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Reading Hospital – Tower Health has achieved the Healthgrades 2021 America’s 100 Best Hospitals Award™ for the fifth consecutive year. The distinction places Reading Hospital among the top 2 percent of nearly 4,500 hospitals assessed nationwide for its consistent, year-over-year superior clinical performance as measured by Healthgrades, the leading resource that connects consumers, physicians, and health systems.

Reading Hospital – Tower Health is one of only 42 organizations across the country, and one of three in Pennsylvania, selected to receive a grant for $50,000 from The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). The grant will be used as part of the “Improving Social Determinants of Health: Getting Further Faster Program.”

Reading Hospital – Tower Health announced today that Zeshan Anwar, MD, MHA, FACP, SFHM, has been appointed Chief, Section of Inpatient Internal Medicine, as well as Director of Hospitalist Services, effective January 5, 2021.

Reading Hospital – Tower Health received approval to add six new Residency and Fellowship programs in 2020. The hospital now offers fellowship programs in Nephrology, Plastic Surgery, Sleep Medicine, and Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine. The hospital also added residency programs in Neurology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. When the programs are fully operational, they will educate an additional 60 resident and fellows per year at Reading Hospital.