GRMC Expands Services at Deer Creek

Deer Creek Health Center welcomes Lauren E. Graham, MD, MPH, Grinnell Regional Internal Medicine physician. Graham hosts regular outpatient clinics for patients every other Friday at the clinic, located at 401 First Ave., Toledo.

Graham joined the GRMC internal medicine team in 2013. Prior to that, she was at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Internal Medicine residency program, Baltimore, Md., where she also earned her medical degree. She also completed a master’s degree in public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health while working on her medical degree. Her undergraduate degree is from Earlham College, in Richmond, Ind. Graham grew up in a small Ohio town and is familiar with Midwestern values and communities.

“We are expanding services at Deer Creek Health Center to care for our friends and neighbors in the area,” says Shannon Zoffka, Grinnell Regional Clinics manager who oversees Deer Creek Health Center. “Our shift away from being rural health status allows GRMC to bring additional services to the clinic. This administrative change only affected reimbursement and rules but it didn’t affect our patients’ coverage. We have greater opportunity to bring in specialists. Dr. Graham and the internal medicine services is an excellent example. ”

Internal medicine care focuses on the prevention and treatment of adult diseases. According to the American College of Physicians, internal medicine specialists are specially trained to solve complex diagnostic problems and can handle severe chronic illnesses and situations where several different illnesses may strike at the same time. They also bring to patients an understanding of wellness (disease prevention and the promotion of health), women's health, substance abuse, mental health, as well as effective treatment of common problems of the eyes, ears, skin, nervous system and reproductive organs. They are an advanced level of specialty care after the primary care providers.

Patients may schedule an appointment with Graham in Toledo by calling Grinnell Regional Internal Medicine services, call 641-236-2382.