Month: April 2016
Media: TAVR With Dr. Aravind Rao
Severe aortic stenosis is a serious heart valve disease that restricts normal blood flow to the entire body. When you have aortic stenosis, your heart valves are not able to fully open and close. As a result and your lungs, brain and body don’t get the oxygen-rich blood they need to function. Dr. Aravind Rao with… View Full Post
Dr. Brian Bean ‘Caring and Compassionate’
To celebrate Doctors’ Day, we asked our patients and co-workers why they appreciate their doctor. Watch for more of these stories as we continue #CHILivingOurMission. Laura Clark-Bean writes that CHI St. Vincent Infirmary Hospitalist Dr. Brian Bean is ‘Caring and Compassionate.” “I have the privilege and honor to work with Dr. Brian Bean through telemedicine… View Full Post
Wilson, Bowe Win Fitbits in Maintenance Challenge
Alyson Wilson and Jenny Bowe are the winners of the Go! Weight Loss Challenge Maintenance Weigh-in. Each wins a Fitbit Flex. Wilson is an Echo Technologist at Hot Springs. Bowe is the nurse manager for all of the women’s service line (including Mother/Baby and Labory and Delivery) at the Infirmary. The Maintenance Weigh in was held… View Full Post
Junior Volunteers Applications Being Accepted
Applications are now being accepted for the CHI St. Vincent Junior Volunteer Program. Applicants must be quality young people who demonstrate an ability to follow directions, conduct themselves in a highly professional manner and who are genuinely interested in a career in health care or related field. The program is five weeks, beginning June 27 and running through July 28.… View Full Post