NKCH Names 2022-2023 Medical Staff President
August 1, 2022Categories: PRESS RELEASE
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North Kansas City Hospital has named Alexis Meredith, MD, medical staff president. She began her one-year term on July 1. In this role, Dr. Meredith chairs the Medical Executive Committee, provides leadership to her colleagues and acts as a liaison between the medical staff and the hospital’s administration.
Dr. Meredith has been a pulmonary and critical care medicine physician with North Kansas City Hospital and Meritas Health Pulmonary Medicine since 2006. She has served NKCH in various capacities, including as a member of the Critical Care and the Trauma subcommittees. She then was a member of the Medicine Advisory; Pharmacy and Therapeutics, for which she was chair; and Executive committees.
“Working with my physician colleagues on NKCH committees has allowed me to be involved in decision-making that affects our physicians and staff, but it also has given me the opportunity to impact how we provide the very best in patient care,” Dr. Meredith said. “It was a natural step for me to become more involved as medical staff president. I look forward to not only advocating on behalf of our physicians but also bringing about more relationship-building for our physicians, which suffered due to needed COVID-19 restrictions.”
She recognizes the organization’s proactive response to COVID provided a foundation for what may lie ahead regarding COVID. “We put many systems in place to protect physicians, staff and patients while providing quality patient care,” Dr. Meredith said. “Our physicians and staff have shown we can rise to meet any challenges that may be brought before us.”
Dr. Meredith earned her medical degree and completed her residency in internal medicine and fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Triple board-certified – in critical care medicine, internal medicine and pulmonary medicine – she is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society and Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Dr. Meredith succeeds Scott Kujath, MD, FACS, a vascular surgeon with the Midwest Aortic and Vascular Institute.
About North Kansas City Hospital and Meritas Health
For more than 60 years, North Kansas City Hospital has been the Northland's preferred healthcare provider. Our mission is to provide hope and healing to every life we touch.
NKCH is an acute care facility with 451 licensed beds and 550 physicians representing 49 medical specialties. From our award-winning cardiovascular and orthopedic programs to our cancer, emergency, neurosciences, spine, women’s and other services, we provide a lifetime of care.
Through our Meritas Health subsidiary, NKCH offers the largest network of physician practices in the Northland, with more than 280 primary and specialty care doctors and advanced practice providers in 35 convenient locations, including an express care clinic in the 64th Street Hy-Vee store.
Our accreditations demonstrate our commitment to providing quality healthcare, including:
- American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet®designation
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services four-star rating
- The Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval® and certification for Comprehensive Cardiac Center, Advanced Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement, and Primary Stroke Center
Our oncology partnership with The University of Kansas Cancer Center provides patients with access to clinical trials and state-of-the-art radiation therapy.
Our mission, vision and values reflect a strong commitment to the health and well-being of our employees, the Northland community and beyond. U.S. News & World Report ranked NKCH High Performing in 10 procedures and conditions and named NKCH a Best Regional Hospital. Forbes honored NKCH as one of America’s Best Midsize Employers, ranking NKCH the top midsize hospital and health system in the Kansas City area and No. 148 midsize company in the nation.
Each year NKCH serves more than 24,000 people through its dynamic Community Health & Wellness programs.