New River Health Association is one of five health clinics in the consortium. New River Health Association has three health care facilities. At the New River Family Health Center, ten providers offer pediatric, adult, and geriatric care. With the support and consultation of one OB/GYNS, three certified nurse-midwives provide well-woman care, cancer control and family planning, as well as deliver babies at the New River Birth Center. Staff at the New River Breathing Center test coal miners' breathing and hearing capacity loss, providing patients with benefits counseling as well as medical care. Smoking cessation support group meetings are also held through the New River Breathing Center. The North Fayette Family Health Center is located in a more rural, less developed area and has two family practice providers who offer pediatric, adult, geriatric care. Combined, including outreach programs and off-site visits, a total of 12,000 patients are seen each year, with 50,000 encounters per year.

New River Health Association strongly emphasizes community health promotion, sponsoring school-based well child care and health education, a home-visiting perinatal education and support program for at risk women, and childbirth classes. Physicians provide care for two local nursing homes and inpatient care at Plateau Medical Center (adult care) and Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley (pediatrics).

Cassis Dental Practice is dedicated to providing their patients with the highest quality services. Their dental team is committed to the patient's total dental health. Their office utilizes the best materials, latest techniques and methods; with the patient's comfort and safety being top priority. They strive to maintain a positive environment from the moment you enter the office. Cassis Dental Practice's moto "Improving lives... one smile at a time"

Fayette Clinic is a Heritage Medical Associates' clinic located in Lochgelly. This family practice clinic has been serving Fayette County for over 40 years, offering comprehensive, high quality family care to the residents of our area. Fayette Clinic has three full-time physicians and approximately 10,000 active patients. Practitioners at the clinic act as the Fayette County Health Department Medical Director and Medical Examiner, the Fayette County Board of Education Physician, as well as Medical Director for several nursing homes and continuous care programs in the county. The Fayette Clinic is the only clinic in a three-county region certified to complete Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) physicals.

Gulf Family Practice is a rural health clinic operated by Joseph Golden, MD, MPH. It is seven miles south of Beckley in Sophia, a formerly active coal mining are known as the (Winding) Gulf (Creek) area. It consists of a family practice physician, a physician assistant, and two nurse practitioners. All ages, from newborns to geriatricians in their nineties, are seen in the practice. Multi-generational families are often in the patient base, with some four and five generations represented. Home visits on homebound and paralyzed patients are part of the practice's routine. Obstetrical care is not provided; pregnant patients are referred to other health care facilities. Dr. Golden does hospital rounds at both Raleigh General Hospital and Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. The emphasis of the practice is on comprehensive health care and healthy attitudes for our patients. Our professional attitude is that of assisting patients assume responsibility in their health and treatment of their medical problems.

Klenk Dental Practice offers a wide range of dental services for their patients. A preventive oriented approach is foremost and is reinforced utilizing dental hygiene services and participation in dental health education programs in the community. Patients may range in age from toddlers to the elderly. Nursing home patients are seen in the Ansted Health Care Center.
The practice operates three days per week in Ansted and two days per week in Mt. Hope. The office staff consists of a dental hygienist, two dental assistants, and two office managers.

 

Montgomery General Hospital is a 99-bed non-profit facility located in Montgomery on the Kanawha River, southeast of Charleston. Montgomery General Hospital is dedicated to providing the highest quality medical, dental, and hospital care to the residents of Fayette, Kanawha, Clay, and Nicholas Counties.

This hospital serves a very important industrial and mining area, handles more than 2000 inpatients yearly, and treats 75,000 additional patients in its clinics or emergency department. Montgomery General Hospital offers and Emergency department, Radiology, Pharmcy, Technical Services (EKG, EEG), Physical Therapy, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Surgery and Recovery, Medical-Surgical Unit, Intensive Care, Sports Medicine, Pediatric Care, OB/GYN services, Extended Care Unit, Elderly Care Center, Social Work Department, Internal Medicine, Family Practice, Gastroenterology, Pathology, Ophthalmology, Urology, Endocrinology, Anesthesiology, Home Health, and Speech and Hearing.

The Petersen Practice is located in Oak Hill, and offers pediatric, adult, geriatric, outpatient and inpatient care. Many of Dr. Bruce Petersen's patients are older and have multi-system illnesses. Some of the procedures he does frequently include stress tests, colonoscopies, EGDs, flexible sigmoidoscopies. Dr. Millie Petersen provides well women care, some well child care, and care for two nursing homes (Hidden Valley and Fayette Continuous Care). She is the Director of Plateau Medical Center's skilled nursing unit. In addition, arrangements can be made for interested students to work with a dietician, respiratory therapist, or orthopedic surgeon at PMC.

 

Plateau Medical Center is a 91-bed not for profit hospital in Oak Hill. The patients are usually adults, often older patients (70% of its patients are on Medicare) from Fayette County. The hospital offers an emergency room, ICU, in patient and outpatient surgery, full range of diagnostic imagining, nuclear medicine, MRI, respiratory therapy, physical therapy, laboratory services, and home health services. PMC serves 2700 patients a year for a total of 17,000 patient/days. New River Health Association family practice providers, Dr. Bruce Petersen from the Petersen Practice, and Dr. Karen Petry and Dr. Donald Newell from Fayette Clinic, are all on staff at PMC.