Dallas miracle arrives at Regional One Health
Memphis was a pit stop, an opportunity to enjoy lunch in the park before continuing their drive to Cincinnati from Dallas. Angela and Joseph Keys were driving through Memphis for a long weekend to visit his parents in Cincinnati. Roughly the halfway point between Dallas and Cincinnati, Memphis was a logical lunch stop. Plus, it gave the couple an opportunity to sample some of the city’s renowned barbecue. Angela was about 31 weeks pregnant, [...]
Physician Spotlight: Abdu brings minimally invasive hope to women’s care
Rarely does a day go by that Dr. A. Ben Abdu, MD, isn’t amazed at the strength of his female patients. A. Ben Abdu, MD Dr. Abdu focuses on minimally invasive gynecological surgeries at Regional One Health. His training focused on advanced laparoscopy, minimally invasive female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, vaginal surgery, tubal reversals, female urology and pelvic pain medicine. He primarily works out of Regional One Health’s East Campus, which [...]
Regional One Health providers recognized as ‘Top Doctors’
Memphis Magazine has released their annual Top Doctors edition, and eleven physicians who practice at Regional One Health were among the honorees. Regional One Health is proud to be partners with the top doctors in the Mid-South, together providing compassionate care and exceptional services to our community. Honorees this year include: Patricia Adams-Graves, MD – Hematology Laura Detti, MD - Reproductive Endocrinology Ramasubbareddy [...]
Harbor of Health brings neighborhood experience
Community is an important part of a neighborhood experience. At Harbor of Health, the medical providers and staff work hard to be part of the Downtown community, providing health care to its Harbor Town neighborhood as well as greater Downtown Memphis. Harbor Town is a unique neighborhood on Mud Island, where residents walk to the grocery store, the park or the nearby coffee shop. And at Harbor of Health, they can walk in for [...]
NICU nurse educator back where life began
At Regional One Health, caring for your health is our passion. For Rachel George, in some ways it’s also passing on the care she received more than 40 years ago. George has worked in Regional One Health’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) since September 6, 2005. Her Regional One Health story reaches further back, though, to the early days of the Sheldon B. Korones Newborn Center, established at Regional One Health in 1968. [...]
Speech therapy enhances Parkinson’s patient’s life
Dale Nevels was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease 12 years ago. He was determined to not let it affect his life. He has continued playing golf, and more than a year ago took up boxing. He takes two lessons a week for about two hours per day. He said he lives for it. Parkinson's patient, Dale Nevels, at his speech therapy appointment. But one part of his disease that became a struggle was [...]
High Risk Pregnancy Team Takes Safety Expertise Overseas
When a team of four providers from Regional One Health visited China last month, it was a trip that ultimately could have an impact on some 110 million people. That’s how many people live in a region of China where doctors from 36 hospitals attended safety training led by a high-risk obstetrics care team from Regional One Health. Danielle Tate, MD; Giancarlo Mari, MD; Ravpreet Gill, MD; and Bonnie Miller, RN, perinatal patient [...]
Hollywood Primary Care offers new supportive pregnancy program
Jennifer Price, program coordinator, leads The March of Dimes Supportive Pregnancy Care at Hollywood Primary Care. If pregnancy is a journey sometimes it helps to have friends along for the ride. That’s part of the idea with the new March of Dimes Supportive Pregnancy Care program at Regional One Health Hollywood Primary Care. Pregnancy is a time filled with a gamut of emotions. Every expectant mother’s experience is different, but having a [...]
Fostering Innovation: Contest inspires employee ideas
When Regional One Health launched the Center for Innovation in 2016, the focus was on applying disruptive thinking to health care to create a new care model. The Center for Innovation embraces unconventional ideas and provides space for Regional One Health and its partners to come up with ideas that could challenge how health care is delivered and improve the patient experience, both priorities of the health system. Often the best people [...]
Hospital midwifery services unique to Regional One Health
The Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM) at Regional One Health provide a unique opportunity for expectant mothers who want that non-traditional experience while being an active advocate in their own labor and delivery process, now providing 24/7 coverage to the hospital for deliveries with its midwifery program. Regional One Health is the only hospital in Shelby County that staffs Certified Nurse Midwives as part of its OB/GYN team, giving expectant mothers another labor and delivery [...]