Shots For Tots and Shreveport Sports to Hold Back to School Bash (07/21/2008)
In an effort to emphasize childhood immunizations and the need for immunizations before the start of the school year, Shots for Tots and the Shreveport Sports Baseball Club are hosting a “Back to School Bash” on Saturday, July 26 at Fair Grounds Field from 2 – 5 p.m.
Olds Graduates from Nurse Executives Program (07/02/2008)
Deborah Olds, chief nursing officer at Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport, has graduated from the Johnson & Johnson - Wharton Fellows Program in Management for Nurse Executives, an intensive three-week management education program held at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Joseph Jones Joins Tri-State Medical Clinic (06/07/2008)
Joseph “Joe” C. Jones, M.D., has joined Tri-State Medical Clinic in Suite 410 of the Medical Arts Building at 2551 Greenwood Road in Shreveport.
Dr. Lane R. Rosen Lectures at International Radiation Oncology Symposium (05/28/2008)
Lane R. Rosen, M.D., director of radiation oncology at the Willis-Knighton Cancer Center, has returned from Russia where he lectured at the Moscow Symposium on Advanced Radiation Therapy.
Outpatient Renal Dialysis Unit Receives Two Compliance Awards (05/13/2008)
The Outpatient Renal Dialysis Unit at Willis-Knighton has received two awards from the End Stage Renal Disease Network 13, an agency that oversees strict compliance standards for dialysis units in Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma.
Willis-Knighton Radiation Oncology Awarded ACRO Accrediation (04/30/2008)
Willis-Knighton Cancer Center’s Department of Radiation Oncology has been awarded accreditation by the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO). The department is also accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR).
Willis-Knighton Begins Handwashing Campaign (04/18/2008)
The simplest, easiest and most cost effective way of preventing the spread of germs and infections is through handwashing. Willis-Knighton Health System constantly emphasizes the importance of handwashing with its employees but the health system is now focusing on sharing this message with the larger community.
Willis-Knighton To Offer Extensive Lab Testing Through Association with Mayo Medical Laboratories (04/18/2008)
Willis-Knighton Health System has entered into an association with Mayo Medical Laboratories, the national reference laboratory of Mayo Clinic, located in Rochester, Minnesota, to expand its laboratory testing menu. Through this arrangement, Willis-Knighton will offer its communities immediate, collaborative access to complex tests performed by Mayo Medical Laboratories.
The ASMBS Designates Willis-Knighton as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence (04/17/2008)
Willis-Knighton Health System announced today that it has been named an American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence®. The ASMBS Center of Excellence designation recognizes surgical programs with a demonstrated track record of favorable outcomes in bariatric surgery.
Dr. Natalie McConnell and Dr. Melissa Lawhon Relocate to South Pediatric Center (03/06/2008)
Natalie McConnell, M.D., F.A.A.P, and Melissa Lawhon, M.D., F.A.A.P., have relocated their pediatrics practice to the WK South Pediatric Center, 2518 Bert Kouns Industrial Loop in Shreveport. They join Doctors Sudha Rao, Neera Chhabra and Kimberly L. Burns in the practice.