PRESS RELEASE – Tara Trout, PA-C, has been appointed as advanced care practitioner at Penn State Hazleton, campus Chancellor Gary M. Lawler announced.

She will be responsible for providing primary care clinical services for the students of Penn State Hazleton, including performing medical examinations and educating students, faculty and staff on health and wellness. Additionally, she will chair a campus-wide committee on health and wellness initiatives and give classroom presentations on health and wellness issues facing college students.   Tracy Garnick, director of Student Services and Engagement, said, “We are pleased to welcome Tara to the Penn State Hazleton staff. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the medical field to our campus. With the addition of Tara, we look forward to elevating the level of health services offered to our students.”

Lawler said, “The benefit of having an experienced medical professional on staff cannot be understated. Tara’s background in assisting patients will serve the Penn State Hazleton community well. We are confident she will be an asset to Penn State Hazleton as we work to keep our students, faculty and staff healthy.”

Trout served as a physician assistant at several other medical facilities, most recently at the Center for Pain Control in Wyomissing. In that position, she treated patients with a variety of pain conditions; performed new patient consultations, including routine and emergency care; ordered laboratory and diagnostic studies and interpreted results; performed in-office procedures; prescribed medications and discussed pain management options with patients.

Prior to joining the Center for Pain Control, she worked as a physician assistant at the Children’s Heart Group at Penn State Children’s Hospital in Hershey. In that role, she performed examinations on infants, children, adolescents and adults born with congenital heart disease and also evaluated and provided counseling and treatment for congenital heart defects, acquired heart defects, heart murmurs, arrhythmias and other pediatric cardiovascular conditions.

Trout also serves as a logistics officer in the U.S. Army Reserves, where she holds the rank of major. She most recently served as an executive officer at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., managing a Reserve Component Integration office. Her responsibilities including informing senior Army logisticians about logistical concerns of Reserve Component forces and ensuring Reserve Component personnel vacancies were filled.

She published a paper, “Tachycardia and an enlarged cardiac silhouette in an adolescent male,” in the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (JAAPA).

Trout holds a master of medical science degree in Physician Assistant Studies from Arcadia University and a bachelor of science degree from Penn State University. She is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

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