C. McCollister Evarts, M.D., Is Inducted Into The Institute Of Medicine

11-7-97
Hershey, Pa. -- Dr. C. McCollister Evarts, Penn State's senior vice president for health affairs and dean of its College of Medicine, as well as president and chief academic officer of the Penn State Geisinger Health System, has been elected to senior membership in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Evarts is one of just five individuals elected to senior membership this year.

Induction into the Institute of Medicine is considered one of the highest honors in the field of medicine. The Institute of Medicine is "composed of individuals of distinction and achievement, committed to the advancement of the health sciences and education and to the improvement of health care." The institute conducts studies, conferences and other inquiries into matters of national health policy.

Members of the institute are elected on the basis of their professional achievement in regard to the advancement of the health sciences and improvement of health care. The Institute of Medicine was chartered in 1979 as part of the National Academy of Sciences, a tax-exempt, non-profit, private corporation established by federal charter.

Before being named president and chief academic officer of the Penn State Geisinger Health System upon Hershey Medical Center's merger with Geisinger on July 1, Evarts had been chief executive officer of the medical center. He is also a professor of orthopaedics with Penn State's College of Medicine.

Evarts is chairman of several medical boards and associations, has authored more than 190 scholarly publications and has served as editor of a five-volume textbook on orthopaedics.

Previous inductees into the Institute of Medicine who have been affiliated with Penn State's College of Medicine have been George T. Harrell, M.D. (1982), Howard E. Morgan, M.D. (1987), William S. Pierce, M.D. (1993) and K. Danner Clouser, Ph.D. (1996).

Contact: Christy Rambeau (814) 865-7517 or cmr7@psu.edu