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Dr. Raymond Reichwein is a distinguished graduate of the North Schuylkill School District Class of 1983. He began his medical journey at Penn State University, graduating with distinction in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in Premedicine, before earning his MD from the Penn State College of Medicine in 1991. Dr. Reichwein completed his Neurology residency and fellowship at Penn State Hershey Medical Center in 1997, launching a remarkable 30-year career at the institution as an academic physician and board-certified neurologist specializing in stroke care. He was promoted to Professor of Neurology in 2017 and has served as the department's stroke program director and division chief since 1998, earning induction into the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society and a consistent listing in the Best Doctors in America.

As a visionary leader in stroke care, Dr. Reichwein played an integral role in establishing Penn State Hershey Medical Center as one of only about 300 Comprehensive Stroke Centers (CSC) in the nation, serving as its co-medical director since 2013. In 2012, he developed a pioneering regional telestroke program that now provides acute and follow-up care to 15 rural hospitals across Pennsylvania. He has directed cutting-edge medical advancements, including Pennsylvania's first vagal nerve stimulator program for post-stroke recovery and a unique comprehensive pediatric stroke program. A prolific researcher, Dr. Reichwein has served as an investigator, often a principal, NIH-funded investigator, for over 50 clinical trials, contributing groundbreaking findings to prominent medical journals that have fundamentally shaped modern stroke prevention, treatment, and recovery.

Beyond his clinical innovations, Dr. Reichwein is a celebrated educator and a deeply compassionate physician. He has delivered regional, national, and international lectures for over 25 years, directed the annual Capital Region Stroke Symposium, and has been named the Neurology Faculty Teaching Professor of the Year multiple times. His dedication to patients is unmatched; he has received Penn State's annual patient satisfaction award almost every year for two decades, scoring in the 90th to 99th percentile nationwide with a perfect 100/100 provider rating in recent years. Committed to community advocacy, he spent years volunteering with the American Heart and Stroke Associations, serving as regional board president from 2011 to 2016, and frequently using media and public presentations to educate the community on stroke prevention and neurological health.