LECOM Health

11/29/2025

Meet Mary during her routine visits to the Clinical Practices of LECOM Institute for Successful Living at the Rural Health Clinic of Wattsburg. Mary appreciates the care, compassion, and family atmosphere she experiences each month with her Clinical Practices family.

11/28/2025

The LECOM Visiting Nurses Association’s Winter Wings of Hope fundraiser is happening throughout December. When you donate $30 or more, you’ll receive a keepsake suncatcher in memory of a loved one or in honor of a caregiver, and their name will appear on the virtual winter mantle on West 26th Street in Erie.

All donations support the Wings of Hope Fund, which provides comfort, care, and essential services to VNA hospice patients and their families. Learn more or donate at WingsofHopeErie.org.

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us to all of you! We give thanks to all of our patients, providers, partners and staff.

11/27/2025

As we prepare our tummies and tables for Thanksgiving meals, Dr. Fernando Melaragno, LECOM Health endocrinologist, offers some insight for staying focused on our health. He joins Joel Natalie on TalkErie Radio to discuss obesity, diabetes, and watching our weight.

11/24/2025

⚠️🔨 Construction progress continues on our new Colonial Family Pharmacy locations in Albion and on Wattsburg Road! Take a look:

11/24/2025

“Hospice care, which has the same goals as palliative care — which is to improve quality of life, treat suffering and provide support — is for someone who has a serious illness that has a life expectancy of less than six months,” said Dr. Seth Carter, a Geriatric and Family Medicine physician at LECOM Health. “You can receive palliative care while receiving curative treatments, so cancer patients or patients with severe heart failure or COPD can still go to their doctors or the hospital, and continue receiving treatment. The palliative care physician or team is there to help reduce discomfort and improve quality of life. Whereas with hospice, the focus shifts from curative treatment to comfort only.”

Facing the end of a life is a scary and difficult experience for everyone involved, but there are those who are dedicated to making that process easier. November is palliative

11/21/2025

Building a healthier community: American Heart Association, LECOM unveil new blood pressure station at Corry Public Library

“[This is] a great collaboration between LECOM Health and the American Hearts Association and our friends at the Corry Public Library,” said the American Heart Association Senior Director for Erie, Crawford and Warren County, Gina Klofft.

The Corry Public Library hosted the American Heart Association and LECOM Health on Thursday, which also happened to be National Rural Health Day, to unveil and demonstrate a new blood

11/21/2025

LECOM Medical Center is grateful for its hardworking, dedicated and loyal physicians, employees and friends of the hospital. As a gesture of appreciation during the holiday season, administration hosted its annual Thanksgiving dinner for staff this past Wednesday.

11/20/2025

Great meeting with members of LECOM Health this week to talk about how we can help them build on their success here in Erie.

We’re fortunate to have the nation’s largest medical school in our district—an incredible asset for our workforce, health care system, and local economy.

11/20/2025

James Lin, D.O., President of the LECOM Institute for Successful Living, was on Erie News Now this morning to kick off a series on our new Amyloid-Targeting Therapy. These therapies help reduce harmful amyloid buildup in the brain and can slow the progression of cognitive decline for patients with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease.

Interested in learning more? Call the Clinical Practices of the LECOM Institute for Successful Living today at the LECOM Health Rural Health Clinic of Wattsburg at 814-737-0833.

11/20/2025