WEBSTER CITY, IA │ | Van Diest Medical Center (VDMC) is pleased to welcome Cardiologist Kasaiah Makam, MD, FAAC, with MercyOne-Iowa Heart. Dr. Makam is board certified in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease and nuclear cardiology. He received his medical degree from Zaporozhye State Medical University on Zaporozhye, Ukraine. He completed...
WEBSTER CITY, IA │ | Van Diest Medical Center (VDMC) is pleased to welcome new orthopedic services, provided by Iowa Ortho. Brett Rosenthal, M.D., is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon who specializes in the treatment of disorders of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. Dr. Rosenthal is originally from the...
WEBSTER CITY, IA │ Anasooya Abraham, MD, MS, has joined the staff of Van Diest Medical Center as a general surgeon. Dr. Abraham has served as a general surgeon and endoscopist at Cambridge Medical Center, Allina Health in Cambridge, MN., and was a general surgeon, providing on-call trauma coverage at...
WEBSTER CITY, IA | Van Diest Medical Center today announced it has been recognized as a 2024 Top 100 Critical Access Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. Chartis’ annual Top 100 award program recognizes outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis...
WEBSTER CITY, IA | Van Diest Medical Center’s Senior Life Solutions, has been named the 2023 Most Improved Program of the Year Award, by Psychiatric Medical Care, which manages the program. Psychiatric Medical Care (PMC) partners with more than 250 hospitals and health systems across the country to provide behavioral...
VDMC lab techs arrive from overseas Recruiting qualified candidates for certain healthcare positions can be challenging in today’s world. Kerrie Schmidt, laboratory manager at Van Diest Medical Center, experienced that challenge as she tried to hire additional medical lab technologists. Ultimately, she reached halfway around the world and found two...
August 24, 2022 WEBSTER CITY, IA │ The Van Diest Medical Center (VDMC) Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Webster City resident, Michelle Zahn, as the newest member to the Board. Michelle is filling the remainder of a term left open with the recent resignation of...