A Friends and Family Infant CPR class, geared toward expectant parents and grandparents, is scheduled for Tuesday, November 10, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.  The class will take place in the Licking Memorial Hospital First Floor Conference Rooms, located at 1320 West Main Street, in Newark.  

The Stork Tour is scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, at 6:00 p.m., beginning in the LMH First Floor Conference Rooms.  To register for this free event, please call (220) 564-2527. 

Our Futures in Licking County (OFLC), a local organization that provides drug/alcohol/tobacco-prevention programs to local schools, will soon join Licking Memorial Health Systems (LMHS).  

Licking Memorial Health Systems is pleased to announce the opening of Licking Memorial Allergy/Immunology with Tiffany J. Owens, M.D., FAAP.  The new practice is located at 14 Westgate Drive in Granville, at the northeast corner of the State Route 16/Cherry Valley Road intersection (next to Licking Memorial Urgent Care).

Licking Memorial Hospital is pleased to announced that Physician Assistant Matthew B. Hopkins, P.A.-C., has joined its Allied Health Medical Staff. Matthew is a physician assistant for Brad L. Bernacki, M.D., at Orthopaedic Specialists & Sports Medicine, Inc.

Licking Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the addition of Radiologist Daniel W. Kennedy, M.D., to the Active Medical Staff. Dr. Kennedy practices with Tri County Radiologists, Inc., in Newark.

Healthier for Life is a four-part program and will be held on Thursdays, February 12, 19, 26 and March 5, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., in the Licking Memorial Hospital First Floor Conference Rooms. Participants should plan to attend all four sessions. The program is free; however, registration is required and space is limited. To register, please call (220) 564-2527.

Licking Memorial Hospital (LMH) Home Care has been named to the Top 500 of the 2014 HomeCare EliteTM, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the U.S. The HomeCare Elite awards are sponsored by OCS HomeCare by National Research Corporation and Decision Health®. The sponsors examined performance data from nearly 10,000 home care agencies to determine the award winners.

Licking Memorial Hospital (LMH) is pleased to announce the addition of Sarah I. Hook, C.N.S., to the Allied Health Practitioner Section of the Medical Staff. Sarah is a Clinical Nurse Specialist with Hospice and Palliative Care of Central Ohio. She provides patient care with Lisa A. Maurer, D.O., and Carl D. Waggoner, M.D.

Licking Memorial Urgent Care is pleased to announce the addition of Stacey Y. Guan, M.D., M.P.H., CWSP. Dr. Guan received her Doctor of Medicine degree at St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies. She completed a family medicine internship and a family medicine residency at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. Dr. Guan is board certified in family medicine. She also is a certified wound specialist physician by the American Board of Wound Management.