HJAR Nov/Dec 2019

HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF ARKANSAS I  NOV / DEC 2019 29 For weekly eNews updates and to read the journal online, visit HealthcareJournalAR.com Mercy Hospital President Eric Pianalto said, “The people we will be caring for are my family, my friends, and neighbors. That makes the work very personal.” Taking the reins at the facility is Kerry Harper, campus administrator, who has more than three decades of experience in healthcare at Mercy Hospital and its predecessor, St. Mary’s Hospi- tal. Harper said the clinic will improve access to care, whether that’s for a routine visit or an emer- gency. “The growth in this area is phenomenal, and we’re ready to step up to provide health care to newcomers and to families that have been here for generations.” The facility’s clinic side will feature 60-plus exam rooms, including 29 dedicated to primary care and 34 for specialty care. Specialties located per- manently in the clinic include cardiology, endocri- nology, neurology, and pulmonology, and there will be rotating specialties. Primary care provid- ers will include internal medicine and pediatrics. Some providers at the clinic are new to Mercy, while others will transfer from other Mercy locations. • Cardiology: Dr. Kiran Kurichety • Endocrinology: Dr. Johnathan Stringer and APRN Katiutschka Reyes • Internal medicine: Dr. Marck Shelnutt • Neurology: Dr. Ryan Kaplan and Dr. Ste- ven Moon • Pediatrics: Dr. Susan Sullivan and APN Rachel Angulo • Primary care: Dr. Larry Schemel and APN Taylor Kelamis • Pulmonology: Dr. Dan Paul The Mercy Health Foundation has raised $2 million to support construction of Mercy Spring- dale, including a $1.5 million lead gift from the Shewmaker family and a $250,000 grant from the James M. Cox Foundation. Other lead donors include the Sunderland Foundation, Schmeiding Foundation, Pete and Shirley Esch, and Northwest Arkansas Pathology Associates. “We’re so grateful to all of our donors for their generosity in helping us open doors in a com- munity in need of greater access to care,” said Clark Ellison, vice president of Mercy Health Foundation. Baptist Health NowOffering Obstetrics, Gynecology Services in Van Buren Obstetrics and gynecology services are now available at Baptist Health Family and Pediatric Clinic-Van Buren. Aldon Corle, MD, provides prenatal and post- partum care, as well as general wellness exams for women of all ages, one day a week at the clinic, which is located at 209 Pointer Trail West. At this location Corle works alongside pediatri- cian Raelene Mapes, DO, and nurse practitioner Linda Blasingame. Corle is board-certified in obstetrics and gyne- cology. He joined Baptist Health Women’s Clinic- Fort Smith in December of last year. Prior to com- ing to Fort Smith, Corle served residents of Pine Bluff as a physician at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He completed a residency at the Univer- sity of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita in 2010 after earning a medical degree there in 2006. Full-Time Pediatric Cardiologist Joins Arkansas Children’s Hospital Jonesboro Clinic Northeast Arkansas children with heart defects now have a full-time cardiologist dedicated to their care at Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) Jonesboro Clinic. Sam Lee, MD, is an associate professor of pedi- atrics in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine who has begun seeing patients at Arkansas Children’s Hospital Jonesboro Clinic, located at 520 Carson Aldon Corle, MD Street. Lee most recently served as a full-time pediatric cardiologist at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University. He now works full time at Arkansas Children’s Hospital Jones- boro Clinic, where he will soon see patients every day of the week in a clinic. A graduate of the Medical College of Georgia, Lee joined Children’s Hospital of Richmond in 2005. He has since served as director of the hos- pital’s exercise physiology lab, and has treated children in the inpatient and outpatient settings as a board-certified pediatric cardiologist. “Children with heart problems need the exper- tise of a pediatric cardiologist, and now they’ll have more opportunities to seek that care right where they live, learn, and play through the ACH Jonesboro Clinic,” said Paul Seib, MD, chief of cardiology at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and an associate professor of cardiology in the UAMS College of Medicine. “With Dr. Lee’s expertise, we’ll be able to help even more Northeast Arkan- sas children have healthy and happy hearts.” Arkansas Children’s Hospital Jonesboro Clinic recently expanded its pediatric subspecialty care offerings. The expansion of services was made possible through a generous gift of $750,000 from Arkansas Children’s Foundation Board Member Kim Fowler and her husband Chris Fowler, presi- dent of Fowler Foods, Inc. The funds were used to purchase the building that houses the Arkan- sas Children’s Hospital Jonesboro Clinic, and ren- ovate the 8,000 square-foot facility to expand ser- vices, including additional clinic space, as well as space for speech, audiology, physical, and occu- pational therapy. n Sam Lee, MD

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