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Mission & History

Since 1974 CMSA has provided quality health care to central Pennsylvanians. Today 60 providers offer primary and specialty medical care, surgery, and diagnostic services to the community.

Our Mission

Centre Medical and Surgical Associates, P.C. is a private multi-specialty medical practice which provides primary and specialty health care to the entire family. Our services focus on preventive care to maintain good health, as well as diagnostic evaluation and therapeutic management of medical conditions. We strive to be ever responsive to the medical needs of the surrounding community without regard to gender, age, race, sexual preference, creed, national origin, or religion.

We Endeavor To:

• Achieve the highest standards of medical care.
• Provide health services at competitive fees.
• Recognize, accommodate, and serve each patient's individual needs.
• Make each patient's visit to CMSA a pleasant and beneficial experience.
• Maintain our strong commitment to the community.

History

Response to community need has always been the central theme of our history. Before 1974, subspecialty medical care was available only in large health centers, long distances from Centre County. In July of that year, Dr. Jonathan Dranov established an Internal Medicine and Nephrology practice in downtown State College bringing subspecialty medical care to the region for the first time. He also developed the region's first kidney dialysis unit at Mount Nittany Medical Center.

Since that time, the practice has grown and expanded its range of services. In 1980 the 4-physician group relocated to Boalsburg Medical Offices where it added a clinical laboratory and radiology facility. The medical practice was incorporated in 1983 to become Internal Medicine Associates of State College, P.C. [IMA].

A strong need for primary care in the Bellefonte area led to the establishment of an affiliated office, Internal Medicine Associates of Bellefonte, in 1989. Then in 1993 the Bellefonte practice relocated to a newly renovated medical office complex at 141 Medical Park Lane, just off Route 26.

In 1994, having outgrown the Boalsburg office, Internal Medicine Associates of State College relocated to the new Centre Medical Sciences Building. This 40,000 square-foot facility allowed us to expand our service menu to keep up with technological advances as well as meet the growing needs of the community.

In January 1997, IMA merged with Centre Pediatric Associates. Dr. George M. McCormick established this practice in 1976 in the Glennland Building on Pugh Street. The following year Dr. Steven B. Vore joined the practice, and it continued to grow to five physicians by the time of its merger with IMA.

OB/GYN Group of State College joined IMA on January 1, 1998. Dr. Charles W. Rohrbeck had returned to his hometown of State College in 1964 to begin his practice in obstetrics and gynecology. After Drs. Paul H. Wengrovitz and Tom S. Mebane III joined the practice in 1969 and 1976 respectively, they established OB-GYN Group of State College, Inc. The practice was located at Parkway Medical Center and later relocated to the Centre Medical Sciences Building in 1996.

Our newest affiliate merged with IMA on February 1, 1998. Barnes, Hendricks and Associates brought to the practice general, thoracic, and vascular surgery performed at Mount Nittany Medical Center. The department later added oncology surgery and neurosurgery to their list of services. Their office is located in Boalsburg.

With the addition of pediatrics, OB/GYN, and surgery, it became apparent that the name "Internal Medicine Associates", would no longer adequately describe our range of services. Thus in 1999 the practice was renamed Centre Medical and Surgical Associates, P.C. [CMSA].

CMSA entered into a strategic alliance with Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in 2003. This provides the opportunity for faculty appointments for qualified CMSA physicians, joint recruitment efforts, participation in research activities and clinical trials, clinical rotations for residents in our offices, and information technology sharing.

Currently CMSA has a staff of over 270 including 66 providers practicing 17 medical specialties. Our offices are located in State College, Boalsburg, Bellefonte, and Huntingdon. CMSA offers an array of services including nuclear cardiology, bone densitometry, pulmonary function testing, echocardiography, nerve conduction studies, cardiovascular stress testing, outpatient chemotherapy, allergy treatment, ultrasound, laboratory and radiology.

Our Future

High quality medical care provided by a team of professionals is what patients have come to expect from CMSA, the group that led the way in establishing subspecialty medicine in Centre County. The practice will meet the challenge of the future in the same tradition: always at the leading edge in responding to community needs, whether with advanced technology, additional subspecialties, or increased levels of service.

Hospital Affiliations

CMSA physicians have active staff privileges at:

• Mount Nittany Medical Center

Certain CMSA physicians have consulting privileges at:

• JC Blair Memorial Hospital
• HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital
• Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• Clearfield Hospital