The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education’s new Continuing Medical Education (CME) Office earned accreditation after a review by the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s CME Advisory Panel.

After a virtual site visit on Nov. 19, the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s CME Advisory Panel approved initial accreditation of The Wright Center’s CME office through Feb. 29, 2028. Composed of volunteer physicians and educational consultants, the panel ensures high-quality, relevant educational content for health care teams, including state-mandated courses like child abuse recognition.

As one of the nation’s largest U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration-funded

Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Safety-Net Consortiums, The Wright Center is committed to building and strengthening formal learning environments that empower medical, health, and other related professionals to serve as educators in their fields of expertise, according to Nathan Cardona, director of enterprise scholarly activity, research, and Institutional Review Board administration.

In 2025, The Wright Center began establishing its CME Office. Accreditation from the Pennsylvania Medical Society now enables The Wright Center to offer CME credits to employees who participate in faculty development programs and other internal educational presentations.

“By providing CME credit for educational sessions that are conducted at The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, we provide an additional level of expectation of excellence from our presenters,” Cardona explained. “Having this accreditation will help our licensed doctors, nurses, residents, fellows, and other professionals in the organization by providing needed credits for their particular license or certification.”

The Wright Center is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026. Founded in 1976, The Wright Centers for Community Health, Graduate Medical Education, and Patient & Community Engagement are a physician-led, community-owned nonprofit and a cornerstone of health care in the region. The organization employs more than 665 professionals – including nearly 200 resident and fellow physicians – and trains more than 200 interprofessional health care learners each year.

In fiscal year 2024-25, The Wright Center served about 38,300 unique patients across its growing network of community health centers in Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, and Wyoming counties, including its mobile medical and dental unit, Driving Better Health. As a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike and safety-net provider, The Wright Center serves all patients, regardless of insurance status, ZIP code, or ability to pay. No patient is turned away due to an inability to pay. 

Learn more at TheWrightCenter.org or call 570-230-0019.