Two Reading Hospital Physicians Recognized by Pennsylvania Medical Society as ‘Top Physicians Under 40’

by Reading Hospital – Tower Health

Two members of the Reading Hospital medical staff –Blake Bailey, DO, and Caitlyn Moss, MD – were both recently named to the list of Top Physicians under 40 by the Pennsylvania Medical Society.

“This recognition is a testament to the hard work and dedication of Dr. Bailey and Dr. Moss,” said Charles F. Barbera, MD, Reading Hospital president and CEO. “Through their efforts they have made such a positive impact on their patients and colleagues, and we are honored they have chosen to share their talents with our community and medical staff.”

Dr. Bailey joined the Hospital in 2016 and currently serves as Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, and Assistant Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Reading Hospital. Dr. Moss is an Academic Hospitalist in the Department of Internal Medicine and a core faculty member for the Internal Medicine Residency Program who joined Reading Hospital in 2020.

In his work in the Emergency Department, Dr. Bailey has helped lead improvements in services for patients with mental health and substance abuse issues, including reducing the time between arrival and evaluation in the ED for behavioral health patients by almost 50 percent. Early in his tenure he became actively involved in the Reading Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency Program by becoming a member of the Core Faculty as well as overseeing the residency curriculum. Dr. Bailey also serves as a “Resident Mentor” for an Emergency Medicine resident each year. In this role he works to ensure the new resident is acclimating to the Berks County area, adjusting to residency, and striving for a healthy work-life balance. To pursue his medical career, Dr. Bailey “came home” to Reading Hospital: he was born at the Hospital and spent a year working in the Emergency Department before he started medical school.

In addition to her clinical duties, Dr. Moss has shaped the Internal Medicine Residency curriculum, including an innovative Opioid Use Disorder curriculum in which residents not only see acutely ill patients in withdrawal, but engage with them in counseling groups and in outpatient settings to understand an individual’s struggle and recovery. She has also built an innovative and popular Medical Education curriculum and an HIV clinic curriculum. Dr. Moss also started a speaker series on “Life After Residency” in which speakers discuss important issues related to professional development and maintaining work/life balance.

In her first year with Tower Health, Dr. Moss organized “A Night of Physician Storytelling” which brought together physicians, residents and fellows, and Drexel medical students who shared personal stories to help reduce stress and burnout.

Suzanne Wenderoth, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Reading Hospital and Tower Health, added, “Both Drs. Bailey and Moss have worked tirelessly to establish themselves as respected physicians not only at Reading Hospital, but in the state. This prestigious honor is a fitting recognition of their skill in the medical field and the talents they share across the health system.”

Dr. Barbera added, “Caitlyn and Blake embody the values of excellence and compassion that define our clinical team and are an example of the high-caliber of physicians we have across all specialties at Reading Hospital.”