Lake Regional Health System | Thrive | Summer 2018

Check out our Caring for Our Community album at facebook.com/lakeregional for more photos of the people and events that make our community great. SPOTLIGHT COMMUNITY NEXT GENERATION MENTORING Lake Regional has 26 employees volunteering in the Next Generation Mentoring Project at School of the Osage. This program matches every high school freshman with a community mentor, who will help guide the student to career readiness. Pictured are Lake Regional OB-GYN Mona Afrassiab, D.O., FACOG, with Kassidy Redd. BLOOD DRIVE Lake Regional staff members take pride in supporting the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks. Pictured is Pat Mitchell, R.N., at the Feb. 19 blood drive at the hospital. CARDIOVASCULAR SCREENING At the 2018 Lake Regional cardiovascular screening event Feb. 17, more than 25 Lake Regional employees and volunteers provided free and low-cost health screenings to 130 attendees. Pictured are Crystal Lloyd, stroke coordinator, and Julia Hudler, STEMI coordinator. lakeregional.com 3 YPL DODGEBALL FOR KIDS’ HARBOR A team from Lake Regional participated in the third annual Young Professionals at the Lake dodgeball tournament on Feb. 3. The event raised funds for Kids’ Harbor, a child advocacy center that serves the Lake of the Ozarks and Fort Leonard Wood areas. Pictured are (back row) Huey Seeley, Tim Romdall, Aaron Crocker, Jeremiah Rogers; (front row) Sharlene Christeson, Stephanie Dehner and John Rogers. DURING A HEART ATTACK, TIME IS MUSCLE To help patients receive the best care possible in the shortest amount of time, the state of Missouri has identified hospitals that are well-equipped to treat a heart attack. Lake Regional Health System is proud to announce it is one of these hospitals, earning the designation of Level II STEMI Center. Learn more at lakeregional.com/stemicenter .