Physician Will Be Missed By All

Pictued left to right are: Sue Reuter, Ellen Young, Dr. Porter, Lorraine Lander and Sue Hansen

Monday, July 18, 2005 was Dr. Porter's last day at the Pender Community Hospital Outpatient Clinic. Dr. Porter is an Orthopaedic physician and surgeon. He has been coming to the Pender Community Hospital for ten years to see outpatients and to do surgical procedures. Dr. Porter is one of many physicians at the Center for Neurosciences, Orthopaedics and Spine at the Dakota Dunes in South Dakota. Everyone including physicians, staff and patients will miss Dr. Porter's friendliness and his sincere concern for his patients.

Dr. Porter was the first physician to see patients in the Outpatient Clinic addition when it opened in April of 1998. At first he saw patients everyone other Tuesday and soon increased his schedule to every Monday. He also had the unique experience of working in the Dep Med unit. The Deployable Medical Station used during the hospital's surgical suite renovation.

Dr. Stokesbary also from the Center for Neurosciences, Orthopaedics and Spine will start on August 2, 2005. Dr. Stokesbary will be here every Tuesday.