Adventist Health News Notes Larry Dodds Announces RetirementLarry Dodds, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Adventist Health, recently announced plans to retire effective May 2011, ending his nearly 40-year career with the health system.“Larry has been a... Read more
Quality Speaks to Mission at Adventist Medical Center Dennis, a successful businessman, was devastated upon learning his position was being eliminated as a result of the economy. A few days later, the Portland, Ore., resident suffered a stress-induced heart attack.Unfortunately, rather than calling 9... Read more
TCGH Care Goes Beyond Hospital Walls When you think of a hospital, you know you can expect it to be focused on physical and mental well-being. As an Adventist Health hospital, Tillamook County General Hospital aims to be just as attentive to the spiritual side of the healing process.... Read more
Adventist Health News Notes Top-notch Pneumonia Care in Walla WallaWalla Walla General Hospital was recently named a top-performing hospital for pneumonia care according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The hospital achieved top status for providing treatme... Read more
Restoring Hope, Restoring Health: WWGH employees help Haiti Some Adventist Churches in Port au Prince, Haiti, are destroyed and broken. At least one is intact but it stands empty. Since the devastating earthquake earlier this year, church members refuse to step foot inside most buildings. Instead, they occ... Read more
Surgery Robot 'Bob' Offers State-of-the-art Care American society is fond of naming things. Pets, buildings, cars — everything gets a moniker it seems. And thanks to a group of Portland, Ore., fifth-grader students, the new da Vinci surgery robot at Adventist Medical Center is properly titled: I... Read more
Adventist Health News Notes Mission leadership changes at Adventist Health: Judd retires; Crampton succeedsA guiding voice and inspiration for mission, Wayne Judd retired from Adventist Health at the end of March."We are saddened by this news as Wayne has been such a dynamic... Read more
Gods Divine Appointments "For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope," (Jeremiah 29:11).Loud crying was the first indication of Jillian's arrival in the Emergency department. The registration sta... Read more
Walla Walla Physician Focuses on Lifestyle and Preventive Medicine Whether he's treating a headache or helping someone learn how to lose weight, Gily Ionescu, M.D., has a passion for people and health that's obvious."There are two big rewards in medicine," Ionescu says. "One is restoring a sick person to health. ... Read more