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Honor a special nurse
The DAISY Award recognizes Shannon registered nurses and
licensed vocational nurses who provide exceptional care. This
nationwide effort was started by the family of J. Patrick Barnes,
who died at age 33 of complications from an autoimmune dis-
ease. His family created The DAISY Award for Extraordinary
Nurses in 2001 to say thank you to nurses around the country,
as they believe they are truly unsung heroes.
The DAISYGarden at Shannonwill serve as a space for families,
friends and loved ones to honor nurses who have touched patients’
lives. It will be located at the southeast corner of the hospital,
outside the Same Day Surgery entrance, 120 E. Harris. A 3-foot
replica of “The Healer’s Touch” statue given to each DAISY Award
recipient will serve as the centerpiece. Brick pavers will surround
the statue. Each paver can accommodate three lines of text, with
12 characters per line.
For more information about The DAISY Garden at
Shannon, please call Becky Fuentes at 325-657-5050.
To purchase a paver or make a donation, please call
Suzi Reynolds at 325-657-8343.
Shannon Mobile Care Clinic
What’s green and white and on
its way to a community near
you? The Shannon Mobile Care
Clinic! The purpose of this
clinic on wheels is to provide
increased access to health
care services in our surrounding
communities.
Our Mobile Clinic currently
offers:
■ ■ Blood pressure checks.
■ ■ Blood sugar checks.
■ ■ Regular lab draws.
■ ■ Worksite wellness screen-
ings, upon request.
Knowing your numbers,
including your blood pressure
and blood sugar readings, are
an important piece of main-
taining your health. Access to
these checkups and lab draw
services can save you a trip.
Lab results are shared with
your Shannon provider.
2016 Schedule
Barnhart
Second Thursday of the month,
Oct. 13, Nov. 10, Dec. 8
Community Center parking lot
during the Community Luncheon
Bronte
Third Thursday of the month,
Oct. 20, Nov. 17, Dec. 15
Bronte Armory
Christoval
First Wednesday of the month,
Oct. 5, Nov. 2, Dec. 7
Community Center parking lot
Mertzon
Third Tuesday of the month,
Oct. 18, Nov. 15, Dec. 20
Community Center parking lot
during the Community Luncheon
Miles
Second Wednesday of the
month, Oct. 12, Nov. 9, Dec. 14
City Hall parking lot
Paint Rock
First Tuesday of the month,
Oct. 4, Nov. 1, Dec. 6
Grocery store parking lot
Robert Lee
Second Tuesday of the month,
Oct. 11, Nov. 8, Dec. 13
Community Center parking lot
For more information,
call 325-716-6896.
Jarrett
Aldinger, MD,
Anesthesiology
After receiving his bachelor’s de-
gree from Texas A&M University,
Dr. Aldinger earned his medical
degree from the University of Texas
Health Science Center in Houston. He completed his an-
esthesiology residency training at the University of Texas
Medical Branch in Galveston. For more informa-
tion, please visit
Tofoul Nour, MD,
Hospitalist
Dr. Nour received her medical
degree and emergency medicine
training from King Saud University
College of Medicine in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia. She completed her family
medicine residency at Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center in Amarillo.
Dr. Nour is board certified by the American Board
of Family Medicine. While providing patient care as a
hospitalist at University Medical Center in Lubbock,
she also served as a medical staff officer and assis-
tant professor in the department of Community and
Family Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sci-
ences Center. As a hospitalist, she will provide care to
patients in the hospital setting. For more informa-
tion, please visit
Sanjay Patel, MD,
Urgent Care
Dr. Patel received his medical
degree from Baroda Medical College
at Maharaja Sayajirao University
in Vadodara, India. He completed
his family medicine internship and
residency training at the University of North Dakota
Center for Family Medicine in Bismarck, North Dakota.
Dr. Patel is board-certified by the American Board of
Family Medicine. He will be located at Shannon Clinic
Urgent Care South, 3502 Knickerbocker. The Clinic
is open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week.
For more information, or to check current wait
times, visit
Kristi Urias, MD,
Anesthesiology
After receiving her bachelor’s de-
gree from the University of Texas at
Austin, Dr. Urias earned her medical
degree from the University of Texas
School of Medicine at San Antonio.
She completed her anesthesiology residency training
at the University of Texas Health Science Center at
San Antonio. For more information, please visit
Michael Wood, MD,
Hospitalist
After receiving his bachelor’s
degrees from Duke University in
Durham, North Carolina, Dr. Wood
earned his medical degree from
Wake Forest School of Medicine
in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He completed his
internal medicine internship and residency training at
the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
in Dallas.
As a hospitalist, Dr. Wood provides care to patients
in the hospital setting. For more information,
please visit
David Bickford, PA-C,
MPAS, Dermatology
Bickford received his bachelor’s
degree from Boise State University
in Boise, Idaho. He completed his
bachelor’s and master’s of physi-
cian assistant studies with an
emphasis in emergency medicine, from the University
of Nebraska Medical School in Omaha, Nebraska, in a
program affiliated with the United States Air Force.
Bickford has more than 24 years of experience pro-
viding care in a family practice setting. He previously
worked as a staff physician assistant at Goodfellow
Air Force Base. He joins the office of Steven Ritter,
MD, Dermatology and Mohs Surgery, in the Shannon
Medical Plaza, 102 N. Magdalen, and is accepting new
patients. For more information or to make an
appointment, please call 325-481-2215.
Autumn Holder, NMD,
PA-C, Psychiatry
Holder received her bachelor’s de-
gree from the University of Oregon
in Eugene, Oregon, and a doctorate
of naturopathic medicine from
Bastyr University in Seattle, Wash-
ington. She completed her physician assistant training
at Midwestern University in the College of Health
Sciences Physician Assistant Program in Glendale,
Arizona.
Holder also completed postgraduate psychiatry fel-
lowship training from the Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center Department of Psychiatry. She is
certified by the National Commission on Certification
of Physician Assistants.
Holder joins the office of Lindy Bankes, MD,
Psychiatry, 120 E. Beauregard. She is accepting new
patients. For more information or to make an
appointment, please call 325-481-2225.
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