Penn Highlands Healthcare welcomes double board-certified radiologist Waqar Shah, MD, to its medical staff.  Dr. Shah joins the team at Penn Highlands Mon Valley at 1163 Country Club Road in Monongahela.

Natalie Furgiuele, MD, FACS, a board-certified general surgeon who specializes in breast surgery at Penn Highlands Mon Valley, has been recognized with the 2023 Cribs for Kids Women of Achievement Award. The award was presented to her at the 16th Annual Women of Achievement Awards Dinner, on March 2, in Pittsburgh.

Penn Highlands Mon Valley has introduced a new technology for inpatient kidney dialysis. The Outset Tablo is the first-of-its-kind technology and the most technically advanced system for dialysis. The fully automated system serves as a dialysis clinic on wheels by conveniently providing dialysis to patients anywhere at any time – across the continuum of care. While kidney dialysis is provided to inpatients on the Medical/Surgical Unit, the compact, portable machine is easily transportable so that patients can have dialysis in the Emergency Department, ICU, PCU and if a patient is isolated.

An industry-leading MRI scanner is improving the patient experience and providing sharper images for physicians at Penn Highlands Mon Valley. 

The MAGNETOM Sola features sensors that inform the correct exam strategy while reducing set-up time. In addition, the scanner accommodates patients’ anatomical and physiological differences as well as technologist differences. These factors help decrease the need for rescans and increase scan consistency across a diverse patient population. In most cases, scan or table times are reduced.