Laurel Health Debuts New Towanda Laurel Health Center

Photo Caption: Laurel Health commemorated the grand opening of the Towanda Laurel Health Center on August 7, 2024, as part of its National Health Center Week celebration with a dedication ceremony and ribbon cutting featuring executive leadership, legislative representatives, local community leaders, and staff. From left: Representative Tina Pickett; Daniel Branzburg, CRNP; Dr. Cynthia Meyer, Laurel Health Chief Medical Officer; James A. Nobles, Laurel Health President and CEO; Shannon Nobles, PMHNP-BC; Beth Geiger, FNP-C, DNP; and Deb Rudy, Field Representative for Senator Yaw’s office.

Towanda, PA – Laurel Health is excited to announce that its brand-new Towanda Laurel Health Center is now open for business, located in downtown Towanda at 410 Main St. in Suites 101 to 104. The Towanda Laurel Health Center is open from 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday. It offers comprehensive family medicine, primary care, mental and behavioral health services, acute care, women’s health, and chronic condition management. New patients of all ages are being accepted at 570-266-5882.

A dedicated patient parking lot is available behind the building in addition to street parking directly in front of the facility. The center will be led by a team of experienced providers, including Beth Geiger, FNP-C, DNP, Daniel Branzburg, CRNP, and Shannon Nobles, PMHNP-BC.

Beth Geiger, FNP-C, DNP, brings over 15 years of nursing expertise to the team with a passion for women’s health and wellness care. Her clinical background includes emergency medicine, acute inpatient care, family medicine, and long-term care, all of which have provided her in-depth experience treating a wide variety of healthcare needs in patients of all ages. Her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) is the highest level of education for nurse practitioners and is designed to cultivate nursing leaders who collaborate with their teams on patient care strategies and policies. Geiger enjoys working together with her patients to develop and maintain realistic healthy habits that will improve their quality of life.

Daniel Branzburg, CRNP, has a background in family medicine and primary care with additional clinical experience in inpatient and home health settings. He is especially passionate about preventive wellness care to help patients live healthier lives and enjoys the detective work of investigating how everything fits together to create the big picture of patients’ well-being. Branzburg was drawn to primary care because of the difference it can make in a patient’s life, especially when it comes to intervening early to prevent illness and help people get better faster.

Shannon Nobles, PMHNP-BC, brings 30 years of nursing experience to the team. The growing need for mental health support inspired her to specialize in mental and behavioral health. She and Laurel Health system are committed to eliminating the stigma regarding mental health to assure patients feel comfortable accessing the services they need. Shannon Nobles provides comprehensive therapy, psychiatric evaluations, and medication management. She specializes in treating a wide array of mental and behavioral health conditions, and she is especially passionate about treating trauma.

As a federally qualified community health center (FQHC), the Towanda Laurel Health Center is committed to caring for all patients regardless of their ability to pay and offers a sliding fee program which provides financial support to income-eligible families to help with coverage gaps, co-pays, medications, and deductibles. Laurel Health’s certified application counselors also provide free enrollment assistance for financial aid programs and help patients compare insurance plans on the state marketplace to find affordable coverage that meets their individual healthcare needs.

“The Laurel Health Centers believe in affordable care for everyone, and when evaluating the needs of our communities, we have found access to mental health and primary care services remains a pressing concern in Bradford County, as it does in many rural regions,” shares James A. Nobles, President & CEO of the Laurel Health Centers. “We are committed to strategic growth in Tioga and Bradford Counties that is centered on our communities’ needs and assuring everyone has access to the care they need closer to home with providers they know and trust.”

The Laurel Health Centers offer nationally recognized, award-winning family medicine, behavioral health services, and specialty care for the whole family throughout Tioga and Bradford Counties, including sites in Blossburg, Elkland, Lawrenceville, Mansfield, Towanda, Troy, Wellsboro, and Westfield, PA. The system includes eight community health centers, five dental clinics, Laurel Behavioral Health outpatient services, and the Laurel Health & Wellness Center.

Laurel Health’s family medicine clinics are consistent national quality award winners and are strategically positioned throughout Tioga and Bradford Counties to ensure patients have access to comprehensive, quality healthcare near their home communities. Laurel Health has been working diligently to expand its family medicine, mental health, and dental services in Bradford County to better address local need. Over the past three years, Laurel Health has launched the Troy Laurel Health Center, the new Towanda Laurel Health Center, and three Bradford-based dental offices across Troy and Towanda, PA.  

"Laurel Health takes a holistic whole-person approach to patient care, offering comprehensive physical and mental health services on location at each clinic. To improve patients’ overall well-being, we must address more than just their physical health; we also care for their mental, social, and emotional health needs and look at how those needs overlap and intersect. Our office takes a collaborative approach and proactively coordinates healthcare between providers to make getting the care you need easier and faster,” added Nobles.

To help reduce patients’ travel time, Laurel Health focuses on delivering a wide range of medical and dental services within rural communities across northcentral PA, including primary care, pediatrics, women’s health, complete family dentistry services, internal medicine, chiropractic care, sports medicine, mental health counseling, preventive wellness care, nutrition / diabetes education, care coordination, chronic disease management, free insurance enrollment assistance, and more.

The Towanda Laurel Health Center is now accepting new patients of all ages. To speak with the front office or to make an appointment, call 570-266-5882.

For more information about Laurel Health’s Bradford County sites, services, and providers, visit laurelhc.org.