Blog Posts in 2008

  • Experienced Cardiologist Joins Staff

    Marion Health is pleased to welcome James MacKrell, M.D, F.A.C.C., to its medical staff. Dr. MacKrell received his bachelor’s degree with Honors from the University of Notre Dame. He earned a M.D. from the University of ...

  • New OB-GYN Joins Medical Staff

    Marion Health is pleased to welcome Hena Tewari, M.D. to its medical staff. Tewari graduated from and completed here residency at King George’s Medical College in Lucknow, India. She is board-eligible and recently ...

  • Powell Appointed New CFO

    Marion Health’s Paul L. Usher, president and CEO, is pleased to announce that Robyn Powell, certified public accountant, has been named Chief Financial Officer for Marion General Hospital. Powell has 16 years of ...

  • Usher Named President/CEO

    The Board of Directors of Marion Health voted to cease their current CEO Search and unanimously approve Paul L. Usher, FACHE, CPA, FHFMA, as the official President and CEO of Marion General Hospital. Usher has led Marion ...

  • A+ Bond Rating Affirmed

    Only 12% of stand-alone, nonprofit healthcare organizations receive an A+ bond rating. Standard & Poor’s, the leading provider of financial market intelligence, and the world’s foremost source of credit ratings, has once ...

  • New 64-Slice CT Scanner Benefits Patients

    Marion Health has once again invested in the latest and most advanced technology to better serve the healthcare needs of area patients. The new equipment offers Marion Health, physicians and radiologists almost endless ...

  • Pain Management Specialist Joins Medical Staff

    Marion Health is pleased to welcome Leslie Chan, M.D., to its medical staff. Dr. Chan is an anesthesiologist and pain management specialist. Dr. Chan received his medical education from the National University of ...

  • CIO Recognized as Certified Professional

    Emmanuel J. Ndow, chief information officer at Marion Health, has earned the designation of Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) from the Healthcare Information and Management ...

  • Physician's Submission Accepted

    A paper entitled, Reports of Stolen Prescription Medication: A Closer Look?, submitted by William Granger, M.D. and co-author Dawn MacDonald, B.S.W., has been accepted for a poster presentation at both the American ...

  • Radiology Departments Continue Accreditation

    Marion Health’s CT, MRI and nuclear medicine departments were recently accredited again by the American College of Radiology (ACR). The ACR—a national organization serving more than 32,000 diagnostic/interventional ...

  • Labs Receive CAP Accreditation

    Based on the results of a recent on-site survey, Marion Health’s main lab and the stat lab at Marion Health Medical Oncology were accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), the world’s largest association ...