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Amberwell Health is excited to announce the return of local health fairs for our communities, with two planned this fall. Amberwell Hiawatha will sponsor a health fair at Hiawatha High School on Saturday, October 1 from 10am to 2pm, and Amberwell Atchison will hold a health fair in Atchison on Saturday, October 15 from 8am to 12pm at Atchison Elementary School.Indoor and outdoor activities and events make our Amberwell health...

We are excited to announce that Mariah Kriwiel, MD, has joined the Primary Care and Maternal Care teams at Amberwell Hiawatha. Dr. Kriwiel’s special interests include women’s health, maternal care, pediatrics, and preventive health. She provides care for the whole family. Forming relationships with her patients is extremely important to her. “I want my patients to know that I’m here for them,” she said. “My job is to be a...

We are excited to announce that Joseph Asher, MD, has joined the primary care team at Amberwell Atchison. Dr. Asher provides care to patients of all ages and health conditions. He is a great communicator and easy for patients to talk to. One of his strengths is his ability to explain complex health issues to his patients so that they can make informed medical decisions in order to achieve their...

Amberwell Atchison is excited to welcome Abigail Hager, PA, to our emergency care team and our hospitalist team. Abi’s energy and enthusiasm resonate throughout all she does, including caring for patients. She has a passion for health and overall wellness, and a special interest in diabetes education, exercise science, and breastfeeding support. She chose to become a healthcare provider because of her love of science and her desire to help...

We are happy to welcome Naomi Cook, MD, to the Primary Care team at Amberwell Hiawatha. Prior to joining Amberwell, Dr. Cook had nearly twenty years’ experience as a physician and was a labor and delivery nurse for fourteen years prior to attending medical school. Having trained and practiced as both a physician and a nurse has given her extensive medical knowledge and a wide range of skills. Dr. Cook...

We are happy to announce that family nurse practitioner Hope Zaldivar, FNP-C, has joined the Amberwell team. Hope provides occupational health services at Amberwell Leavenworth Clinic and Amberwell Hiawatha. Hope joins Amberwell with a background in urgent care. She graduated from Troy University in Alabama with her Master of Nursing degree in May 2020, shortly after the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic. For the first six months of her...

We are happy to announce that Robin Alexander, CRNA, has joined the Surgical Care team of Amberwell Hiawatha as a nurse anesthetist. Prior to joining Amberwell, she had sixteen years’ experience as a CRNA in Nebraska. Robin thoroughly enjoys the challenges and the varying degrees of difficulty that go along with the day-to-day of being a CRNA. “No two cases are alike,” said Robin. “I love putting patients at ease...

We are excited to welcome Justin Theleman, MD, to the Emergency Care team at Amberwell Atchison. Prior to joining Amberwell, Dr. Theleman completed his residency at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria where he gained extensive experience treating patients in both urban and rural emergency room settings. Dr. Theleman was raised on a farmstead in a small town of about three hundred residents near Hays, Kansas. One...

Several Town Hall Meetings for the 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) for the Hiawatha and Atchison areas have been schedule. The purpose of these meetings will be to review community health indicators and gather feedback opinions on key community needs. All Atchison and Hiawatha area residents are encouraged to join their respective community meeting, but must please RSVP by August 12th. Atchison area town hall meeting: Tuesday, August 16th,...

Brenda Rush, RRT, is retiring after over twenty-seven years of service at Amberwell Atchison. Brenda began her career at Amberwell in 1976 in housekeeping before heading back to school to become a licensed practical nurse and then a registered respiratory therapist. She returned to Amberwell in 1988 as a respiratory therapist. Brenda has loved her time as an RT and all its challenges. She was privileged to have started the...