Physicians Help Hundreds During Pennsylvania Medical Society's Docs on Call Television Program

Date: September 21, 2011 Media Contact: Chuck Moran
    Pennsylvania Medical Society
For Immediate Release   (717) 558-7820

(Philadelphia, PA) Callers overwhelmed the phone lines last night with an array of health-related questions during the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s public service program “Docs on Call.” Nearly 400 viewers ranging in age 19 to 87 spoke with 18 volunteer physicians during CBS-3’s evening news broadcast in Philadelphia.

Callers’ questions ran the gamut of health topics, from MRSA to kidney issues, and from hair loss to nerve pain.

Local physicians volunteering for “Docs on Call” included

Bucks County Medical Society: Robert Danoff, MD, Family Medicine

Delaware County Medical Society: Joyann Kroser, MD, Gastroenterology

Montgomery County Society: Robert Bailey, MD, Ophthalmology; Kimberly Jones, MD, Psychiatry; Mark Pyfer, MD, Ophthalmology

Philadelphia County Medical Society: Benjamin Braslow, MD, Emergency and General Surgery; Glenn Cooper, MD, Cardiology; Michael Dellavecchia, MD, PhD, FACS, Ophthalmology; Colleen Halfpenny, MD, Ophthalmology; Kristin Hammersmith, MD, Ophthalmology; Alex Levin, MD, MHSc, Pediatric Ophthalmology; Kurt Miceli, MD, Psychiatry; Curtis Miyamoto, MD, Radiology/Oncology; Carl Norden, MD, Infectious Disease; Kevin Robinson, MD, Cardiology; George Spaeth, MD, Ophthalmology; Suzanne Steele, MD, Internal Medicine and Dermatology; Susan Taylor, MD, Dermatology.

The Pennsylvania Medical Society was founded in 1848, and today, the physician members continue to focus on better health for all Pennsylvanians. To learn more about the Pennsylvania Medical Society, visit its website at www.pamedsoc.org or its patient website at www.myfamilywellness.org.

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