As Pratt Regional Medical Center says goodbye to general surgeon, Jake Breeding, M.D. they continue to search for his replacement. PRMC is dedicated to providing the area with the healthcare services it needs.
“Finding the right person for the job is top priority,” PRMC President and CEO, Susan Page explained.
In the mean time, if your appendix or gall bladder decides to give you trouble or if your primary care physician decides you may need surgery, don’t worry, you don’t have to leave town.
In order to continue to provide the community with general surgery services, PRMC has turned to coverage from Locum Tenens physicians. As defined by Wikipedia.com, Locum, short for the Latin phrase locum tenens (lit. “place-holder”), is a person who temporarily fulfills the duties of another. For example, a Locum doctor is a doctor who works in the place of the regular doctor when that doctor is absent, or when a hospital/practice is short-staffed. These professionals are still governed by their respective regulatory bodies, despite the transient nature of their positions.
“It is not uncommon at all for hospitals and physician clinics to use Locum Tenens,” Page said. “Dr. Collin Myers is going to share the general surgery coverage for PRMC.”
Collin L. Myers, M.D.
Collin L. Myers, M.D. completed his undergraduate studies at Pennsylvania State University then received his Medical Doctorate degree from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 1989. Dr. Myers completed his general surgery residency at York Hospital (a level 2 trauma center) in York, PA and his Surgery Nutrition Support Fellowship training at the John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Myers has also served in the Colorado and Pennsylvania National Guard as a Field Surgeon and Senior Medical Officer and in the Individual Ready Reserve until 2001. Dr. Myers is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is President of the Keystone Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Myers is familiar with Pratt and PRMC, as he has filled in for PRMC’s general surgeon in the past, “I have had the opportunity to care for patients at PRMC and I really enjoy their graciousness and appreciate their values,” Myers said.
Dr. Myers performs both upper and lower endoscopies, colonoscopies, advanced laparoscopic surgeries, breast surgeries, gallbladder, hernias, colorectal surgery for benign and malignant disease, and many other general surgery procedures.
Dr. Myers has over 21 years of surgical experience. He and his wife Carol have three daughters. They live in Greater Harrisburg, serving a variety of inner city and global outreach organizations including Bethesda Mission, Harrisburg Christian School and their home church, Trinity Presbyterian (PCA). In his spare time, Dr. Myers enjoys antiquing, hunting, studying American history, and keeping abreast of current political affairs.
