The Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) has awarded accreditation to OakBend Medical Center Wharton Laboratory, Wharton, Texas based on results of a recent on-site inspection as part of the CAP’s Accreditation Programs. The facility’s director, Edward Uthman, MD, was advised of this national recognition and congratulated for the excellence of the…
The OakBend Medical Group has announced its newest nurse practitioner to join the Group. Anne Mazel, a Cardiology Nurse Practitioner, works Monday through Friday, 8AM – 5PM. Her office is located in the OakBend Medical Center – Wharton Campus at 10141 US Highway 59, Suite 1E in Wharton. Mazel attended UTMB for her undergraduate degree…
OakBend Medical Group has opened its first family practice office in Wharton. Located in the OakBend Medical Center – Wharton Hospital Campus, 10140 US Highway 59 Rd. the office will be in Suite 1-E. Thomas Richey is originally from San Antonio, born on Ragland Military Base to Dr L. E Richey and Dawn Richey, both…
OakBend Medical Center has received Wharton Chamber of Commerce’s Business of the Year Award. The award was started in 2009 to recognize excellence in businesses whose practices make a positive impact on the Wharton economy and wellbeing. Over the past eleven years, the award has earned respect and admiration among the Wharton community. “We are…
OakBend Medical Center is proud to announce that Andy Francis, DPT, has joined OakBend Physical Therapy – Wharton. The clinic, located in OakBend Medical Center – Wharton, 10141 US Highway 59 Road, is open weekdays 8am to 5pm. Andy received his Doctor of Physical Therapy from the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in…
OakBend Medical Center has set up the latest technology in telemedicine at its Wharton hospital. This innovative way of caring for patients uses a combination of telecommunication and information technology to provide patients clinical health care even when the specialist is not in the same room or at the same location. This allows physicians, like…
OakBend Medical Center is pleased to announce that the public now has access to an outpatient lab located on the first floor of the OakBend Medical Center – Wharton Hospital Campus. The Clinical Pathology Laboratories (CPL) will be open Monday – Friday from 7:00am – 4:00 pm and is closed for lunch from 1:00pm –…
When the Gulf Coast Medical Center in Wharton closed its doors in November of 2016, the sign on the front door directed people to a hospital 20 minutes away. That can seem like an eternity if the patient is in pain or in need of urgent medical care. After a long and sometimes bumpy ride,…
