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Wickenburg Community Hospital Surgical Clinic welcomes Michael Purnell, MD FAAOS, Sports Medicine – Orthopedic Surgeon. Dr. Purnell is a board certified, fellowship trained sports medicine orthopedic surgeon, specializing in shoulder and knee pathology. His sports career pivoted to caring for athletes, where he has been the team physician for a minor league baseball affiliate for over 25 years, as well …

Hi, My name is Brian Schuele and I am the Director of Pharmacy Services at Wickenburg Community Hospital. I am an Arizona native born and raised and graduated from Midwestern University College of Pharmacy – Glendale with a Pharm. D degree in 2016. I started with WCH Pharmacy in October of 2017. If I could describe my career in three …

Amicia L Sapwell, BS, CPC (certified professional coder), CAH-CBS (critical access hospital coding and billing specialist); HIM Manager, Privacy & Compliance Officer at Wickenburg Community Hospital & Clinics (WCH) has recently been voted BEST BOSS, by The Wickenburg Sun Readers! Amicia started her journey with WCH as an ER Tech in the WCH Emergency Department. While working in the ER, …

What is a General Surgeon? A general surgeon is a physician who has been educated and trained to diagnose and provide a variety of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care to patients. To become a general surgeon, one has to have extensive knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, emergency and intensive care, metabolism, nutrition, immunology, pathology, wound healing, and shock and …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:    Terrie Davidson Community Relations Manager Wickenburg Community Hospital terrie.davidson@wickhosp.com 928-684-3219 Wickenburg, AZ, December 4th, 2020 – Wickenburg Community Hospital & Clinics (WCH) Announces Interim President & Chief Executive Officer. Jackie Lundblad, WCH Chief Financial Officer has been appointed Interim President and Chief Executive Officer by Hospital Board Chairman Dee Pollock.  “Jackie has worked off and …

Originally Published in Quality Health & Wellness Magazine | Fall 2020  Written by: Lisa Erlinger, PhD, CRNA  Director of Anesthesia Services Wickenburg Community Hospital   Increased Surgical Patient Safety with Rapid COVID-19 Testing   Through the relentless efforts of our laboratory manager, Marilyn Ward, the Surgical Center at Wickenburg Community Hospital has been fortunate in obtaining Sofia2 SARS Antigen FIA …

Originally Published in Quality Health & Wellness Magazine | Fall 2020   It’s not always clear when or why we should seek out the expertise of a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. Debra Loder, RDN at Wickenburg Community Hospital, provides answers to some frequently asked questions.  What is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), and what is the difference between an RDN and …

As Originally Published in Quality Health & Wellness Magazine | Fall 2020   May 21, 2020 RE: With Thankfulness and Gratitude for Each One of You! Dear wonderful, kind, compassionate, multi-talented, gifted, extraordinary, loving staff members of the Emergency Room:  This is the day which The Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” ~Psalm 118:24 (NLT) …