Can Do Award Shot (L to R): Suzanne Barnette, Dr. Matthew Marry, Eric Johnsen, Dr. Ray Tuck, Nathaniel Tuck, and Dr. Jennifer Rathmann

Tuck Chiropractic Clinic earned several awards by participating in The Can Do! food drive held during the Fork and Cork Festival in Blacksburg April 27. The clinic collected 1,107 cans of food and constructed an Etch-A-Sketch for the competition. Awards won by the staff include  Most Cans Collected, Most Nutritious, People’s Champion and Jury’s Champion.

Here is the press release from Tuck Chiropractic Clinic.

BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA (May 8, 2013) – Doctors and Staff Members from Tuck Chiropractic Clinic participated in The Can Do! on Saturday, April 27, 2013.  Tuck Chiropractic Clinic staff members collected 1107 cans of food and built an Etch A Sketch featuring the Can Do! slogan.  The Tuck Chiropractic Team won the awards for Most Cans Collected, Most Nutritious, People’s Champion, and Jury’s Champion.

Can Do Finish Group Shot (L to R): Eric Johnsen, Suzanne Barnette, Elicia Heilbron, Dr. Ray Tuck, Laura Gilbert, Nathaniel Tuck, Mark Gilbert, Dr. Matthew Marry, Phil Cumbia, Bonnie Tuck, Dr. Jennifer Rathmann, Jack Johnsen, and Dr. Logan Brooke

“We are very grateful to all of our patients and the grocery stores across the New River Valley who generously donated food to our cause.  We are very thankful for these food donations that went directly to Feeding America, Micah’s Backpack, and Montgomery County Emergency Assistance Program after the building competition,” stated Dr. Matthew Marry of Tuck Chiropractic Spinal Sports Injury Clinic in Christiansburg and the Team Captain for the competition. Read more »

Dr. Karen Steele

An osteopathic practice for children opened late last year on Poplar Avenue in Salem.

Osteopathic Treatment for Children was opened in December by Dr. Karen Steele. She shares the office with her daughter Dr. Sarah Steele-Killeen.

The practice provides osteopathic manipulative medical treatment for problems ranging from colic to reflux disorder to scoliosis. Treatments received at the practice are to be adjunctive to a child’s regular medical care, according to Steele.

While the practice does not participate in any insurance plans, it does accept patents without a referral.

Dr. Karen Steele treats a patient with an ear infection. Courtesy of Dr. Karen Steele.

Steele has been in the medical field since the 1970s. She was a family practitioner before moving on to an osteopathic manipulative medicine residency. She is a former professor and associate dean of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.

To schedule an appointment, call  387-9090.

-Danielle Dunaway

Roanoke Resource is hosting a grand opening and ribbon cutting for its new office on Tuesday. The office is located in a historic home on Day Avenue in downtown Roanoke.

Owners Celia McCauley-Wittl and Courtni Sandras opened the office Feb. 15. McCauley-Wittl and Sandras have been in practice collectively  for 12 years.

Roanoke Resource provides support to  people who live with chronic mental illness  while  decreasing homelessness and increasing client  community involvement.

“Our mission is to bring positive changes in their lives,” said McCauley-Wittl.

Light refreshments and office tours will take place as part of the ceremony.

-Danielle Dunaway

University Physical Therapy is located at 2119 Apperson Drive in Salem. Photos by Allison Bowersock.

University Physical Therapy has opened a second location on Apperson Drive in Salem.

Owner of  the Salem and Roanoke University Physical Therapy locations and physical therapist Tyler Bowersock held a grand opening for the second office  Wednesday.

Bowersock has been in practice for almost 7 years. He was employed by Carilion Clinic before opening his own practice in Roanoke.

Local physicians supported and urged the opening of a second location, Bowersock said in an email.

Director Amy Foutz and office manager Stephanie Hodges will be joining Bowersock in the Salem office.

University Physical Therapy will begin seeing patients today.

-Danielle Dunaway

New Vistar location at 710 West Ridge Road in Wytheville.

Real estate developer Smith Enterprises announced that Vistar Eye Care Center has leased a space at Wythe Medical Arts in Wytheville. The new location will offer vision treatments and surgery.

-Danielle Dunaway

The Jefferson College of Health Sciences will host  information sessions for its respiratory therapist program on Feb. 19 and March 5. RSVPs must be received the day before the event by calling 985-9766 or emailing amdowns@jchs.edu.

Here is the press release from Jefferson College of Health Sciences.
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Jefferson College of Health Sciences will host information sessions in the spring and summer about its Master of Science degree in Physician Assistant. Sessions will take place April 19, June 7 and July 19 from 10 a.m. to noon at Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital. Preregistration is required by emailing  retaylor@jchs.edu, and must include your name, email address and the session you will attend. More information about the program can be found here.

Here is the press release from Jefferson College of Health Sciences.

ROANOKE, Va. (Feb. 5, 2013) — Jefferson College of Health Sciences (JCHS), an affiliate of Carilion Clinic, invites those interested in learning more about our Master of Science Degree in Physician Assistant (PA) to attend information sessions on the program this spring and summer. Read more »

The new building that houses the  office of Drs. Randolph Dickey, John Singleton and Sean Lynch is the first green dental office built with Passivhaus technology, according to a press release from Structures Design Build.

A ribbon cutting will be held Wednesday at the new location on Franklin Road in Roanoke. According to Dr. F. Randolph Dickey, the dentists have been operating in the new building since Jan. 21.

Structures constructed the office that uses triple pane windows, heating and cooling energy recovery systems, and a fresh air ventilation system to reduce the amount of energy used to operate the building.

The press release  said Passivhaus technology reduces a building’s energy usage by 70 percent.

An earlier article about the new green dentist office can be found here.

-Danielle Dunaway

Blacksburg Eye Associates is donating funds to help Optometry Giving Sight, an organization that provides eye exams and glasses to developing communities world-wide. For every frame the optometrist sells, $3 will be donated to the organization through the office’s fundraising program, Seeing Eye to Eye.

Here is the press release from Blacksburg Eye Associates.

John M Dovie, OD, FAAO, from Blacksburg Eye Associates is responding to a call to optometrists to raise funds to help eliminate one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide – uncorrected refractive error – simply the need for an eye exam and glasses. Read more »

LewisGale Hospital Montgomery has named a new CEO: Alan Fabian.

Fabian most recently served as CEO of Dauterive Hospital in Louisiana, another HCA-owned property.

Alan Fabian

Reporter Laurence Hammack has details here.