Altoona OB/GYN Associates
Practice Opportunity Profile
Practice: Altoona OB/GYN Associates
Address: 1701 12th Avenue
City:
Altoona
State & Zip Code: Pennsylvania 16601
Contact person: Kevin Hockenberry
Title: Dir. Planning & Physician Recruitment
Telephone: 814.949.4107
Fax: 814.949.4492 or 814.949.5880
Email: pkhockenberry@altoonaregional.org
Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology
PRACTICE OPPORTUNITY
Practice Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania
Practice Type: Independent OB/GYN Group Practice
Practice Size: 6 Physicians
Practice Description: Well established OB/GYN Group
Practice providing 700 – 800 total deliveries per year and 1,500
Total Gynecological procedures per year. Each physician
Provides approximately 125 deliveries and 250 gynecological
Procedures per year.
DESIRED PHYSICIANS TRAITS (Yes = Acceptable)
American Trained:
Yes
M.D.
Yes
D.O.
Yes
Board Certified:
Yes
Board Eligible:
Yes
Practicing:
Yes
Resident:
Yes
Fellow:
Yes
HOSPITAL INFORMATION
Altoona Regional Health System: 2 campus hospital System:
Altoona Hospital campus & Bon Scours campus 2 miles apart
OB services on Altoona Hospital campus only.
Approximately 1,500 deliveries per year. 21 labor/delivery
Rooms, 22 bassinet well infant level 1 nursery as well as a
Level 2 neonatal intermediate care nursery.
Bed Size: Altoona Hospital: 346 (licensed)
Bon Secours Campus: 182 (licensed)
Total Physicians on Staff: 300 + (240 active staff)
Starting Date: As soon as possible
COMMUNITY INFORMATION
Altoona – City Population: 50,000
Blair County: 130,000
Primary Service Area: 180,000: Central Pennsylvania
Trauma Service Area population: 600,000
Location: South Central Pennsylvania
School Quality: Excellent
Colleges: Penn State University: 40 minute drive, Penn
State Altoona Campus: local Penn State branch campus
Saint Francis University , Mt Aloysius College, Juniata
College: 4 year, private, liberal arts colleges, several 2
Year associate degree programs.
Shopping: several malls/shopping plazas, also in-town
Shopping areas; many national and regional chain stores:
Kaufmann’s, J.C. Penney, Sears, Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club,
Target, K-Mart, The Disney Store, Old Navy.
Cultural Activities: Altoona Symphony Orchestra,
Historic Mishler Theatre, Allegheny Highlands Regional
Theater at Cresson Lake, Southern Alleghenies Museum
Of Art, Allegheny Ballet Company, Penn State University
Artist Series, Eisenhower Auditorium and Bryce Jordan
For national concert tours and broad way show tours.
Recreational Activities: Blue Knob Ski Resort, Lake
Raystown, Double A Pittsburgh Pirate Affiliate Altoona
Curve Baseball, several state parks for hunting and
Fishing, boating, swimming and hiking, 2 amusement
Parks, rails to trails for hiking and biking or crossCountry skiing, some of the best athletic facilities in the
State, several health & fitness clubs, numerous golf
Courses/country clubs.
Nearest major Cities: Pittsburgh: 2 hours;
Baltimore: 2 ½ hours; Washington, D.C.: 2 ½ hours;
Philadelphia: 4 ½ hours, New York City: 5 hours
HOSPITAL INFORMATION – continued
Altoona Hospital campus is a level 2 regional trauma
Center. The System provides regional centers of
Excellence including: trauma, oncology services,
Cardiology and cardiovascular surgery, vascular & wound
Care, and diagnostic sleep center. State-of-the-art
Ambulatory surgery center on the Altoona Hospital
Campus.
(g:plng: md recruit: practice profile: OB – Altoona obgyn asso. / w/ dr. grab changes )