Welcome Cary Amundson, DO

Penn Highlands Healthcare welcomes board-certified emergency medicine physician Cary Amundson, DO, to its medical staff.

Dr. Amundson joins the emergency department teams at Penn Highlands Clearfield, located at 809 Turnpike Avenue in Clearfield; Penn Highlands DuBois, located at 100 Hospital Avenue in DuBois; Penn Highlands Huntingdon, located at 1225 Warm Springs Avenue in Huntingdon; Penn Highlands State College, located at 239 Colonnade Boulevard in State College; and Penn Highlands Tyrone, located at 187 Hospital Drive in Tyrone.

Dr. Amundson has 15 years of experience in emergency medicine and is a fellowship-trained specialist, having achieved the highest level of education and training in his field. He is a former US Navy Corpsman and US Marine.

Common treatments and procedures include symptoms of a heart attack, including chest pain and shortness of breath; symptoms of a stroke, including face droopiness, arm weakness and slurred speech; broken bones that pierce the skin or cause severe pain; difficulty breathing; loss of consciousness; severe abdominal pain; severe allergic reaction; uncontrolled bleeding; sudden, severe headache; and other serious illnesses or injuries.

Prior to joining Penn Highlands, Dr. Amundson practiced at Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center in Camp Hill, UPMC Washington Health System in Washington and Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling, W.Va.

Dr. Amundson is a graduate of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Bradenton, Fla. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Hershey and his fellowship in emergency medicine at WVU Medicine, Wheeling Hospital, in Wheeling, W.Va.

To learn more about emergency medicine at Penn Highlands Healthcare, visit us at www.phhealthcare.org/ed.