Welcome New Physicians – February 2026
Penn Highlands Healthcare offers 550+ physicians who provide a wide range of care and treatments at our nine hospitals and locations throughout 26 counties in Pennsylvania that include community medical buildings, outpatient facilities, surgery centers and physician practices. We are pleased to welcome the following physicians who recently joined our medical staff.
Matthew Ellenberg, DO
Huntingdon, State College, Tyrone
Emergency medicine physician, Matthew Ellenberg, DO, joins the teams at Penn Highlands Huntingdon located at 1225 Warm Springs Avenue in Huntingdon; Penn Highlands State College located at 239 Colonnade Boulevard in State College; and Penn Highlands Tyrone located at 187 Hospital Drive in Tyrone.
Dr. Ellenberg graduated from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, PA. He completed an internship in internal medicine at University of North Carolina Blue Ridge in Morganton, NC. Dr. Ellenberg completed his residency in emergency medicine at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, PA. He is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Donald Scott Schneider, MD
Clearfield, State College
Board-certified gastroenterologist Donald Scott Schneider, MD, has joined the team at Penn Highlands Gastroenterology, located at 239 Colonnade Boulevard, First Floor in State College. Dr. Schneider will continue to see patients in the Clearfield office, located at 807 Turnpike Avenue, Suite 220. Dr. Schneider is fellowship-trained and provides comprehensive gastroenterology care. He has more than three decades of experience and has served in prominent positions, including endoscopy medical director.
Prior to joining Penn Highlands, Dr. Schneider practiced at Geisinger Health System in State College; Brunswick Gastroenterology Associates in Brunswick, Maine; Geisinger Medical Center in Danville; Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Keene, N.H.; and Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, NY. Dr. Schneider is a graduate of SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, N.Y. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, N.Y. He completed his fellowship in gastroenterology with advanced endoscopic year at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H.
