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REVOLUTIONARY SINUS TREATMENT COMES TO NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER Newton Medical Center has become the second hospital in Kansas to own and operate the Acclarent Cyclops, a state-of- the-art surgical scope used to treat sinus conditions more effectively and efficiently than with conventional tools. Barry Paul Kimberley, M.D., who has performed several procedures using the new device since its arrival earlier this year, says the scope is "unique in its ability to allow surgeons to see every imaginable angle during surgery." The Acclarent Cyclops is capable of rotating 90 degrees to each side, allowing surgeons a full view into the nose and inside the sinuses. This helps surgeons resolve issues more quickly and easily, with no inci- sions involved. It is less invasive, safer and more thorough than traditional methods, greatly improving outpatient procedures and facilitating shorter surgery times. "It allows us to verify CT scans visually and even see around corners, doing the job it used to take three or four scopes to perform," says Dr. Kimberley. Dr. Kimberley provides ear, nose and throat services as well as sleep medicine services on the Newton Medical Center campus. VIA CHRISTI HOSPITAL ON ST. TERESA TO OFFER INPATIENT REHABILITATION SERVICES Patients and families living in and around west Wichita soon won't have to go far to access inpatient rehabilitation services from Via Christi Health. They'll be able to receive that care at Via Christi Hospital on St. Teresa starting August 1 — just as west Wichita's only full-service hospital prepares to celebrate its second birthday. "From the time we opened our hospital, we heard from physicians, patients and SERVING KANSAS Phone: 1-316-263-5891 Toll Free: 1-800-234-4565 Fax: 1-316-263-3083 COFFEYVILLE, EL DORADO, GARDEN CITY, GREAT BEND, HUTCHINSON, INDEPENDENCE, NEWTON,PARSONS, PRATT, WICHITA, WINFIELD MDNEWS.COM ■ MD NEWS Greater Kansas | 17 their families requesting that we expand our services to include close-to-home rehabilitation care," says Kevin Strecker, the hospital's President. "In response to that call, we've dedicated space originally intended for a medical surgical unit for our soon-to-open, 18-bed inpatient rehabilitation unit, allowing us to provide patients a seamless experience as they move from acute care to rehab and then on to independent or assisted living," Strecker says. Wichita Nephrology Group, P.A. Nephrology and Hypertensive Disease