and Gold Rating Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval Joint Commission Disease-Specific Certification Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Certification Certified Urgent Care Center Category 1 Designation by the Urgent Care Association of America The Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care Chest Pain Center Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society Full Accreditation Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons Approval with Commendation American Association of Blood Banks Accreditation Affiliations Academic Centers Alvernia University Drexel University College of Medicine Duke University Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University The Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network McMasters University Penn State Hershey College of Medicine Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Temple University School of Medicine University of Michigan University of Pennsylvania Health System Washington University Medical Center Medical Research Institutes National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease National Neurological Disorders and Stroke Saint Jude Medical Notable people Edward Goljan, MD – a physician and professor of medicine at Oklahoma State University, completed his internship and residency in pathology at Reading Hospital. Taylor Swift, international pop superstar was born here in 1989. Austin Kingsley Swift, actor was born here in 1992. John Fetterman, politician was born here in 1969 References Further reading External links Reading Hospital - Tower Health Website St. Christopher's Hospital for Children Specialty Pediatrics 1867 establishments in Pennsylvania Hospitals established in 1867 Teaching hospitals in Pennsylvania Trauma centers