Santa visited OakBend Medical Center’s Jackson Street location and took the time to visit with the employees children and grandchildren. The children enjoyed cookies and milk and arts and crafts at the event which took place in the Joe & Doris Gurecky Atrium. They were treated to story time by children’s author, Marilyn Sebesta, of…

The Williams Way location of OakBend Medical Center held a community celebration to recognize its 10 year anniversary on Saturday, October 19. The hospital’s family friendly event included games and prizes, snow cones, popcorn and food from Swinging Door. T-shirts were given to the first 100 people attending along with a stuffed toy for the…

Dr. Ivan Mefford was presented the 2019 Jeff Council Award at the hospital’s annual fundraiser, Patchwork of Life. The Jeff Council Award was created in 2018 to honor Jeff Council for his years of service to OakBend Medical Center, which spanned more than three decades. Jeff personified OakBend’s core values of Compassion, Integrity, Ownership and…

OakBend Medical Center’s seventh annual Patchwork of Life event was another very successful fundraising event for the hospital. The event raised more than $350,000 and those funds will go toward a 3D Mammography machine for the Women’s Imaging Department at OakBend’s Jackson Street Campus. With a crowd of over 650 attendees, this year’s live auction…

The Williams Way location of OakBend Medical Center will hold a community celebration to recognize its 10 year anniversary. The hospital, located at 2003 Southwest Freeway, Richmond, TX 77469 will host the event from 10AM – 2PM on Saturday, October 19th in the front parking lot and the lobby of that location. The family friendly…

OakBend Medical Group’s Dr. Enrique García Peña, Orthopedics/Sports Medicine, will be seeing patients in Wharton on Tuesdays. He will be located in the offices of Dr. Marc Marconi, 10119 US 59 Hwy. Dr. García Peña was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He received a bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of…

Dr. Karomibal Mejia has joined OakBend Medical Group as an interventional cardiologist. Dr. Mejia received his medical education with honors, graduated Cum Laude in the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. He then came to the United States and completed his internal Medicine Residency at Bronxcare Health System in New York, where…

OakBend Medical Center is the recipient of The Allstate Foundation Helping Hands Grant in the amount of $10,000. To be eligible for the Helping Hands Grant, Allstate strives to empower Allstaters to give back to their local communities and support the causes closest to their hearts. Those who volunteer four to sixteen hours with an…

For the tenth year, OakBend Medical Center’s Jackson Street Campus has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award and the Williams Way campus received its first year Gold Plus Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according…

Riley Masek, daughter of OakBend Medical Center’s Patricia Masek, completed her project to receive her Silver Award from the Girl Scouts. Riley, a member of Troup 17445, put together 115 packages to be given to newborns at OakBend Medical Center. These packages included a knitted hat along with a placard that hangs from the rearview…