Penn Highlands’s other hospitals are located in Brookville, Clearfield, Connellsville, DuBois, Elk, Huntingdon, Mon Valley and Tyrone, making State College the ninth hospital location to offer a state-of-the art facility to surrounding communities.

Penn Highlands Healthcare broke ground for the new hospital in May of 2022 and finally, in July 2024 Penn Highlands State College facility opened for business as a “one-stop medical office building.”

“This is the first hospital we’ve built from the ground up that met our specifications; we’ll be able to design workflows, the culture, everything to meet the needs of Centre County,” shared Regional Market President for the Central Region at Penn Highlands Healthcare, Rhonda Halstead.

This $90 million state-of-the-art facility offers a number of services including cancer care, emergency care, general surgery, orthopedic care, primary care, pulmonary care, radiation oncology, surgical services and much more.

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Pictured is the outside of the new facility.

According to Halstead, the new facility is conveniently located, making them “easily accessible for the people in the tri-county area so they can have expert care in advanced facilities without having to travel far.”

Penn Highlands State College is comprised of an Emergency Department that is open 24/7 and provides 10 treatment rooms as well as a trauma room, 18 private inpatient rooms, designed specifically for patient comfort, three high-tech operating suites, and Endoscopy Procedure room, a Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, an Imagining Suite with Ct Scan, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, and Radiology, according to their website.

Not only does the new Penn Highlands location home a hospital, there is also a Medical Office Building that contains a QCare to provide “excellent walk-in care” for everyone ranging from infants to senior citizens, family medicine, pediatric and specialty care, breast care services “staffed by individuals who understand a woman’s special needs”, Cardiology services offering specialized heart care, laboratory services for quick, convenient and accurate diagnosis, and a retail pharmacy with convenient drive-thru service.

The Medical Office Building also includes the Penn Highlands Hahne Cancer Center, complete with cutting-edge technology with a personalized approach, nationally respected oncologists, multidisciplinary care such as advanced medical oncology and infusion services, state-of-the-art radiation services, and technologically advanced linear accelerator for precision accuracy.

“At Penn Highlands State College, people receive medical care from their friends and neighbors including Dr. James V. Lieb (Oncology/Hematology); Dr. Jason Clark (Orthopedics and Sports Medicine) and Dr. Jack D. Schocker (Radiation Oncology),” said Corinne G. Laboon

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Pictured is a room in the facility.

System Communications Manager at Penn Highlands Healthcare. “The hospital and medical office building provide advanced care in an environment that is healing, calm and convenient.”

“We have a beautiful facility where people in the Centre County region can receive the latest therapies from expert providers and that should be a source of pride for everyone employed by our health system,” said Halstead. “You’ve heard the expression that it takes a village, well it took the untiring commitment of our entire health system and the enthusiastic support from the community to make Penn Highlands State College a reality.”