MDNews - Greater Kansas

FE ATURES GRENE VISION GROUP OFFERS LATEST IN CORNEAL CARE 07 One of the largest doctor-owned eye-care groups in the U.S., this Wichita-based practice is at the forefront of medica l and surgica l treatments in a ll ocular specia lties, for a ll ages. GIRARD MEDICAL CENTER CELEBRATES MILESTONE IN SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY PROGRAM 11 Girard Medica l Center's bariatric surgery program, under the direction of Chandroutie (Seema) Latchman, DO, recently celebrated the completion of the 100th sleeve gastrectomy at its southeast Kansas facility. VIA CHRISTI EXPANDS, RELOCATES OUTPATIENTBEHAVIORAL HEALTH 13 Via Christi Hea lth recently relocated its Wichita outpatient behaviora l hea lth programs and services to a newly remodeled location that has the space necessary to house its growing team of psychiatric specia lists. NEW PLACES, NEW FACES 20 Two new state-of-the-art facilities — as well as two new physicians — will help make health care more accessible for Heartland Cardiology's patients. 07 contents ON THE COVER /////// OCT/NOV 2017 A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM THAT HELPS SMOOTHTHE PATH TO PRACTICE 29 Sound Physicians has implemented a mentorship program to provide new doctors with guidance and support while they adjust to their roles. SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: ONCOLOGY A FULLER PICTURE: THE TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF TOTAL-BODY PET 22 The development of full-body PET imaging may soon help propel cancer treatment and research forward. DEPARTMENTS DR. DROP-IN 16 NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE 18 PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT 24 Grene Vision Group Ophthalmologists (Front L-R): David M. Chacko, MD, PhD; Dasa V. Gangadhar; MD; Terria L. Winn, MD; Anita Campbell, MD; Samuel W. Amstutz, MD. (Middle Row L-R): Donald B. Scrafford, MD; Michele M. Riggins, MD; David T. Truong, MD. (Back Row L-R): Brian H. Strange, MD; Mark L. Wellemeyer, MD; Charles R. Whitfill, MD; Alan R. Hromas, MD. 13 16

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