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Media Relations

Weekday Contact for Media Inquiries

St. Luke’s College of Health Sciences welcomes media professionals to contact the St. Luke’s University Health Network Marketing & Public Relations Department to arrange interviews and stories, request background information and to visit our facilities accompanied by a Marketing & Public Relations staff member.

Sam Kennedy, Corporate Communications Director: Phone: 484-526-4134 | Email: samuel.kennedy@sluhn.org

If Mr. Kennedy is out of the office or unavailable, please call 484-526-4000 (Network Operator) and request to page the on-call member of the Marketing staff.

Weeknight and Weekend Contact for Media Inquiries

St. Luke’s Marketing & Public Relations staff members rotate on-call duties for media inquiries. Weeknights after 5 pm and on the weekends (after 4:30 pm Friday through 8am Monday), contact St. Luke’s operator at 484-526-4000 and ask for the Marketing staff member on call.

For Media Visiting any St. Luke's Location

  • All media interviews or photography sessions with St. Luke’s College of Health Sciences must be coordinated through St. Luke’s Marketing & Public Relations Department.
  • All media that come to St. Luke’s sites must first check in with the receptionist in the lobby of that building.
  • Members of the media should wear identification of their media affiliation when on campus of any St. Luke’s facility.
  • All media must be accompanied by a St. Luke’s Marketing & Public Relations staff member when conducting interviews or taking photos on a St. Luke’s campus.
  • Media crews, reporters, videographers and photographers who enter any St. Luke’s property without clearance will be stopped by security and asked to go to the lobby area until a member of the Marketing & Public Relations Department can be contacted. This policy is in effect for all St. Luke’s entities (hospitals and non-hospitals) to secure the confidentiality of our patients and is in concurrence with the American Hospital Association guidelines.
  • When on a St. Luke’s campus or facility, media crews must park in a proper parking space unless authorized by the Marketing & Public Relations Department. Please do not block access to any hospital or St. Luke’s outpatient location. Media crews may not park in the Emergency Department parking areas.