Obstetrics and Gynecology Chair's Message

Thank your interest in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. I am very proud of our exceptional faculty and resident staff and their accomplishments in our mission areas of patient care, research, education and community outreach.

Our educational programs continue to thrive with our fully accredited residency program, an ACGME-accredited fellowship program in maternal-fetal medicine, and an American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL)-accredited fellowship program in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery. Our excellence in education is also reflected in the large number of students at Penn State College of Medicine who chose OB/GYN as a career.

With respect to our clinical activities, the Gynecologic Oncology Division operates out of the Penn State Cancer Institute at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and provides comprehensive cancer care. The division is a member of NRG Oncology (formerly The Gynecology Oncology Group), and we welcome a rebirth of the division with new leadership and division members this year.

Maternal Fetal Medicine continues to serve as a resource for high-risk mothers from all of central Pennsylvania, providing consultative and ultrasound services at five clinical sites in the surrounding areas, including two in Camp Hill, and one each in Harrisburg, Reading and Hershey, with an inpatient service at Hershey. The division provides a full range of prenatal diagnostic options and is the gateway to our Complex Fetal Care Center at Hershey Medical Center that provides individualized care plans to mothers and infants with special needs.

Our Reproductive Endocrinology Division and associated In Vitro Fertilization Program and Andrology Laboratory is based at our Hope Drive clinic in Hershey. We have an additional satellite clinic and Andrology Laboratory at Penn State Health Leader Heights in York. The division continues to have superior results from their In-Vitro Fertilization Program (based on data reported to the CDC), which places them among the top programs in the region and in the country. We provide full scope non-invasive surgery to preserve and enhance fertility.

Our Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Division has expanded to include practice sites in Reading, Camp Hill and Lancaster, in addition to the main site at Hope Drive in Hershey and operates in multiple Penn State Health hospitals. We provide full urodynamic testing at our Hope Drive site.

Last but actually largest in terms of number of providers and support staff is the Academic Specialists in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ASOG) division, which includes specialists in obstetrics and gynecology, subspecialists in complex family planning, nurse midwives and nurse practitioners. This division staffs our Labor and Delivery at Hershey Medical Center and performs close to 2,500 deliveries per year. Additionally, they provide full scope gynecologic surgery and outpatient care at three sites in the area: Hershey, Harrisburg and Camp Hill.

We are truly a team at Penn State. I trust that your visit to our website will provide evidence of the enthusiasm and commitment of our department to provide the best in health care services for our patients and the best in research and education for our next generation of physicians.

Richard Legro, MD, FACOG, FRCOG
University Professor and Chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Penn State College of Medicine