Community Comments

C. Richard Hartman, M.D., Former President & CEO, Community Medical Center Healthcare System
James L. Brady, President, Allied Services - Clarks Summit
Sara C. Iveson, Executive Director, Barnes-Kasson Hospital - Susquehanna
Rexford O. Catlin, CEO, Endless Mountains Health Systems - Montrose
Mary Theresa Vautrinot, President & CEO, Maxis Health System - Carbondale
James E. May, Former President & CEO, Mercy Health Partners Scranton
Harold Anderson, President & CEO, Moses Taylor Hospital Scranton
William M. Milligan, Jr., Former President & CEO, Tyler Memorial Hospital Tunkhannock
L. Peter Frieder, President & CEO, Gentex Corporation, Simpson
David L. Hoff, CEO, Wayne Memorial Health System - Honesdale
William R. Host, M.D., President & CEO, Wyoming Valley Health Care System Wilkes Barre and Past President, American Trauma Society PA Division
Robert C. Cordaro, Former Lackawanna County Commissioner


Since 1988, Community Medical Center Healthcare System, with our dedicated staff, state-of-the-art technology and commitment to quality care, has sustained the NEPA Trauma Center. We understand how important excellent and high-quality trauma services are for families and individuals needing this type of critical care. Although this requires a serious financial commitment from us, it is a commitment that we are proud to make to all residents of northeastern Pennsylvania. The attributes that make the Medical Center a unique and valued institution are precisely the qualities that have attracted and retained the trauma centers distinguished team of medical professionals. By working together, we as a region can ensure that the NEPA Trauma Center remains viable and is here with a rapid response to our most urgent and critical health needs --- when Minutes really matter.

C. Richard Hartman, M.D., Former President & CEO
Community Medical Center Healthcare System - Scranton
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Allied Services touches the lives of approximately 5,000 people in northeastern Pennsylvania each day. We understand the significance of having a high-quality trauma center in our community. Survivors of life-threatening trauma often recover in one of our programs. This recovery is possible because individuals have immediate access to critical care at the trauma center. We support the NEPA Regional Trauma Center and applaud its efforts in saving lives.

James L. Brady, President
Allied Services - Clarks Summit
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Barnes-Kasson serves the health care needs of residents of Susquehanna County. We understand the importance of having an excellent trauma center, within our reach, that provides care for life-threatening injuries. We must all come together and ensure that the NEPA Regional Trauma Center remains a central aspect of health care in our region.

Sara C. Iveson, Executive Director
Barnes-Kasson Hospital - Susquehanna
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"Our families, friends and neighbors regionally deserve appropriate health services and the NEPA Regional Trauma Center is a service deserving of the areas support. Endless Mountains Health Systems, as a Critical Access Hospital, depends on the Trauma Center to provide their critical, valuable services to the region.

Rexford O. Catlin, CEO
Endless Mountains Health Systems - Montrose
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Marian Community Hospital of Carbondale has come to count on the NEPA Regional Level II Trauma Center. It is reassuring to know that the healthcare team of professionals at the Trauma Center is responsive to the needs of our patients. They have always provided outstanding care to those patients we have needed to transfer for trauma services.

Mary Theresa Vautrinot, President
Maxis Health System - Carbondale
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The NEPA Regional Trauma Center is key to ensuring the quality of life for all people in northeastern Pennsylvania and plays a major role in the economic development of the region. Employers depend on and expect excellent healthcare to attract and sustain a viable workforce. Major corporations, small business owners and individuals alike can relocate to, or remain in the region, knowing that quality healthcare is available for family members and/or employees.

L. Peter Frieder, President & CEO
Gentex Corporation - Simpson
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The NEPA Regional Trauma Center is a needed and valuable resource for all residents of northeastern Pennsylvania. We as a region must work together to see that the Trauma Center endures for all of its residents, including our own family and friends who may be faced with life threatening injuries.

James E. May, Former President & CEO
Mercy Health Partners - Scranton
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We are very fortunate to have the NEPA Regional Trauma Center. No one anticipates a loved one having critical injures, however, it is reassuring that the Trauma Center is available in our community for victims of accidents with multiple injuries. We as a community must be committed to keeping the Trauma Center a viable entity and accessible to all residents of northeastern Pennsylvania.

Harold Anderson, President & CEO
Moses Taylor Hospital - Scranton
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When minutes matter, residents of northeastern Pennsylvania deserve a trauma center, within reach, that provides critical health care services. The Minutes to a Miracle campaign will ensure these services are continually available to the people in our surrounding communities.

William M. Milligan, Jr., Former President & CEO
Tyler Memorial Hospital - Tunkhannock
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"While Wayne Memorial Hospital is a full service and well respected community hospital in Honesdale, we appreciate having the vast array of resources of the NEPA Trauma Center nearby. The quality of healthcare and for that matter the quality of life would be much different without the NEPA Trauma Center serving our region. Maintaining the Trauma Center in our area is costly; reimbursements come nowhere near covering the expenses of the Center. I would hope that northeastern Pennsylvania shows its generosity in supporting the "Minutes to a Miracle" campaign for the NEPA Trauma Center."

David L. Hoff, CEO
Wayne Memorial Health System - Honesdale
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The Trauma Center at Community Medical Center belongs to all of us. Its presence in the community is vital. The initial designation of CMC as regional trauma center was done through EMS, and I had the honor of chairing the EMS Committee that selected CMC from among the applicants. Later, the Trauma Systems Foundation formally designated CMC on behalf of the State of Pennsylvania. In major trauma, minutes and even seconds count with regard to preserving life and limb. The Minutes to a Miracle campaign will help sustain this center of excellence for everyone in the region. Please contribute.

William R. Host, M.D., President & CEO
Wyoming Valley Health Care System - Wilkes Barre
Past President, American Trauma Society PA Division
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Lackawanna County is incredibly fortunate to have access to a facility like the NEPA Trauma Center. The services the Center provides and the skills its trained specialists offer make a huge impact on our community, saving hundreds of lives each year.

Robert C. Cordaro
Former Lackawanna County Commissioner
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