Dr. Matt Loutzenhiser joined CoxHealth Adult Urgent Care. He attended medical school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb., and he completed his residency with the Cox Family Medicine Residency Program.
St. John's Health System was recognized as a Comprehensive Program Spine Center of Excellence by NeuStrategy. St. John's Spine Center encompasses neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, pain management, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, medical psychology, physical therapy and imaging in a single location.
Dr. Charles Wiredu joined CoxHealth Center for Internal Medicine. He earned his medical degree at the School of Medical Sciences, University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana, and he completed a residency in internal medicine at John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County in Chicago.
Two employees of Skaggs Regional Medical Center in Branson were among the 316 recipients of scholarships through the Missouri Hospital Association's Missouri Hospital Employees Scholarship program. The Skaggs recipients are Deana Morgan, radiology manager, and Alice Hall, a registered nurse. The scholarships can be used toward accredited certification, vocational and degree programs, and recipients can receive up to half of tuition and academic fees, for up to $4,000 in one year; the maximum term for the funding is 24 months, with a total of $8,000.
Kate Kilgo, a family nurse practitioner, joined CoxHealth, working in the health system's Rogersville center and its South Campbell Avenue location of The Clinic at Walmart. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg vand her Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Ozarks Technical Community College's first graduating class of the Associate of Science in Nursing Program, which enables licensed practical nurses to complete registered nurse programs in 36 weeks, has achieved a 100 percent success rate on the state of Missouri's registered nurse licensing exam. All 24 graduates are now elegible for employment as registered nurses.
Dr. Paul Stortz joined Citizens Memorial Healthcare, serving as a family practice physician at Humansville Family Medical Center. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Rockford, Ill., and he completed his family practice residency at the Family Medicine Residency Program.
The Doula Foundation of Mid-America received a $5,000 matching grant from the Ozarks Health Advocacy Foundation in support of its prenatal and postnatal programs for at-risk pregnant women.
Dr. Benjamin Lampert, medical director of pain management at St. John's Regional Health Center, was appointed by Gov. Jay Nixon to the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts, which registers, licenses and regulates all physicians and surgeons in Missouri, as well as other types of health professionals, including physical therapists, audiologists, anesthesiologist assistants and athletic trainers.
Dr. Geoff Lloyd-Smith, a urologist, joined Ozarks Community Hospital Specialty Clinic and is seeing patients on Monday afternoons. A native of Westmount, Quebec, Canada, he is a graduate of Queens University in Canada and is certified by the American Board of Urology.
St. John's Corporate Health & Wellness, a division of St. John's Health Plans, was awarded a Well Workplace Gold Award from the Wellness Councils of America, recognizing outstanding achievement in health promotion. To receive a Gold Award, companies must demonstrate competence in seven benchmark areas and have in place comprehensive worksite wellness programs with concrete outcomes. St. John's has offered health and wellness programs for co-workers and spouses for more than 20 years.
Dr. Rahul Kapur joined CoxHealth Springfield Inpatient Physicians as a family medicine hospitalist. He attended medical school at Kasturba Medical College in India and completed a residency at the Wesley Family Medicine Residency program.
Three Springfield-area nonprofits received a total of $489,831 in grants from the Missouri Foundation for Health. Fordland Clinic Inc. received $295,197 through MFH's Healthy & Active Communities Initiative to develop school and community gardens in several rural communities along U.S. Highway 60. Women's Crisis Center of Taney County Inc. in Branson received $150,000 from MFH's Women's Health program to hire additional support advocates and expand crisis intervention and case management services. The MFH Women's Health program also gave $44,634 to Polk County House of Hope In Bolivar to expand its support group services, emergency shelter, case management and counseling programs for female victims of domestic and sexual violence.
The Doula Foundation of Mid-America announced its officers for 2009-10. Brad Feuerbacher of Brown Derby Inc. is president; Sheri Austin of The Alchemedia Project is vice president; and community volunteer Ann Bagley is treasurer. The organization promotes healthy babies and families through group classes and individual support of doulas.
Buzbee Dental Clinic PC has installed a NewTom VGi CT scanner, which uses a cone-shaped beam to acquire an entire image in a single pass, which can complete more accurate imaging without gaps in information, with considerably lower radiation exposure through Safe Beam technology. Buzbee Dental's is the first installed NewTom VGi CT installed dental unit in the U.S., according to a company news release.
U.S. Sen. Kit Bond received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Public Affairs from the March of Dimes, recognizing his efforts to champion legislation aimed at improving maternal and children's health. Among his efforts, in 1998, Bond teamed up with the March of Dimes to pass the Birth Defects Prevention Act, which created the first national strategy for birth defects prevention, surveillance and research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He also worked with the group to help pass the Children's Health Act of 2000, which included language encouraging women of childbearing age to take folic acid every day, which can help reduce neural tube defects, and in 2007 he helped enact a bill aimed at preventing pre-term births and associated lifelong health problems.
Dr. Craig Marsh, a podiatric specialist with The Foot Doctors PC, has been certified by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery as a foot surgeon. He is a graduate of Des Moines University College of Podiatric Medicine and completed a podiatric surgical residency at Mercy/Allina in Coon Rapids, Minn. His primary podiatric medical residency was completed at Minneapolis Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Donn Sorenson was named vice president of ambulatory operations for the Sisters of Mercy Health System. He retains his duties as executive vice president of St. John's Health System in Springfield, but in his new role with Sisters of Mercy, Sorenson leads evaluation of all facets of Mercy's physician clinic infrastructure and is part of a core team that coordinates and supports physician integration and operations across the health system. Sorensen has been with Mercy since 2000 and has more than 25 years of health care experience.[[In-content Ad]]
