Newton Medical Center Names Val Gleason as CEO
Newton Medical Center has named Vallerie Gleason as chief executive officer. Steven G. Kelly, who has served as the hospital’s president and chief executive officer for the last 16 years, will continue to lead the organization as its president, focusing on strategic issues, physician relations, business development and governmental issues. “This was a logical development […]
NMC Launches Patient and Family Advisory Council
Newton Medical Center (NMC) has launched a patient and family advisory council (PFAC), a new engagement initiative focused on utilizing patient feedback to continually improve the hospital experience. In addition to hospital staff, the council is made up of advisors. These advisors are members of the community who have been recent patients of Newton Medical […]
NMC Surgeon Works with Fire/EMS
Newton Medical Center surgeon, Paul Bogner, MD, was nearing the end of medical school in 1977 when he decided to enroll in an elective taught by trauma surgeon Norman E. McSwain, Jr., MD. Although he didn’t know, his decision would have far-reaching impacts. Dr. Bogner was already aiming for a surgery career, and he assumed […]
NMC Employee Selected for National Patient Safety Initiative
Kesa Easter, patient and family engagement coordinator at Newton Medical Center, has been selected by the Kansas Healthcare Collaborative and the Hospital Engagement Network to receive one of eight hospital awards. This award will allow her to participate in the Patient Safety Immersion Initiative, a program of the National Patient Safety Foundation. The goal of […]
NMC Health Names Cardiac Rehab Program Medical Director
Newton Medical Center has named Jennifer Scott Koontz, MD, as medical director of the hospital’s cardiac rehabilitation program. In this role, Dr. Koontz will oversee the program as well as evaluate each patient during the rehabilitation process. Dr. Koontz is board certified in family medicine and fellowship-trained in sports medicine. She practices at the hospital’s […]
Dr. Koontz Completes National Patient Safety Fellowship
Dr. Koontz Completes National Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship
New Medical Director of Midwest Occupational Medicine
Greg Kahrs, MD, named Medical Director of Midwest Occupational Medicine. Senior Aeromedical Examiner now seeing patients in Wichita and Park City clinic locations.
Koontz, Hartvickson complete fellowship program
Jennifer Koontz, M.D., of newton Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, and Malea Hartvickson of Newton Medical Center, completed the 2014 Improvement Leader Fellowship program conducted by the Health Research and Educational Trust, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association.
