It is with great excitement that we introduce our new Primary Care Physician, Dakota Bunch, MD to our Arma and Cherokee Clinic Locations!  Dr. Bunch will begin seeing patients at these clinic locations starting on Tuesday, August 30, 2022.  Dr. Bunch will be in the Arma Clinic two days a week and in our Cherokee Clinic two days a week.

Dr. Bunch is originally from Gardner, Kansas and received his undergraduate degree at the University of Kansas.  He earned his Doctorate from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and completed his residency at Smoky Hill Family Medicine Residency Program in Salina. Dr Bunch, and his fiancé Carissa, will be moving to the area this summer. Dr Bunch is highly motivated, and we are very excited to have him join our team!  We know he will be well received among the medical community and the community at large.

Dr. Bunch is accepting patients. If you would like to schedule an appointment or talk about how we can best meet your healthcare needs call 620-347-4711 for the Arma Clinic or 620-457-8101 for the Cherokee Clinic.  

Girard Medical Center is excited to announce that Dr. Brandon Morris will be joining Dr. Jay Yost at the GMC Orthopedic Clinic in June.

Dr. Morris is a native of Fort Collins, Colorado. He completed his medical degree at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and his orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. Dr Morris also completed a foot and ankle surgery fellowship at Harvard University and a sports medicine fellowship at the University of Kansas Health System where he gained extensive experience in caring for athletes of all levels, including Kansas City area high schools, University of Kansas Athletics, the Kansas City Royals and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Dr. Morris is also a provider at the Southeast Kansas Orthopedic Clinic in Parsons. Please call 620-724-8809 to schedule an appointment with either Dr. Morris or Dr. Yost!

Girard Medical Center is pleased to announce that the Girard Medical Center Clinics received the 2022 KOAM Four States Finest Award for best clinic. Candi Adams, Clinic Director accepted the award on behalf of the five Girard Medical Center Clinic Locations. 

Girard Medical Center has locations in Girard, Uniontown, Arma, Cherokee, and Frontenac! 

Girard Medical Center is pleased to announce Girard Medical Center Comprehensive Wound Center is a recipient of RestorixHealth’s Wound Center of Excellence award. Recipients of this award meet or exceed national wound care quality benchmarks over a set period of time.

“Healthcare professionals have been tasked with maintaining quality through patient outcomes despite a daunting global pandemic,” said Jennifer Gordon, RN. “This achievement reaffirms the quality of care that Girard Medical Center staff provides its patients every day.”

RestorixHealth’s highest achievement, the Wound Center of Excellence Award, distinguishes centers that have demonstrated exceptional success by meeting or exceeding clinical and operational benchmarks in different categories, including healing outcomes, assessment and care processes and patient safety, along with a patient satisfaction rate of 96% or higher.

The Girard Medical Center Comprehensive Wound Center is dedicated to optimizing outcomes and preventing lower limb loss in those patients with non-healing wounds. The approach to wound care is aggressive and comprehensive, coordinating traditional and advanced therapies and techniques that are proven to reduce healing time and improve healing rates.

The Girard Medical Center Comprehensive Wound Center is located at 302 N Hospital Drive, Girard KS and sees patients on Wednesdays. For more information, please call 620-670-4240.

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Girard Medical Center is pleased to announce that Dr. Dustin Bonzo will be the new family practice physician at GMC of Frontenac, Kansas. Dr. Bonzo received his Bachelor’s in biology from Pittsburg State University and his Doctorate from KUSM-Wichita. He is currently finishing up at the Smoky Hill Family Residency program in Salina, Kansas. Dr. Bonzo met his wife, Ellen, at Pitt State in Honors College. “Ellen and I have been together for seven years and friends even longer,” he said. “We have two beautiful, identical twins – Maddilyn and Isabelle – who are almost a year and a half. Twins do not run in our family so it was the best surprise we could have been blessed with.”

Dr. Bonzo was born and raised in a small town (Greely, Kansas – population 300) and rural family practice has always been his path. “I enjoy all the different avenues and people that you get to see within family practice, and really getting to build a relationship with the patients as well,” he said.

Ruth Duling, CEO, is excited to welcome Dr. Bonzo to the GMC family. “Not only is he a great physician but he’s also a really nice person!” Ruth said. “I know that patients are going to naturally gravitate towards him. We found the perfect match when we found Dr. Bonzo. He and his wife, Ellen, and their daughters, are a wonderful family and we know that the community will enjoy their friendship and involvement.”

Dr. Bonzo feels fortunate as well. “Girard feels like home and we are excited to move back and be closer to our extended family,” he said. “GMC embodies everything about small town life and the values that can build a community.”

In the little spare time he has, Dr. Bonzo said he powerlifts, fishes and changes diapers.