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LVHHN and New Jersey Company Reach Initial Agreement to Bring Cutting-edge Proton Therapy Cancer Treatment to the Valley

Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network (LVHHN) and Proton Therapy, Inc. of Marlton, NJ, have signed a memorandum of understanding under which LVHHN would provide proton beam therapy cancer treatment to communities throughout the Lehigh Valley region and beyond.More >>

Lehigh Valley Hospital Cited for the 13th Consecutive Year Among Best in U.S.

Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVH) ranks as one of the nation’s top hospitals in three specialty care delivery areas in the 2008 U.S.News & World Report guide to “America’s Best Hospitals.”More >>

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Patient Success Stories

Life Saved in 24 Minutes

Richard Silverman of South Whitehall Township objected, but his wife, Janet, called 9-1-1 anyway when he had heart attack symptoms. More >>

She Survives an Aneurysm

Tawana Gordon of Allentown receives leading-edge coiling treatment.
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Healthy You

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About Our Health Network

Our Report to the Community

As a not-for-profit organization, we operate for the benefit of our community. More >>

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Tax filing information about our not-for-profit hospital. More >>

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Lehigh Valley Hospital has campuses in Allentown and Bethlehem, Pa. and serves the Pennsylvania communities of Easton, Doylestown, Quakertown, Hazelton, Lehighton, Perkasie, Pottstown, Pottsville, Reading, Scranton, Wilkes Barre, Stroudsburg, and the Poconos and also Phillipsburg and Flemington, N.J., and western New Jersey. You don't have to travel to Philadelphia or New York for quality health care.

 
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