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Show , . , , , , , i " General surgeon Dr. Lynn Rowe, whose practice is located in Richfield, was recently welcomed by the physicians and staff at Garfield Memorial Memor-ial Hospital. He will travel from Richfield once or twice a month to conduct clinics and perform surgery as needed. General Surgeon Joins Staff At Garfield Memorial Hospital PANGUITCH Lynn B. Rowe, M.D., a general surgeon with more than 36 years of surgical experience, joined the staff at Garfield Memorial Hospital and Clinics on a part-time basis this month. Drs. E. Terry Henrie and Richard Rich-ard Birch and the hospital's medical staff welcomed Rowe last week as he performed a laparoscopic cholecystectomy chole-cystectomy (gallbladder surgery), demonstrating important techniques for everyone who wanted learn. Dr. Henrie said the Garfield Memorial staff was "excited and anxious to have Dr. Rowe on board and," he said, they plan to "learn much from him that will enhance the services offered currently at Garfield Memorial." Garfield Memorial Hospital Administrator Eric Packer regards the addition of Dr. Rowe as a real coup for medical services in this area. "We are fortunate to have a man of Dr. Rowe's caliber and expertise who will be able to provide a tremendous array of surgical services and procedures heretofore not offered in the Bryce Canyon area." Packer pointed out that negotiations had been ongoing for some time to acquire the services of Dr. Rowe locally, and agreed that everyone at the hospital is excited about the new collaboration. Dr. Rowe and his nursing assistant Beth Beutler will travel from Richfield to Panguitch once or twice a month to conduct clinics and perform surgery as needed. Beutler is a licensed practical nurse who has been assisting Dr. Rowe for the past five years he has worked at Sevier Valley Hospital. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is essentially removing the gallbladder gall-bladder with minimal abdominal access. This allows patients to go home the night of surgery or the following morning and they are able to return to work following approximately one week of recuperation. recu-peration. When this procedure was initially performed, the laser was used to remove the gallbladder. Today, the cautery unit is uniformly uni-formly used to remove the gallbladder. The reason for the change was the prohibitive cost ($700 additional) just to use the laser unit. Surgical services and procedures now available locally will include but not be limited to diagnostic laparoscopy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy cholecys-tectomy (gallbladder surgery), and laparoscopic hernia repair. Dr. Rowe said he is "really looking forward to working at Garfield Memorial. It opens doors to bring new medical care to the hospital, like new types of equipment equip-ment and new anesthesia. Rowe was appointed as general surgeon to the medical staff at Sevier Valley Hospital in Richfield in Feb. 1994. His office is located in the Family Specialty Clinic. A native of Spanish Fork, Dr. Rowe earned his medical degree from George Washington University Univer-sity in Washington, D.C. and completed his residency at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. As a surgeon in the United States Air Force, Dr. Rowe served as chief of surgical services at the U.S. Air Force Hospital at RAF Upper Heyford, Oxford, England and as commander at the U.S. Air Force Dispensary in Fukora, Japan. As an Air Force and private practice surgeon Dr. Rowe has also practiced medicine predominantly in the western United States including California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota and Texas. Dr. Rowe and his wife, Karen, reside in Richfield and are the parents of five children. |
