Summer 2016

Chesapeake Regional, Riverside & University OF Virginia Radiosurgery Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary PROMOTIONAL FEATURE For more than a century, Riverside Health System has provided medical care to the people of the Virginia peninsula.  From humble beginnings as a 50-bed regional hospital, Riverside has grown into a modern medical center with national and … [Read more...] about Riverside

By Bobbie Fisher Practically every school child knows that the discoverer of the x-ray was Wilhelm Roentgen, more than 120 years ago.  They may not know that within a year of publishing his discovery, Roentgen saw x-rays being used in diagnosis and therapy, as an established part of medical practice – earning the German physicist the title of Father of Diagnostic Radiology, … [Read more...] about Medical Update Summer 2016

Eastern Virginia Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists Author, A Quick Reference for Otolaryngology: Guide for APRNs, PAs, and Other Health Care Practitioners When Kim Scott joined Eastern Virginia Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists eight years ago, the practice had never before had a nurse practitioner on staff.  A Board certified Asthma Educator and Otorhinolaryngology … [Read more...] about Kim Scott, FNP, AE-C, CORLN

Family Medicine Riverside Mercury West Clinic Claude Louis grew up in Qui Croit, a small village in Haiti’s mountainous region.  There was no infrastructure – no electricity or running water, no transportation, no local government.  He never met his father, who died when Claude was just a month old: he grew up hearing stories about the man everyone in the village called … [Read more...] about Claude Louis, MD