Urology Services Now Available at St. Luke’s Sacred Heart Hospital

Jeffrey Gevirtz, MD, Is Accepting New Patients

Allentown, Pa. – Jeffrey Gevirtz, MD, of St. Luke’s Center for Urology will see patients at St. Luke’s Sacred Heart Campus in Allentown, beginning Tuesday, May 14. The newly renovated office is located at 451 Medical Plaza, Suite 304, 451 West Chew Street, Allentown.

Jeffrey Gevirtz, MD

Dr. Gevirtz has been practicing general urology in the Lehigh Valley for more than 20 years. He has extensive experience in the treatment of urologic diseases, including urologic infections and cancers, kidney stones, prostate diseases, and erectile dysfunction. He is particularly interested in the minimally invasive laser treatment of prostate conditions.

Dr. Gevirtz graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Rutgers Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, and completed residencies in general surgery and urology at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University in Providence, RI. He is certified by the American Board of Urology, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the American Urological Association.

To make an appointment, call 484-526-2598. To learn more about St. Luke’ Center for Urology, visit sluhn.org/urology.

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About St. Luke’s

Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 15,000 employees providing services at 10 hospitals and over 320 outpatient sites.  With annual net revenue greater than $2 billion, the Network’s service area includes 10 counties: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe and Schuylkill counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey.  Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke’s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania.  In partnership with Temple University, St. Luke’s created the Lehigh Valley’s first and only regional medical school campus.  It also operates the nation’s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 28 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with 226 residents and fellows.  St. Luke’s is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system with Medicare’s five- and four-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction.  St. Luke’s is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital.  In 2019, three of IBM Watson Health’s 100 Top Hospitals were St. Luke’s hospitals.  St. Luke’s University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from IBM Watson Health seven times total and five years in a row. St. Luke’s has also been cited by IBM Watson Health as a 50 Top Cardiovascular Program.  Utilizing the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system for both inpatient and outpatient services, the Network is a multi-year recipient of the Most Wired award recognizing the breadth of the SLUHN’s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information.  St. Luke’s is also recognized as one of the state’s lowest cost providers.