Tower Health News

April 7, 2022 - Tower Health announced today that Pamela Hernandez will become Tower Health’s new Senior Vice President and Chief Human Engagement Officer, effective Monday, April 11.

April 5, 2022 - Tower Health is pleased to join The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) and Gift of Life Donor Program to inspire hope, advocacy, and passion as part of a statewide campaign to promote organ and tissue donation.

March 31, 2022 - The Tower Health Board of Directors today announced the appointment of Charles Barbera, MD, MBA, MPH, FACEP, as president and CEO of Reading Hospital, effective April 4, 2022. Dr. Barbera brings deep experience to the position, having served in a variety of senior clinical and executive roles during his more than 25-year tenure with the health system.

March 28, 2022 - Tower Health encourages the community to recognize and thank doctors for their dedication on March 30, National Doctors' Day.

March 14, 2022 - Tower Health is recognizing two years of COVID-19 in the community.

March 9, 2022 - Tower Health has updated guidance for the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), including masks, for employees, patients, and visitors. Per their guidance, masking is still required in healthcare settings.

February 22, 2022 - Tower Health’s Board of Directors announced today that Peter Molinaro will join the Board on March 1, 2022 for a three-year term.

February 10, 2022 - Tower Health announced today that Charles F Barbera, MD, MBA, MPH, FACEP, has been named Senior Vice President and Associate Chief Medical Officer (effective January 18), and John Derderian DO, FHM, has been named Vice President, Inpatient Medicine and Transition of Care Services (effective February 1).

January 20, 2022 - Tower Health announced today that its bariatric surgery center has been accredited as a Comprehensive Center with Adolescent and Obesity Medicine Qualifications by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®), a joint Quality Program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).

January 18, 2022 - Charles F. Barbera, MD, MBA, MPH, FACEP has been named Chair of the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF) Board of Directors for a one-year term.