Altoona OB/GYN Associates

Practice Opportunity Profile

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