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Read Time: 18 Minutes Phelps Health Marketing Director Paige Heitman and Digital Marketing Coordinator Kayla Marsala talk with Kathy Harrison , an occupational therapist with Phelps Health Outpatient Therapy Services, about lymphedema on the Ask the Professionals radio show. Kayla Marsala: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Ask the Professionals radio show with Phelps Health. I am Kayla Marsala ...

Read Time: 4 Minutes While working one day in 2010 at the General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital at Fort Leonard Wood, Mary Jane Aufdengarten was at her desk and began feeling faint. “One of my coworkers took me to the ER [emergency room,] and a friend of mine came out and said, ‘Well, I didn't know you were diabetic.’ ...

Read Time: 1 Minute Phelps Health is working with GRACE (Greater Rolla Area Charitable Enterprise) this fall to provide holiday meals to families in need. Phelps Health employees and volunteers were encouraged to donate nonperishable food items and/or donate money to purchase turkeys during the 12th annual “Basket of Thanksgiving” food drive, held October 11 through November 11, 2022. A ...

Read Time: 3 Minutes Phelps Health held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Emergency Medical Services (EMS) base and second helipad on October 12, 2022. The groundbreaking took place near the intersection of 13th and Powell Streets in Rolla, next to the Phelps Health main campus. During this event, the public heard from local and state dignitaries about the project ...

Read Time: 4 Minutes At age 91, Mabel Godfrey is now in her 22nd year of volunteering at The Phelps Health Lily Pad Gift Shop. You can find the longtime Rolla resident there like clockwork on Thursday mornings and on Saturdays. “I especially enjoy volunteering on Saturdays,” Mabel said. “This way, employees who work the weekends also have a chance ...

Read Time: 3 Minutes Choosing where to receive healthcare services is an important decision. With so many options available, the choice can sometimes feel overwhelming. Many factors should be considered when deciding where to get medical care. The types of treatments and procedures available at different hospitals and healthcare systems should be taken into account, as should the quality of ...

The flu is a contagious disease, but it’s not the only thing that can spread. Sometimes, rumors or misinformation about the flu or flu vaccines also “go viral.” Two Phelps Health primary care providers – Jordan Priest, DNP, FNP-BC, and Rachel Jang, FNP-C, who both specialize in family medicine, debunk eight common myths about the flu and flu vaccine. Myth ...

Read Time: 1 Minute Tate Michael Huffman was the first baby born at Phelps Health in Rolla, Missouri, in 2023, arriving bright and early at 3:00 AM, Monday, January 2, 2023. He weighed 8 pounds, 11.1 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. His mother and father, Shelby and David Huffman, of Vienna, Missouri, welcomed Tate into this world. This is ...

Read Time: 4 Minutes If you haven’t already, you may soon notice new volunteers rounding at Phelps Health. These volunteers, complete with their official badges, are of the four-legged variety. Crystal Lorah, director of Auxiliary and Volunteer Services at Phelps Health, is pleased to announce the arrival of therapy dogs to the healthcare organization. Crystal attended a conference a few ...

Read Time: 4 Minutes Chet Saladin remembers one day he was playing golf when he suffered a heart attack. “I was on the 16th green…and I started not feeling very good,” said Chet, a 77-year-old avid golfer who lives in Rolla. When he didn’t think he could finish the game, Chet told his fellow golfing buddies that he was going ...