Medical Director

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="1628dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1b9b33b0.png" border=0 width="179" height="59" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1bcb1570.png" border=0 width="177" height="87" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The Mountain Hospice Library was established to provide resources to our community and staff.  These resources include, but is not limited to information on various diseases, caregiving, grief, bereavement and spirituality.</B></div> <div> <B>Initial purchases have been made, but we are in need of additional resources.  We are accepting donations of books, or you can purchase a book "In Honor of" or "In Memory of" an individual.  </B></div> <div> <B>For more information on this program, contact: </B></div> <div> <B>Debbie Cooper</B></div> <div> <B>Project Coordinator  </B></div> <div> <B>at 304-823-3922 </B></div> <div> <B>1600 Crim Avenue</B></div> <div> <B>Belington, WV  26250</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0428dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calligrapher" ><B>Mountain Hospice</B></FONT><B>  </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mountain Hospice"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Awareness 1000"><U>"Awareness 1000"</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >   |   </FONT><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contacting Mountain Hospice"><U>Contacting Mountain Hospice</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >   |   </FONT><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Questions about Hospice"><U>Questions about Hospice</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >   |   </FONT><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Services Provided"><U>Services Provided</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >   |   </FONT><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Volunteers"><U>Volunteers</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >   |   </FONT><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grief Support"><U>Grief Support</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >   |   </FONT><B>Medical Director</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >   |   </FONT><A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Board of Directors"><U>Board of Directors</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >   |   </FONT><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Notice of Privacy Practices"><U>Notice of Privacy Practices</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >   |   </FONT><A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="To Make A Memorial Donation"><U>To Make A Memorial Donation</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >   |   </FONT><A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Announcements / Upcoming Events"><U>Announcements / Upcoming Events</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >   |   </FONT><A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Employment with Mountain Hospice"><U>Employment with Mountain Hospice</U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0428dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I><B>Medical Director</B></I></div> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="1b1fa100.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="272" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT></div> <div>       <B>Dr. John Henderson  </B></div> <div> Dr. Henderson has served as the Medical Director of Mountain Hospice for the last five years.  He has a Family Practice office at 1502 Harrison Avenue in Elkins and practices at the Belington Medical Clinic.  Dr. Henderson is on staff at Davis Memorial Hospital where he is currently serving as Chief Medical Director.  He is married to Annette Henderson and they have four children:  Stacie, Tiffany, Buck and Samantha.   </div> <bR> <div> Dr. John P. Henderson, II, along with fifteen hundred fellow physicians in North America, is certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.  Palliative medicine is the medical discipline of the board therapeutic model known as palliative care.  The discipline and model of care are devoted to achieving the best possible quality of life for the patient and family throughout the course of a life-threatening illness through the relief of suffering and the control of symptoms.  Palliative medicine helps the patient and family face the prospect of death assured that comfort will be a priority, values and decisions will be respected, spiritual and psychosocial needs will be addressed, practical support will be available and opportunities will exist for growth and development.  Hospice in the United States is an organized program that provides  palliative care for terminally ill patients and support services  to patients, their families, and significant others.  </div> <bR> <div> Eligibility requirements for certification are significant.  In order to be eligible to sit for the certifying examination, applicants must have received prior major specialty certification, practiced at least two years following residency, worked as a member of an interdisciplinary team for at least two years and have directly participated in the active care of at least fifty terminally ill patients in the preceding three years.  Alternatively, applicants must have completed specialty fellowship training in palliative medicine.  The fellowship training program must be at least one year in length band must meet the established voluntary standards for such a program.  Currently, 1530 physicians have been certified by virtue of meeting certification requirements, including successful completion of this examination.  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>MOUNTAIN HOSPICE</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> is a nonprofit organization that promotes hospice services and works to educate their communities in issues relating to caregiving, terminal illness, loss and bereavement. </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Member Of:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>*National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>*West Virginia Council of Hospice Organizations</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>*West Virginia Network of Ethics Committees</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>State Licensed, Medicare/Medicaid Certified</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>To request additional information about Mountain Hospice,</B></div> <div> <B>please fill out the form below.</B></div> <bR> <div>  <form action="http://csbmail.globalscape.com/cgi-bin/csbmail/csbmail.pl" method="POST" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_SortOrder" value="FirstName,LastName,Email,Company,Address1,Address2,City,State,Zip,Phone,MailingList,Comments"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_FormIndex" value="2"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_OKMessage" value="Thank you for your request for information."><input type="hidden" name="tlx_SendMode" value="1"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_Subject" value="request info"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_EmailTo" value="info@mountainhospice.com"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td align="left">First Name:<br> <input type="text" name="FirstName" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Last Name:<br> <input type="text" name="LastName" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Email:<br> <input type="text" name="Email" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Company:<br> <input type="text" name="Company" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Address Line 1:<br> <input type="text" name="Address1" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Address Line 2:<br> <input type="text" name="Address2" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">City:<br> <input type="text" name="City" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">State:<br> <input type="text" name="State" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Zip:<br> <input type="text" name="Zip" size="10" maxlength="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Phone Number:<br> <input type="text" name="Phone" size="14" maxlength="14"></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <input type="checkbox" name="MailingList" value="yes"> Add me to your mailing list</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Comments:<br> <textarea name="Comments" rows="5" cols="30"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"><input type="reset"> <input type="submit" value="Send" name="tlx_send"></td> </tr> </table> </form>  </div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>