About Us

Centre Geriatric Care, LLC

Established November 17th, 2021, Centre Geriatric Care was formed by co-owners Dennis Augustin Shannon, III M.D. and Xenia Kugler, CRNP. Both practicing providers to the Centre County area for several years and both passionate about gerontology (medicine focused on the older adult population, traditionally 65+ years of age), Dr. Shannon and Xenia decided to form their own medical practice to solely focus on long term care (LTC), specifically taking care of older adults who reside in nursing homes.

Dr. Shannon is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). He completed his undergraduate Bachelor of Science in biology with an emphasis in physiology at the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, PA, completed Medical School at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA, and completed his internship and residency at Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA. He has practiced internal medicine in Bellefonte, PA for 26+ years, covering both inpatient hospital, outpatient office, and previously Centre Crest nursing home, now Centre Care LTC and Rehabilitation facility. Dr. Shannon is the current Medical Director at Centre Care.

Xenia is board certified by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She completed her undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree in Human Development and Family Studies at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA before realizing nursing was her calling. She went back to school to complete a Bachelor of Science Registered Nurse program at Pennsylvania State University in Altoona, PA and practiced as a Registered Nurse at Mount Nittany Medical Center for 6 years in both Critical Care and the Emergency Department before going back to school to complete her Masters of Science in Nursing, Nurse Practitioner Degree with an extra certification in Gerontology. Xenia has practiced internal medicine outpatient office services and also provided care at Centre Crest, now Centre Care as a Nurse Practitioner for 4+ years.

Dr. Shannon and Xenia are proud and honored to offer age friendly, compassionate, and comprehensive internal medicine focused evidence based practice gerontological medical services to the local Centre County area.