Ashley Tyler, DNP, FNP-BC, was welcomed to Family Care at Christian Hospital in February. Ashley is a board-certified family medicine nurse practitioner. Ashley earned her undergraduate degree from Xavier University of Louisiana, her nursing degree from Nebraska Methodist College, and her doctoral nursing degree from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.

Liz Summy, FACHE, CAE, left, regional executive from the American Hospital Association (AHA), was at Christian Hospital April 19 to present CH president Rick Stevens, FACHE, with a crystal memento in appreciation and recognition for the hospital’s 100 years of participation and leadership in the AHA.

Pooja P. Vyas, DO, has been named vice president and chief medical officer, effective Feb. 27, 2022.

Steve Barnett believes in miracles. He was discharged from Christian Hospital on Dec. 1, 2021, after battling COVID-19 for four months in four different hospitals, including more than six weeks in one of those facilities intubated on a ventilator in a drug induced-coma.

A convenient alternative is available to the operating room for many common hand problems that require surgical treatment, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger finger, cyst/mass removal, tendonitis, and other procedures.