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PAMED Celebrates Healthcare Continuing Education Professionals Day™

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Jan 22, 2026, 15:01 PM

The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) is pleased to recognize Healthcare Continuing Education Professionals Day™ on Friday, January 23, 2026. This day honors the professionals who ensure physicians and healthcare teams remain informed, competent, and equipped to deliver high quality patient care. These continuing education experts play a vital role in advancing healthcare by promoting lifelong learning and professional development.

PAMED’s CME programs and services are supported by our CME Advisory Panel, a group of physicians and educational consultants who volunteer their time and guidance throughout the year to help ensure the continued success of our CME operations. We are extremely grateful for their dedication and commitment to continuing education for physicians and healthcare teams. 

Thank you to PAMED CME Advisory Panel members:

  • Edward J. McVay, MD – Chair
  • Barbara E. Barnes, MD – Vice Chair
  • Renee Frank, MD
  • John F. Hiehle, Jr, MD
  • Jeffrey N. Levine, DO
  • Joel C. Rosenfeld, MD
  • Ashley E. Wilkerson, MD
  • John P. Williams, MD
  • Richard S. Wozniak, MD
  • Chanise Reese-Queen, EdD
  • Lucia Tono-Ramirez, PhD

We also celebrate CME delivered at the local level by practices, hospitals, and health systems accredited through PAMED to award CME credit to physicians. Currently, 19 organizations throughout Pennsylvania are accredited CME providers through PAMED:
  • Conemaugh Health System
  • Doylestown Hospital
  • Independence Health System
  • Lehigh Valley Health System
  • Main Line Health
  • Meadville Medical Center
  • Mount Nittany Medical Center
  • OSS Orthopaedic Hospital 
  • Penn Highlands Healthcare System
  • Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health
  • Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
  • St. Luke’s University Health Network
  • Temple Health
  • The Guthrie Clinic
  • The Primary Health Network
  • Tower Health
  • VA Medical Center of Wilkes-Barre
  • Wayne Memorial Community Health Center
  • Wellspan Health

Learn about 2025 successes a few of these organizations are celebrating this month as part of Healthcare Continuing Education Professionals Day™:

St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA

CME Team:

  • Jane Grube, Director, Medical Education
  • Mirka Komperda, Continuing Education Specialist
  • Beth Adams-Leeson, Medical Education Coordinator
  • Mahesh Krishnamurthy, MD, CME Medical Director

Highlights for 2025:

  • We improved efficiency and launched collaborative education initiatives supporting providers and clinical staff, integrated MOC for five specialty boards, and helped fulfill licensure requirements. The CME team also completed and presented its first of several research projects!
 
 

Tower Health, Reading, PA

CME Team:

  • Erica Klopp, MS, CHCP – System Director, Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development
  • Amber Provinzano – CME Compliance Manager
  • Joshua Gawel – CME Program Manager, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
  • Craig Schaffer – E-learning Multimedia Designer

Highlights 2025 CME Program:

  • Over 1600 Activities accredited year to date with over 25,000 total attendees (over 3100 unique attendees). 
  • Number of Activities Offering MOC - 380
    • Total ABS Points awarded - 911.50
    • Total ABA Points awarded - 90.00
    • Total ABTS Points awarded - 81.00
    • Total ABIM Points awarded - 356.00
    • Total ABP Points awarded - 253.00
  • Hosted a national conference on Cultivating Research Integrity: Essentials for Transitioning from a Community Hospital into an Academic Medical Center after being awarded a grant from the Office of Research Integrity, Health and Human Services to plan and implement an educational activity addressing research conduct and integrity topics such as Data Management & Sharing, Responsible Authorship & Publication, Research Misconduct & Integrity, Conflicts of Interest (COI), Human Subjects & Animal Welfare, and Mentoring & Peer Review. 

 

Meadville Medical Center, Meadville, PA

CME Team:

  • Martin Decker, DO, Chair
  • Stacey Serrano, MLIS, Coordinator

Highlights for 2025 CME Program:

  • Offered the 2025 Case Presentation Conference RSS

Penn Highlands Healthcare, Dubois, PA

CME Team:

  • Kevin Wilson, DO – Chair 
  • Amanda Eaimigh PharmD, BCPS – Co-Chair
  • Stacey Bickel – Medical Staff Services System Director
  • Robyn Fenn – CME Coordinator

Highlights for 2025 CME Program:

  • Created an electronic evaluation process to collect outcome data
  • Strengthening our System Committee Membership with representation from all regions and various departments to represent our System Goals  
  • Developed educational topics consistent with strategic initiatives and needs of the medical staff, utilizing the results of our evaluations to drive topics.
  • Incorporated education on the ACCME regulations and robust program development of the CME team members at our committee meetings
  • Adopted policies to align with ACCME accreditation standards and system strategic initiatives
  • Applied for the Mentor Program (as Mentee), to improve the overall quality and engagement of our CME committee 

The Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, PA

CME Team:

  • Trish Stern, Director, System CME
  • Chris Fucito, DO, CME Chair
  • Jean Miner, MD, Chief Academic Officer

Highlights for 2025 CME Program:

  • Guthrie’s CME program was awarded a six-year term of Accreditation with Commendation. 

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