Northwest Health held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house to celebrate the opening of a new clinic, Northwest Family Medicine – Lowell, located at 212 W. Monroe Ave., Suite A, in Lowell.
The new Lowell clinic is staffed by LeAnn Metheny, DNP, APRN, board-certified family nurse practitioner, who will care for patients of all ages and offer a variety of primary care services, including minor procedures, general wellness care, and chronic illness management.
Vinisha Reddy Kota, MD, is now providing specialty health services at Baptist Health Specialty Clinic-North Little Rock as a rheumatologist.
Kota received a medical degree from Prathima Medical College in India and had a residency in internal medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where she was also a rheumatology fellow.
Andrea Read, DO, who serves as medical director for the Community Quality Alliance, a clinically integrated network (CIN) affiliated with Northwest Health, has earned certification in Health Care Quality and Management (HCQM) from The American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review, according to Bruce Shepard, executive director.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Science (UAMS) College of Nursing has been accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs to educate nurse anesthetists.
“Creating a nurse anesthesia program fits within UAMS’s larger strategic goals of embracing innovative programs and new approaches to train tomorrow’s healthcare workforce and improve healthcare for all Arkansans,” said UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, MD, MBA.
Nov. 10 marked 30 years since Baptist Health-Little Rock performed the first heart transplant in Arkansas. In the years since, Baptist Health has continued to provide treatment at Baptist Health Heart Failure and Transplant Institute.
Baptist Health hosted a 30th anniversary luncheon on the Baptist Health-Little Rock campus to honor and recognize heart transplant recipients from the past three decades.
