specialty clinic

Community HealthCare System offers an array of specialty clinics in Onaga, Holton, and St. Marys locations to better serve patients in rural northeast Kansas. Partnerships with specialty physicians and providers help patients receive needed care without having to travel long distances to Topeka or Kansas City. Specialty Clinic offerings currently include the following:

Dr. Heidi Smith has been providing orthopedic services at Community HealthCare System since the summer of 2021, including outpatient visits at the Onaga Specialty Clinic and minor surgical procedures such as trigger finger release and carpal tunnel release at Onaga Community Hospital. Knee arthroscopy procedures are the latest addition to services available in Onaga.

Knee arthroscopy uses a small camera to view into the  knee joint. The procedure is a commonly used...

Starting in late summer, patients will be able to see an oncologist at Community HealthCare System in Onaga. Dr. Adrian Caracioni from The University of Kansas Cancer Center at St. Francis Campus will see patients one day a month in Onaga starting in early September.

Dr. Caracioni (pronounced ka-ROCH-e-oh-nee) has practiced for more than 25 years and treats patients with blood disorders such as anemia or hemophilia as well as blood cancers and other cancers in patients age 16 and over.

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Community HealthCare System has added pain management to its array of specialty clinics.

Starting April 18 and followed by the third Monday of every month, Dr. Jacob Kneeman of Kansas Pain Management, based in Overland Park, Kansas, will provide services for patients who suffer from acute or chronic pain.

“We’re pleased to add Dr. Kneeman and Kansas Pain Management to our list of specialty clinics to help patients who need help...

CHCS provides a number of specialty clinics each month in our Onaga, Holton, and St. Marys locations. Dr. Kenneth Hobbs, Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, or DPM, is our specialty clinic provider of the month.

Podiatry is the medical and surgical treatment for foot disorders. Dr. Hobbs said his interest in podiatry stems from his college days when he was an avid jogger. “I get great satisfaction when I can help my patients maintain their mobility,” he said.

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CHCS provides a number of specialty clinics each month in our Onaga, Holton, and St. Marys locations. Dr. John P. Devine, urologist, is our October Specialty Clinic Provider of the month.

Dr. Devine provides general urology care for adults and children in Onaga two days each month. Dr. Devine assists patients in managing diseases of the urinary tract, including the kidneys and adrenal glands, bladder, ureters, the prostate in men, and more. He manages all aspects of...

CHCS provides an array of specialty clinics in several of our locations each month. Tiffany Engelken, APRN, is our September Specialty Clinic Provider of the Month. Tiffany is a Dermatology Certified Nurse Practitioner with 18 years of experience, and she offers an array of services from skin cancer screenings to cosmetics.

Tiffany recently took time to answer a few questions.

What services do you offer?

I offer skin...

Community HealthCare System will offer orthopedic services starting in August. Dr. Heidi Smith of Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center in Manhattan will take appointments in Onaga every other Wednesday each month starting August 11.

Dr. Smith provides care for a wide variety of general orthopedic complaints and injuries in patients of all ages and functional status. Her area of specialty is orthopedic surgery, and she has additional specialty training in sports medicine/arthroscopy,...

CHCS provides a number of specialty clinics each month in our Onaga, Holton, and St. Marys locations. Dr. Brian Beard is our June Specialty Clinic Provider of the month. Dr. Beard is a cardiologist with the University of Kansas Health System and Vascular Center, and he visits our Holton Family Health Center location. His colleagues, Dr. Joliff and Dr. Boolani, visit our Onaga and St. Marys locations.

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CHCS provides a number of specialty clinics each month in our Onaga, Holton, and St. Marys locations. Dr. Dagoberto Heredia, psychiatrist, is our May Specialty Clinic Provider of the Month. Dr. Heredia provides general adult, child, and adolescent psychiatry in our Holton location.

Dr. Heredia diagnoses mental health issues and provides medication and management of conditions including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorders, ADHD, OCD, ODD, panic disorders, schizophrenia,...