Rebecca Rores, Doctor of Dental Medicine, will celebrate her one year anniversary at Eastern Plumas Health Care’s Dental Clinic in Portola on June 15. Rores, it seems, is such a favorite--especially with children--that the word is getting out and patient numbers at the clinic have jumped significantly. She’s a native of nearby Sparks, NV, where she attended UNR before transferring to the University of Washington her junior year. After graduation, Rores spent four years working and traveling “to figure out my passion,” she said. During that time, she discovered dentistry. In college, Rores said she took a career aptitude test,...

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Eastern Plumas Health Care begins its “Secrets to Healthy Living,” a free series of monthly informational talks on June 23, 6:00 p.m., in the Education Center on its Portola campus. Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Mary Morrison, the driving force behind the series, wanted community members to know how much their health care providers appreciate them. She and Dr. Colin Kopes-Kerr are planning the series together. Morrison, Kopes-Kerr, and their colleagues, want to impart some of their trade “secrets” to getting healthy and staying healthy—especially in ways that won’t break the bank in tough economic times such as these. They feel it’s...

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If really you want to keep up to date on what's going on at EPHC, come on over to our Facebook page. There, you'll see short informational updates along with lots of photos of our staff, volunteers, and the people we serve. You'll gain an understanding that EPHC is a vibrant community where we take service seriously . . . and not so seriously. We have 250 employees. Most of you have a friend or family member who works or volunteers here. Our Facebook page allows us to let our hair down a bit and show you who we really...

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Dr. R. Douglas Collins, Board Certified in Neurology and Internal Medicine, joined our staff on June 1, 2011. Now patients suffering from: headaches, dizziness, back and neck pain as well as post-stroke and neuromuscular problems can be treated at our Portola Clinic by Dr. Collins. He received his MD from New York Medical College, and he did Residencies in Neurology, Neurological Diseases and Blindness, and Internal Medicine. He has been in private practice on the East Coast and in California, and he has been Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina and Associate Clinical Professor of...

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Recently, Portola Jr./Sr. High School teamed up with Eastern Plumas Health Care for a Healthy Lifestyle discussion and Career Tours. 180 7th – 10th grade students walked over from the school campus to listen to Family Nurse Practitioner Mary Morrison manage to make health and wellness relevant to teenagers. It was an amazingly respectful and interested group of young people, and even when they broke up into groups for their respective Career Tours, the kids managed to make the event looked well choreographed. Students could choose from the following list of specialties in an effort to learn about their...

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Eastern Plumas Health Care is pleased to welcome Dr. R. Douglas Collins. Dr. Collins is Board Certified in both Neurology and Internal Medicine. He’s also certified in pain management and provides alternatives to narcotic treatment, including trigger point releases. Dr. Collins will be here beginning June 1 and will be here for the first two weeks in June. Initially, Dr. Collins will be at the Portola Clinic, working there two weeks per month, five days a week. We anticipate scheduling him in the Graeagle Clinic starting in July. Also, Dermatology specialist, Melanie Buckley, P.A., will join the staff later in June....

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Eastern Plumas Health Care is offering Low-Cost Diabetes Testing as its June lab special. May’s Low-Cost Health Screening was so successful that the hospital has decided to continue with the monthly specials. Diabetes is a significant problem in Plumas County, and it seemed like a natural choice for the second month of low cost testing. Diabetics can have both a Fasting Blood Sugar and a Hemoglobin A1C test for only $25 total. No appointment is necessary, and you don’t need to have been seen at EPHC previously to take advantage of this offer. Testing is available at the Portola Hospital...

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Our Low-Cost Health Screenings have been so successful, we're holding them over through the first week in June. If you haven't taken advantage of this great deal, you still have time! The Low-Cost Health Screenings are available every week day at the Portola campus, and on regular lab days at the clinics in Graeagle, Indian Valley, and Loyalton. No appointment is necessary. Here’s your chance to be proactive about your health. Regular health screenings to make sure you’re in good health or to detect problems as soon as they arise means you’ll live a longer, healthier life. At EPHC, we encourage...

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Terri Becky recently joined Dr. Kopes-Kerr's Healthy Lifestyle Stars. Patients visiting the Portola and Graeagle Clinics will be able to see the "Stars" in display cases there. She's completed all 5 items in Dr. Kopes-Kerr's "Formula for Good Health," which include: 0 cigarettes; 5 servings of fruits and vegetables/day; 10 min. of silence, relaxation, or meditation/day; a body mass index under 30 (this is a combo of your height a weight); and, 150 min. of exercise/wk. When asked why a healthy lifestyle is important to her, Terri said, "Because I want to have a good quality of life in my...

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When Ramona Feiman fell and broke her hip, she spent a week in the hospital in Truckee. Because she was determined to heal close to home, in Loyalton, she asked that she be transferred back to Eastern Plumas Health Care’s Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) there. Feiman is one of the few patients in recent months who has been transferred back to her local EPHC facility, near family and friends, while undergoing rehabilitation. In many cases, EPHC’s two Skilled Nursing Facilities (the other one is in Portola) aren’t on the list of patient choices at larger urban hospitals, so only those...

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