCH IN ADDITION TO FEATURING LEADERS AND TOP SPECIALISTS IN THE FIELD. FINALLY, LVHN HAS RETAINED OUR STATUS AS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF DISTINCTION BY THE NORTH AMERICAN SKULL BASE SOCIETY, ONE OF ONLY 58 CENTERS IN THE COUNTRY TO HOLD THIS RECOGNITION HIGHLIGHTING OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSESSMENT, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF THE FULL RANGE OF SKULL BASE PATHOLOGY. ACHIEVEMENT OF THIS DISTINCTION IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE PARTNERSHIP AMONG THREE LVHN INSTITUTES - LEHIGH VALLEY TOPPER CANCER INSTITUTE, LEHIGH VALLEY FLEMING NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE AND LEHIGH VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR SURGICAL EXCELLENCE.LEHIGH VALLEY ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE - LEHIGH VALLEY ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE CONTINUES TO DELIVER COMPREHENSIVE ORTHOPEDIC CARE ACROSS EIGHT MULTIDISCIPLINARY PRACTICES IN THE REGION. IN FY25, OUR TEAM PERFORMED MORE THAN 22,000 PROCEDURES, INCLUDING JOINT REPLACEMENTS, FOOT AND ANKLE SURGERY, PEDIATRIC AND GENERAL ORTHOPEDICS, TRAUMA CARE, HAND SURGERY, AND PAIN MANAGEMENT. WE MAINTAIN 24/7 ORTHOPEDIC TRAUMA COVERAGE AT LVH - CEDAR CREST, LVH - MUHLENBERG AND LVH - HECKTOWN OAKS, ENSURING TIMELY ACCESS TO EXPERT CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.THE ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE REMAINS COMMITTED TO CLINICAL EXCELLENCE, PATIENT SAFETY, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE SERVE A DIVERSE PATIENT POPULATION AND ARE PROUD TO BE RECOGNIZED AMONG THE TOP ORTHOPEDIC PROGRAMS NATIONALLY. OUR MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH AND REGIONAL PRESENCE ALLOW US TO MEET THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE LEHIGH VALLEY. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE EIGHT ORTHOPEDIC PRACTICES SERVING THE LEHIGH VALLEY REGION, OVER 22,000 PROCEDURES PERFORMED, COVERING ALL MAJOR ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALTIES, 24/7 TRAUMA COVERAGE AT KEY LVHN HOSPITALS, NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR QUALITY AND OUTCOMES AND OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO HIGH-QUALITY, PATIENT-CENTERED CARE AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.PERIOPERATIVE SERVICES - PERIOPERATIVE SERVICES AT LVHN CONSISTS OF THE SURGICAL AND ENDOSCOPIC STAFF AND FACILITIES WHERE OVER 77,000 PROCEDURES ARE PERFORMED ANNUALLY. SURGICAL PROCEDURES ARE PERFORMED IN 72 OPERATING ROOMS THROUGHOUT LVH, INCLUDING LVH - 17TH STREET, LVH - CEDAR CREST, THE J.B. AND KATHLEEN REILLY CHILDREN'S SURGERY CENTER, LVH - MUHLENBERG, LVH - CARBON, LVH - HECKTOWN OAKS, LVHN-TILGHMAN, LVHN-HIGHLAND AVENUE AND LVHN-1503 N. CEDAR CREST. THE CHILDREN'S SURGERY CENTER, LOCATED ON THE LVH - CEDAR CREST CAMPUS, PROVIDES SPECIALIZED CARE FOR OUR PEDIATRIC POPULATION. PATIENT CARE IN THE OPERATING ROOM IS SUPPORTED BY ANESTHESIA SERVICES, SURGICAL PREP AND STAGING, AND POST ANESTHESIA RECOVERY AND STERILE PROCESSING DEPARTMENTS, AMONG OTHERS. LVHN PERFORMS ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES AT SIX LOCATIONS: LVH - CEDAR CREST, THE LVH CHILDREN'S SURGERY CENTER, LVHN - HIGHLAND AVENUE, LVH - CARBON, LVH - HECKTOWN OAKS AND LVH - MUHLENBERG. THE OPERATING ROOM TECHNOLOGIES AND FACILITIES INCLUDE TWO HYBRID OPERATING ROOMS, A TRAUMA CODE OMEGA OPERATING ROOM, FOURTEEN DA VINCI SURGICAL ROBOTS, SIX ORTHOPEDIC TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT ROBOTS AND CARDIAC SURGERY OPERATING ROOMS. THE TEAM RECENTLY UPGRADED ALL THEIR SOFT TISSUE ROBOTS TO THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM, THE DV5. THIS BRINGS ADDITIONAL EFFICIENCIES TO OUR PROGRAM AND EXPANDS OUR OFFERING OF PROCEDURES AT ALL OUR CAMPUSES. OPERATING ROOM NURSING STAFF ARE TRAINED TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE SURGICAL DISCIPLINES INCLUDING CARDIAC SURGERY, ORTHOPEDICS, VASCULAR SURGERY, UROLOGY, GENERAL SURGERY, TRANSPLANT SURGERY, GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY, PEDIATRIC SURGERY, AND MANY OTHERS. LEADING-EDGE ENDOSCOPIC TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDE ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND, ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND, AND VIDEO CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY. WE HAVE ALSO GROWN OUR NAVIGATIONAL BRONCHOSCOPY PROGRAM AT LVH - CEDAR CREST WITH THE USE OF THE INTUITIVE ION PLATFORM.