Welcome Anne Lihau-N’kanza, MD
Penn Highlands Healthcare welcomes board-certified trauma surgeon Anne Lihau-N’kanza, MD, to its medical staff.
Dr. Lihau-N’kanza joins the team at Penn Highlands Trauma Services, located at 145 Hospital Avenue, Suite 215, in DuBois.
With 30 years of experience, Dr. Lihau-N’kanza provides specialized care to patients suffering from severe and traumatic injuries. She is highly experienced, having completed multiple residencies and fellowships to provide you with expert care when you need it most.
Common treatments and procedures include acute appendicitis/acute cholecystitis, bowel obstruction/bowel perforation, multiple organ failure, neurological conditions related to trauma, post-surgery complications, post-surgery recovery, respiratory distress syndrome/respiratory failure post trauma, sepsis, severe soft tissue infections and traumatic injuries.
Prior to joining Penn Highlands, Dr. Lihau-N’kanza practiced at Mohawk Valley Health System – St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica, N.Y.; Mercy St. Mary’s in Grand Rapids, Mich.; South Texas Health System in Edinburg, Texas; DuBois Regional Medical Center in DuBois; Harlem Hospital in New York, N.Y.; Hunterdon Medical Center in Hunterdon, N.J.; St. Luke’s University Health Network in Bethlehem; Lutheran Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Ind.; Bay Medical Center in Panama City, Fla.; Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; Atlanticare Medical Center in Atlantic City, N.J.; Guthrie Clinic in Sayre; Saint Joseph Hospital in Patterson, N.J.; Roswell Park Cancer Center in Buffalo, N.Y.; Jersey City Medical Center in Jersey City, N.J.; Yuma Regional Medical Center in Yuma, Ariz.; Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, Wis.; Mary Washington Hospital in Richmond, Va.; Luther Midelfort Hospital in Eau Claire, Wis.; University of Pittsburgh – Bedford in Everett; Butler Memorial Hospital in Butler; Community Medical Center in Scranton; Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine; and Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J.
Dr. Lihau-N’kanza is a graduate of Boston University School of Medicine in Boston, Mass. She completed her residency in general surgery at Sound Shore Hospital in New Rochelle, N.Y.; Montefiore Hospital in Bronx, N.Y.; Lincoln Hospital in Bronx, N.Y.; and North Shore Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y. She completed her fellowship in trauma and critical care at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, N.J.; and in burn surgery at Jacobi Hospital in Bronx, N.Y.
She is certified in Advanced Trauma Life Support, and she is a member of the American Medical Women’s Association, National Medical Association and Society of Gastroenterology Surgeons.
To learn more about trauma services at Penn Highlands Healthcare, visit www.phhealthcare.org/trauma.
