Inkuru zacu

Stephen Bennett and Eileen Howells qualified for student loan forgiveness after working for The Wright Center, a nonprofit.

“It felt like something I’d never be able to pay off,” said Eileen Howells, our designated institutional administrator. “I thought I’d die before I finished making payments.”

Dr. Linda Thomas-Hemak and Dr. Sandra Rabat

When Sandra Rabat, D.O., first arrived in Scranton six years ago, she didn’t realize she was putting down roots for her future.

Sister Ruth Neely, a certified nurse practitioner at The Wright Center for Community Health’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Clinic, holds a photo of herself in her habit in the late 1960s, just before she took her final vows for the Religious Sister of Mercy.

“It’s time to pass the torch,” she said. “I’m retiring, but I won’t be bored. There’s still plenty to do.” 

When Dr. Amatus Legbedion finished her residency at The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education in 2024, she was not focused on where she might go next. She was thinking about how she could stay.

Zahra Cepeda, a certified physician assistant

The family medicine physician assistant makes sure patients of all ages live healthy, happy lives.

Rush Township resident Elmer “Butch” Richie, center, a patient at The Wright Center for Community Health Tunkhannock, meets with his care team, Jocelyn Griffin, LPN care coordinator, left, and Mallory Racoski, a board-certified physician assistant.

For Elmer “Butch” Richie, nothing is more important than relationships.

Drs. Sandra Rabat, Enrico Pelicci, and Ramsha Khan

The program has focused on addressing the critical shortage of primary care physicians in the United States by providing stipend-supported, value-based care training curriculum to prepare participants to succeed in modern practice settings.

Isabella Watson, PA-C, treats a patient

In addition to offering whole-person primary health services for children and adults, the board-certified physician assistant focuses on women’s health services, including Pap smears, breast and pelvic exams.

The waiting room at The Wright Center for Community Health Wilkes-Barre

An empty building near the heart of downtown Wilkes-Barre represented an ideal future for The Wright Center for Community Health.

Dr. Stephen Pancoast through the years

An infectious disease doctor who led the region’s response to the AIDS epidemic – and laid the groundwork for The Wright Center’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Clinic – passed away in 2025 at age 78.

Jake Algerio, 12, and his mother, Brianne

Jake Algerio’s new kidney came about a year after his name was re-added to the UNOS waiting list. Incredibly, the kidney he received was a near-perfect match.

Francis Piraino, Dental work

Francis Piraino survived the Korean War, a near-fatal aneurysm, and the deaths of his youngest son, Vincent, followed by his wife, Barbara. His most recent challenge: crumbling teeth that posed a serious threat to his health. 

Rick Frey

Five days a week, Rick Frey talks to people experiencing substance use disorder, helping them set goals, cheering on their successes, and sometimes pointing out inconsistencies in the stories they tell themselves.

As a child, Archana Sridhar, M.D., was spellbound by her mother’s stories about being a nurse. When it came time to choose a career, she only had one option in mind: becoming the first physician in her family.

Dr. Taibah Chaudhary and her sisters – Maimona Chaudhary ’26, M.D., and Omaima Chaudhary ’27, M.D. – are completing their residencies in The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education’s Internal Medicine Residency Program in Scranton, Pennsylvania. 

Internal Medicine resident following in parents’ footsteps takes on new leadership role at The Wright Center.

Dr. Dempsey with patient Dan Schultz

Dan Schultz doesn’t remember much about what he calls “the big one.” 

Chelsea Hafner examines a patient

The family is one of thousands of success stories at The Wright Center for Community Health’s School-Based Health Center

Bob and Elaine Caljean

The Wright Center’s Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Program helps the Archbald family address the disease.

Reach Out and Read

During visits with a Wright Center pediatrician, children 6 months to 5 years old will be given a book to keep.

Dr. Enrico Pelicci na nyina kuri Inshuti z'abakene

Icyatangiye nkumurongo muto wibigori ninzozi byahindutse umurimo wurukundo rwumwaka ugaburira abantu babarirwa mu magana batishoboye mukarere.

DJ Hockman n'umugore we, Tiffany Akers-Hockman,

Umuturage wo mu majyepfo ya Abington Tiffany Akers-Hockman yashakaga guha impyiko umugabo we, DJ Hockman. Ubwa mbere, yagombaga kwibanda ku kuzamura ubuzima bwe.

Shannon Sharkazy hamwe nabana be

MOMS ifite ubuzima bwiza yafashije Shannon Sharkazy gusubiza ubuzima bwe kumurongo none arimo 'kwishyura mbere' kuba ijwi rya ba mama bakira.

Dr. Sandra Rabat

Kuri Sandra Rabat '26, KORA, hari ikintu cyiza cyo kujya mbere. Kuva yagera mu kigo cya Wright mu 2020, yakomeje kuba hanze.

Kari Machelli, umuforomokazi wiyandikishije akaba na visi perezida wungirije wa serivisi zita ku buzima bw’ibanze mu kigo cya Wright gishinzwe ubuzima bw’abaturage

Nkumuforomokazi wiyandikishije akaba na visi perezida wungirije wa Integrated Primary Services Services muri Wright Centre yubuzima bw’abaturage, Kari Machelli arenga hejuru y’umuhamagaro wa buri munsi.

Jake Algerio na nyina, Brianne

Nubwo abaganga babitangaje, Jake Algerio wo muri Honesdale arwanira ubutwari kurwanira amahirwe mubuzima. Nyina, Brianne Algerio, umufasha w’ubuvuzi wemewe mu kigo cyitwa Wright Centre for Health Health Hawley Practice, adacogora ashakisha umuhungu we impyiko nshya.

Dr. Michael Regan akora mu kigo cya Wright gishinzwe ubuvuzi bw’ubuzima bwa Scranton

Dr. Michael Regan amaze kurangiza umwaka wose atuye mu kigo cyita ku buzima bw’abaturage, yahisemo kuguma ku gihe cyose.

Umuryango wa Desouza

Patricia Desouza, umwe mu bagize inama y'ubutegetsi ya Wright Center for Health Health, n'umuhungu we Kenneth, bazabagwa impyiko umunsi umwe nyuma y'uku kwezi - umwe nk'umuterankunga; ikindi nkuwakiriye.

Julianna Morse ukomoka mu ntara ya Lackawanna, ugaragara hano mu cyiciro cy'urugendo rwe rwo kugabanya ibiro, yagabanutse ibiro 160 mu myaka yashize ubwo yabonaga ubuvuzi, imirire, n'izindi nkunga mu kigo cya Wright gishinzwe ubuzima bw'abaturage.

Umuturage wo mu mujyi wa Forest, Julianna Morse agira ati: “Gucunga ibiro ni ibintu bigoye. “Abantu bazakubwira bati: 'Yoo, reba ibyo urya kandi ukora siporo.' Ariko ntabwo ibyo byoroshye. ”

Maura Longstreet, ibumoso, hamwe n'umurwayi Jennifer Roth

Jennifer Roth yatinyaga ibibi cyane ubwo yajyaga kubonana na Maura Longstreet w’umuforomokazi wemewe wanditswe, umuganga w’ibanze mu kigo cyita ku buzima bw’abaturage cya North Scranton.

Kuva mu ntangiriro y'incuke kugeza kurangiza amashuri yubuvuzi, no kwimuka ibirometero ibihumbi uvuye murugo kugirango utangire amahugurwa yubumenyi bwubuvuzi muri Scranton, Pennsylvania, impanga Lavleen na Ravleen Kaur, '25, MDs, bahoraga bishimangirana.

Gerard Geoffroy, uwa gatatu uhereye iburyo, yitabira ihuriro ngarukamwaka i Washington, DC,

Umuyobozi w’inama y’ikigo cyita ku buzima bw’abaturage arashaka ko abantu bose mu gihugu babona ubuvuzi bufite ireme.

Patricia Desouza, ibumoso, ashimira Dr. Linda Thomas-Hemak, perezida akaba n’umuyobozi mukuru wa The Wright Centre for Health Health and Graduate Medical Education, kuba yaratanze ubuvuzi kandi akanatanga ibyiringiro byazamuye umuhungu we w'imfura kuko yakemuye ibibazo by’impyiko byangiza ubuzima.

Kwizera kwatwaye Patricia Desouza n'umuryango we mu mezi ahangayitse yo mu ntangiriro za 2023, ubwo atari umwe ariko babiri mu bagize urugo bahuye n'ikibazo cyo kunanirwa kw'impyiko kandi bakeneye guterwa ingingo.

Ishusho ya Sadie hamwe na Betsy

Sadie, inzoga nziza kandi yoroheje, itanga 'imbaraga zishimishije' kubashinzwe ubuzima bahuze cyane hamwe nabakozi bunganira.

Dr. Erin McFadden atanga serivisi zita kubuvuzi no gukumira mu kigo cya Wright Centre for Health Health Scranton, Ubujyanama bwa Scranton, hamwe n’imyitozo ya Scranton y'Amajyaruguru. Jya kuri TheWrightCenter.org cyangwa uhamagare 570.230.0019 kugirango usabe gahunda.

Umunsi w’abaganga b’abagore ku rwego rwigihugu ku ya 3 Gashyantare wubaha ibyo bagezeho mbere n’intererano zikomeje mu buvuzi

Mu kigo cyitwa Wright Centre for Community Health Scranton Practice, Lida Kiefer, iburyo, asobanura ibiganiro hagati y’abaganga nka Dr. Nirali Patel n’abarwayi bafite icyongereza gike, bituma abarwayi bumva neza kandi bakunganira ubwabo. Umuturage wa Honesdale numufasha wubuvuzi wemewe II.

Abakozi bahuguwe bashya bafasha kwemeza abantu bavuga icyesipanyoli kubona urwego rumwe rwo kubona no kwitabwaho mu mavuriro abanza

Wright Centre Ushinzwe Ubuvuzi bw'imbere Dr. Udit Asija mu bitaro by'akarere ka Munini mu Rwanda

Ubuvuzi bwimbere butuye kugirango akore umwuga muri hepatology

Wright Centre yo kwihangana no kwishora hamwe
ifasha abantu bahura nubukungu nibindi bibazo

Ibibaho bigira uruhare mubabyeyi barera abana bavumbuye umwuga ushimishije nkumukozi wubuzima rusange

Umunyeshuri urangije Wright Centre arahuza ibyifuzo bye bya siyanse n'ubuvuzi mu ruhare rwo kwita ku barwayi ku cyicaro gikuru cy'inganda zo mu kirere

Ryan Ivuriro rya VIH / SIDA

Muri 2017, ivuriro rya Ryan White VIH / SIDA ryatangije gahunda yo gucunga imfungwa

Abafasha b'ubuvuzi bafite uruhare runini mubigo nderabuzima byubu, aho ubuvuzi butangwa nitsinda.

Muririre abakorerabushake ba Alsafi hamwe na Wright Center for Patient & Community Engagement kugirango bapakire imifuka y'ibiryo byiza kugirango bagabanye abakeneye ubufasha mu karere.

Serivise zita ku bageze mu za bukuru

Yakuriye muri Sudani, Wail Alsafi '23, MD, yabanaga na nyina na sekuru

Muganga Edward Dzielak ahagaze infront yimyitozo yo hagati

Serivise zita ku bageze mu za bukuru

Mu minsi y’ishuri ry'ubuvuzi, Edward Dzielak '81, DO, yahuye n'ikibazo ubwo yageragezaga guhitamo intambwe ikurikira.

Amakuru & Itangazamakuru

Ku muntu wese utazi neza kuba umuterankunga w'ingingo, Steve afite ikintu kimwe avuga: “Urashobora kwiyita intwari”

Amakuru & Itangazamakuru

Barrett agira ati: "Nizera ko twese dushobora guhindura isi ahantu heza." “Twese dufite impano zo gutanga. Kandi nizera ko impano zitangwa - ni impano ya nyuma kandi nziza umuntu wese ashobora gutanga. ”

Uburezi bw'umwuga

Ikigo cya Wright Centre for Health Community gitanga abanyeshuri bo muri za kaminuza amahirwe yo kongera ubumenyi bwakazi binyuze mumahirwe ahoraho yo kwimenyereza umwuga bijyanye n'ubuvuzi, umurimo rusange, n'indi myuga.

Umwirondoro wa Muganga

Urugendo rwa Dr. Klamp mu mahanga hamwe nubushishozi bwumwuga bituma akwiranye ninshingano nshya zidaharanira inyungu

Imyuga

Ikigo cya Wright Centre for Health Community cyakira Pujols Recio mugihe arangije gahunda yo kuba umukozi w’ubuzima wemewe w’umuryango - umwuga ukenewe muri Amerika

Abakozi bashinzwe ubuzima bwabaturage ba Wright Centre

Imyuga

Imwe mu nshingano ziyongera cyane, zikenewe cyane mubuvuzi muri iki gihe ni abantu benshi batigeze bumva: Umukozi w’ubuzima rusange cyangwa CHW.

Serivisi z'amenyo 

Muganga McCarthy ahugura abavuzi bashya b'amenyo kugirango batange ubuvuzi ahantu hadakwiye nk'umujyi akunda-abakozi bakorera

Dr.Beltre

Kurangiza amashuri yubuvuzi

Muganga Beltré ateganya kuramba mubuzima mubuvuzi bwumuryango - akabona umwanya muri NEPA

Ishusho ya Andy na Agnes Gukoraho mugikoni cyabo bakora ikawa

Ubuvuzi bwibanze

Nubwo bahamagaye hafi, umuryango wa Touch wirinda uburwayi bukomeye mu gihe cy’icyorezo kandi ushima abitaho, hafi y’urugo

Serivisi zo kwizizirwa no kugarura ibintu

Ikigo cya Wright hamwe n’abafatanyabikorwa mu mushinga mushya PROGRESS ugamije kwagura ibikorwa by’abatuye akarere bashaka gukemura ibibazo byo gukoresha ibiyobyabwenge.

Ifoto ya Michaelene Davis hamwe numuteramakofe we Rosie

Serivise z'ubuvuzi bw'umubyibuho ukabije

Michaelene Davis, ufite imyaka 69, yongeye kubona umunezero wo kwitanga ndetse n’ibindi bikorwa abifashijwemo na serivisi ishinzwe ubuvuzi bw’umubyibuho ukabije wa Wright Centre;

James Coursen Kugenda mumujyi

Serivisi z'amenyo 

Umuturage wa Scranton nyuma yo kwitabwaho yashakaga ku giciro cyiza

Dr. Chaitanya Rojulpote, umuturage w’imbere mu kigo cya Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education, yahaye ubuvuzi Nina, nyirakuru w'imyaka 86, wari hafi gusenyuka ageze mu nkambi y’impunzi i Medyka, muri Polonye.

Kurangiza amashuri yubuvuzi

Urugendo rwonyine mu mujyi uhana imbibi na Polonye rutuma Dr. Rojulpote atanga ubuvuzi kandi akoresheje ibyiringiro

Gahunda nziza ya MOMS 

Gahunda ya Wright Centre iyobowe na Healthy MOMS itera uwahoze ari umugore wikiyaga cya Ariel mugihe avuye kubura aho aba akagira ubuzima bushya

Ubuvuzi bwibanze no gukumira 

Amanda Turoni yashyigikiye ko hashyirwaho ivuriro ry’ibanze kugira ngo rikore umuryango we wamureraga mu karere ka Moscou

Kwihangana no kwishora mu baturage

Ubufatanye na Centre Intervention Centre butanga urwego rwumutekano kubakeneye aho kuba ndetse n '' intangiriro nshya '

Serivisi zo kwizizirwa no kugarura ibintu

Amashusho atera imbaraga kubantu babaho bakira nabandi bakora mugutezimbere gukira mugihe cyicyorezo kirekire

Indwara ya Alzheimer na Dementia

Throop couple ibona ibisubizo, inkunga na serivisi muguhuza nitsinda rya Wright Centre

Serivise z'abana

'Inzu y'ubuvuzi' ihuza abarwayi, abaganga mu kwizerana

COVID-19 Serivisi 

Linda Marhelski yageze ahitwa Wright mugihe gikwiye kugirango bamenye umuvuduko ukabije wamaraso

Kwita ku bageze mu za bukuru

Serivise yacu ya Geriatrics ishigikira abakuru b'akarere bafite intego yo kubaho mu bwigenge