{"id":201884,"date":"2026-05-25T13:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T13:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201884\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T13:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T13:05:09","slug":"fellowship-community-whitehall-appoints-director-of-rehabilitation-lehigh-valley-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201884\/","title":{"rendered":"Fellowship Community, Whitehall, appoints Director of Rehabilitation \u2013 Lehigh Valley Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published May 25. 2026 08:48AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Fellowship Community, Whitehall Township, has named Barbara Baran, PT, DPT, as Director of Rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Baran was Assistant Director of Rehabilitation. She has been on the Fellowship Community staff since 2003.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Baran has extensive experience in the healthcare field, having begun her career as a physical therapist in 1994. She received a Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2015. She has more than 30 years of clinical experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Baran has mentored dozens of future therapists in her role as a Center Coordinator of Clinical Education (CCCE), fostering a culture of accountability, professional growth and continuous improvement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">As Director of Rehabilitation, she looks forward to extending this mentorship-driven approach to the rehabilitation team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Baran\u2019s commitment to mentorship, clinical excellence and compassionate care for older adults makes her an ideal leader and a valued team member of Fellowship Community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Fellowship Community is a faith-based continuing care retirement community that has a tradition of excellence in senior living for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Fellowship offers a comprehensive continuum of services, including Independent Living, Personal Care, Skilled Nursing, Short-Term Rehabilitation, and Memory Support on its 67-acre campus in Whitehall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">An April 27 press release about the appointment announcement from Fellowship Community stated: \u201cInspired by the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Fellowship Community is committed to enriching the physical and spiritual lives of those it serves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Information: https:\/\/www.fellowshipcommunity.com\/<\/p>\n<p>Barbara Baran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published May 25. 2026 08:48AM Fellowship Community, Whitehall Township, has named Barbara Baran, PT, DPT, as Director of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-201884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}