PAM Health commits $5 million to Lebanon Valley College nursing program

PAM Health, a national healthcare leader that operates medical rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, behavioral health hospitals, wound care clinics, and outpatient physical therapy locations across the United States, has committed $5 million to name the nursing program at Lebanon Valley College.

The PAM Health School of Nursing at Lebanon Valley College was announced last week by LVC president Dr. James M. MacLaren, who noted in a release that it is the fourth commitment in the history of the college to top $5 million.

The LVC curriculum includes a bachelor of science in nursing program, which was launched in 2022 and was granted accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education in 2024. The program is led by Dr. Terri Worthey, interim chair of nursing.

A 36,000-square-foot facility, the Jeanne and Edward H. Arnold Health Professions Pavilion, opened on the North Campus a year later and was honored with a 2025 Outstanding Project Award by Learning by Design in May.

The program is scheduled to graduate its first class of nurses in May 2026, which nearly coincides with the anticipated summer opening of PAM Health’s closest location, PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Hampden, an inpatient rehabilitation hospital near the company’s corporate headquarters in Enola.

“Lebanon Valley College is deeply grateful to PAM Health for this extraordinary commitment to our nursing program,” MacLaren said in a statement. “At a time when our region urgently needs highly trained and compassionate nurses, this gift supports students who are eager to meet that demand. PAM Health and Lebanon Valley College share a commitment to helping individuals and communities live happy and healthy lives.”

Anthony Misitano, PAM Health founder, chairman, and CEO, said in a statement that lifelong learning is one of the company’s core values. “Through this collaboration with LVC, we are living out that value by supporting the education of future nurses, many of whom we hope consider joining our team in the future,” he said.