Company news and updates.
Mitchell Keel, MD, was recently welcomed as an Internal Medicine provider at the Newport Diagnostic Medical Clinic, soon to be White River Health Family & Specialty Care. He joins Marlo Hargrave, APRN, Family Medicine. In her practice, Marlo treats patients of all ages and has served the Jackson County area since 2018.
White River Health Emergency Department Cherokee Village, previously known as WRMC Medical Complex Cherokee Village Emergency Department, received the American Heart Association’s Silver Plus Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability.
White River Health (WRH) hosted a Groundbreaking Ceremony for a new facility dedicated to continuing orthopaedic excellence at White River Health Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, previously known as WRMC Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic. The new facility is being constructed on the White River Medical Center campus on what is currently the walking track.
Survival Flight and White River Medical Center (WRMC) are proud to be working together to ensure the patients of Independence County and the surrounding areas have enhanced care when suffering from a severe heart attack. Survival Flight and WRMC both recently received training on the Intra-aortic Balloon Pump (IABP). An IABP is a type of therapeutic device that will assist your heart in pumping more blood, mitigating the damages caused by heart attacks and a related condition called cardiogenic shock.
Dr. Hunter Brown and Dr. Rob Emery, Urologists at WRMC Surgery Clinic, are proud to offer Aquablation therapy for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The procedures are performed at White River Medical Center (WRMC). Read more for understanding of BPH and this procedure.
White River Medical Center offers interventional procedures to treat coronary artery and peripheral artery disease.
Charity Schaufler, RN, Stroke Program Nurse Facilitator for White River Medical Center and the WRMC Medical Complex Cherokee Village, was named the 2021 Stroke Champion for the North-Central Region at the 2021 UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation Stroke Program Conference.
White River Medical Center (WRMC) and the United Way of North Central Arkansas provide a free book to every newborn at WRMC through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. After enrollment children receive a specially selected, age appropriate book each year until age five through a partnership between Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, the United Way of North Central Arkansas, and WRMC.
White River Medical Center's Emergency and Cardiac Catheterization staff received the Mission Lifeline Silver Plus Achievement Award from the American Heart Association.
Charles D. Varela, MD Orthopaedic Surgeon performs the first total wrist replacement at Stone County Medical Center (SCMC) using the the latest state of the art prosthesis. The new prosthesis has shown potential to significantly reduce the patient’s pain and preserve motion while reducing complications. This is a major advancement in the area of hand surgery.