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After the tragic death of Osaze Osagie last year during a law enforcement response to a mental health 302 warrant, the Task Force on Mental Health Crisis was formed.

After the tragic death of Osaze Osagie last year during a law enforcement response to a mental health 302 warrant, the Task Force on Mental Health Crisis was formed. Tiffany Cabibbo, DSc, MSN, RN, CENP, executive vice president, patient care services and chief nursing officer, Mount Nittany Health and Brian Newcomb, MD, department chair, Mount Nittany Medical Center Emergency Department were appointed to the Task Force to help lead the efforts to evaluate Centre County's mental health system and the continuum of crisis intervention services.

Nirmal Joshi, MD, FACP, chief medical officer, Mount Nittany Health, and Tiffany Cabibbo, DSc, MSN, RN, CENP executive vice president and chief nursing officer, Mount Nittany Health, join 400 physician and nurse leaders from around the Commonwealth urging residents to do all they can to stop the spread of COVID-19.

More than ever, we need our community to come together to stop the spread of COVID-19 by wearing a mask anytime you are outside your home, practicing social distancing, and washing hands frequently.

Mount Nittany Health is pleased to share that Emily Peterson, MD, Mount Nittany Physician Group Reconstructive & Cosmetic Surgery, has been appointed board president of the Robert H. Ivy Pennsylvania Plastic Surgery Society.

In this particularly challenging year, let’s take time this holiday season to reflect on all the things we have to be grateful for – our families, friends and colleagues, the compassion and devotion we see all around us every day.