Dr. Peter F. Rovito, MD, FACS, General Surgery

10/04/2025

My Dear Patients,

I am writing to inform you that I am retiring on October 31, 2025.

To say that it has been an honor and a privilege to care for you is an understatement. The mutual love and trust we have had over the years is, to say the least, priceless, and I will truly miss it.

You may continue to receive your care at St. Luke’s General Surgery with one of my colleagues, and I have the utmost confidence that they will continue to provide the high quality and compassionate care you deserve.

If you choose to continue your care outside of St. Luke’s University Health Network, you may access your medical records at SLUHN.org/medical records.

Please feel free to contact my office at St. Luke’s General Surgery – Sacred Heart on 19th Street with any questions you may have regarding this transition, or for help with choosing another surgeon.

With warmest regards,
Peter F. Rovito, MD
“The King”

09/12/2023

(From the webmaster)
IN NEED OF MESH FOR SURGICAL MISSION:

The World Surgical Foundation is heading to Honduras for its annual surgical mission soon and is in need of surgical mesh for hernia repairs, which unfortunately isn't available through its usual sources at the present time.

They're looking (and hoping) for a few boxes of Ethicon Prolene Hernia System, Surgical Synthetic, Non-absorbable mesh. If anyone has access to such mesh is willing to donate some, please contact Donna Rovito at donnabaverrovito@aol.com and she'll make arrangements to have it picked up. THANK YOU!

04/16/2023

From the Webmaster:
You have another week to make your voice heard! If you're a partner or spouse of a physician, please take the Physician Family Experience Survey. It's anonymous and you don't need to belong to any organization to participate!
Click here: https://www.research.net/r/amaaphysicianfamily

SURVEY EXTENDED! We have loved seeing so many survey submissions, and feel like we need to hear from even more of you... so the Physician Family Experience Survey has been extended until April 23rd.

If you haven't already, please take they survey or send it to another physician family friend. We would love to hear from YOU.

Click here: https://www.research.net/r/amaaphysicianfamily

10/26/2022

Here it is, folks! With no further ado...the Fall 2022 issue of Physician Family Alliance in Motion Magazine, now together as one publication to explore "Thinking Outside the Box," is LIVE!

PHYSICIAN FAMILY ALLIANCE IN MOTION MAGAZINE
Fall 2022 - THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
https://bluetoad.com/publication/?m=62681&l=1

The digital edition is a FREE GIFT from the AMA Alliance - but MEMBERS get hard copies in the mail! Membership for physician families in training (medical school, residency and fellowship) is only $15 a year! Check it out at www.amaalliance.org! And you can read previous issues at www.physicianfamilymedia.org.

Thinking Outside the Box - Fall 2022

09/27/2022

The World Surgical Foundation would like to thank all the sponsors, attendees, and volunteers for helping make our 25 Years of Saving Lives and Changing Lives Gala Celebration a resounding success.

Without your generous support the Foundation would not be able to continue touching the lives of so many people who are less fortunate than us. We look forward to another 25 years of life-changing and life-saving surgical missions to come.

09/25/2022

09/24/2022

It's not too late to get tickets for the World Surgical Foundation's 25th Anniversary Gala - Saving Lives and Changing Lives! The concert featuring Steve Rodolph, Amy Banks and the Harrisburg Jazz Collective begins at 3 p.m. at the Scottish Rite Theatre in Harrisburg.

Your ticket helps fund the organization which has provided FREE SURGERY to over 12,000 of the poorest residents of eight low-income nations over the past 25 years - plus, you get an AMAZING afternoon of jazz, as well as local folk dancers. Don't miss it! You can buy tickets online here or at the door!
https://worldsurgicalfoundation.org/news/25th-anniversary-gala/