By DEREK REDD WHEELING — Emergency medicine is a high-stakes, high-intensity field in which seconds can be crucial to a patient’s outcome. Dr. Raina Burke of WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital has been in love with the field since medical school and has spent nearly two decades in practice ...
By ROBERT A. DEFRANK WHEELING — Sheila Archer, director of rehabilitation services at WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital and a speech-language pathologist, lives by the message of patience, hard work and community. Archer describes herself as an “empty nester” as of this year and ...
By ERIC AYRES WHEELING — Compassion and a deep-seated drive to help people led to a new chapter in Melissa Fletcher’s life — one that reached a landmark in May of last year when she officially opened Walk of Life Physical Therapy LLC in Wheeling. Specializing in pelvic health, Walk ...
By EMMA DELK WHEELING — A sports injury in high school turned into a nearly 24-year-long career in pediatric physical therapy for Nikki Kiger. Always harboring an interest in the body, the injury and subsequent physical therapy taught Kiger that she wanted to spend her career “helping ...
By SHELLEY HANSON WHEELING — Jill Spangler, director of Clinical Nutrition for WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial and Wheeling hospitals, enjoys helping others live a more healthy lifestyle via good nutrition and education. Spangler said in her role as director of clinical nutrition she ...
By ERIC AYRES WHEELING — Entrepreneurs daring to open a unique new business can attest to the fact that blazing a trail has its inherent challenges. The owners of ThrIVe in downtown Wheeling know first-hand what it takes to venture down a new path that can be tough to navigate. But ...
