Departmental Liaisons

Library services are critical to the mission of the Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center through the provision of current, necessary, well-vetted information. With the Liaison Program, library services are tailored to the specified needs of each department at the Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

The liaison librarians provide library services to the faculty and staff by supporting their teaching, clinical, and research endeavors. Our goal is to have increased collaborative relationships between the Harrell Health Sciences Library: Research and Learning Commons and other departments at the Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

Program Primary components

  • Intelligence gathering, engagement and outreach
  • Marketing, promotion and advocacy
  • Collection building

Services We Provide

  • Teaching – the Liaison Librarian can arrange classes for your department
  • Communication – through promoting and developing a robust collection
  • Reference – Liaisons will assist users in locating information
  • Providing expert literature searching assistance
  • Assessing Liaison user-group needs

Contact Your Departmental Liaison

Nancy Adams

  • Anesthesiology
  • Chaplain Services
  • Family & Community Medicine
  • Pediatrics

Benjamin Hoover

  • Medicine - including:
    • Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
    • Cardiology
    • Gastroenterology
    • General Internal Medicine
    • Hematology & Oncology
    • Infections (Communicable) Diseases
    • Lung Disease
    • Nephrology
    • Palliative Care Medicine
    • Pulmonology & Critical Care Medicine
    • Radiation Oncology
    • Rheumatology
  • Neurology
  • Neurosurgery
  • Nursing
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Office for a Respectful Learning Environment
  • Office of Diversity and Inclusion
  • Ophthalmology
  • Physician Assistant Program
  • Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
  • Radiology
  • Radiology Oncology

Bradley Long

  • Clinical Pharmacy
  • Medical Student Research (MSR)
  • Occupational Medicine – University Park
  • Orthopaedics
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  • University Park Regional Campus
    • MD/MBA Program
    • Penn State Health – Centre County
    • University Park Curriculum
      • Clinical Adjunct Faculty
      • LION Mobile
    • University Park Family & Community Medicine Residency
  • University Health Services - University Park

Robyn Reed

  • Basic Sciences Programs
  • Cell and Biological Systems
  • Medicine - Endocrinology
  • Molecular and Precision Medicine
  • Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics
  • Office of Faculty and Professional Development
  • Otolaryngology
  • Penn State Physician-Scientist Training Program (PSTP)
  • Public Health Sciences

Jeffery Wagner

  • Comparative Medicine
  • Dermatology
  • Emergency Medicine
    • Life Lion
  • Humanities
  • Nutrition
  • Pathology
  • Surgery
    • Artificial Organs
    • Cardiothoracic Surgery
    • Colorectal Surgery
    • General Surgery
    • Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery
    • Pediatric Surgery
    • Plastic Surgery
    • Surgical Oncology
    • Thoracic Surgery
    • Transplantation
    • Trauma - Acute Care & Critical Care Surgery
    • Vascular
  • Urology