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Kalida Medical Arts

As one of the last few independent Family Practice offices, we work for the patient, not the hospital. Your medical needs are our ONLY priority.

02/02/2026

To our Nursing Friends out there,…….R.N. or L.P.N.,

There is a difference between a job,…..and a career.

A job gives you money,….

A career gives you money,....and fills your soul with purpose,….and meaning,…..and a sense that YOU make a difference.

If you hate the anonymity of the corporate people who tell you what’s best to do (when you know how to do it better yourself),

…..if you wonder why you went into nursing in the first place because of all the regulations, paperwork, and menial tasks you’ve been “required” to do,

……..if you wish that there was someplace in medicine that still practiced common sense with only one goal,…..to help people,...

Then WE are speaking to you,……

WE are Kalida Medical Arts.

There is an open nursing position for 3 days per week with an opportunity for Paid Vacation Time, 401K with match, Profit Sharing from the business itself,…and much more.

The best work family in medicine with the greatest of people is waiting for their next family member to join.

Interested?,……we are accepting resume’s at Kalida Medical Arts at 109 S. Broad St. in Kalida. You can drop one off at the front desk.

Ready to start your career?

01/28/2026

Sometimes we really take things for granted……..

When I read this quote, I think that THIS is what is lacking from Healthcare……the personal need to be there for your community,…. whenever the need arises, whatever it may be, however you need to do it.

I’m reminded in many ways of the extraordinary measures that our office took during the whole Covid episode.

I’m proud to say that the author of this quote was someone from whom I received training and from whom I also received a great gift:

The practice of medicine the way it was supposed to be.

Physician and patient.
Physician and community.
Physician and God above whose instrument that physician becomes.

It was NEVER meant to be:

Physician and big hospital,……..Physician and insurance company,……. physician and his/her RVU’s or productivity.

As a physician, you do what is needed, when and where it is needed, because it helps people. There really is no other reason.

To the rest of the medical world, private practice died a long time ago. They all think that the small town Doc’s all aged out……..or went out of business…….or were bought up by the big hospitals.

They all think that practices like Kalida Medical Arts don’t even exist.

God, thank you for allowing me to spend my entire career doing it the way it was supposed to be, and, Lord willing, for continuing to be able to do it for many more years.

To all our patients, THANK YOU for your support and loyalty,

I know that the people who come here realize that there are very few places left in medicine like Kalida Medical Arts.

Sometimes, however, we all really take things for granted.

Then, a good old quote from Dr. Kidd somehow reminds you what you have.

01/26/2026

If the Level 3 snow emergency remains in effect at 7am tomorrow-our office will be closed for Monday January 26th to allow our road crews and safety personel full access to roads.

Anyone with appointments for tomorrow will be contacted to reschedule if needed.

And,…..to all of our snow plow drivers, first responders, and utility workers, THANK YOU for keeping us all safe and warm !! We appreciate you!!

12/07/2025

Many of you have seen the attached info regarding the closure of Dr. Hick’s practice in Continental.

Subsequently, our office has received several questions regarding this, so I just wanted to keep everyone in the loop.

First, I have to say that private practice has become a very difficult endeavor.

Medicare thinks that the best way to save money is just pay medical providers less and other insurers often tie their reimbursement to Medicare.

So every payer pays less and less, while the price for everything else is more and more.

Medicare has cut payments many times in the last twenty years, which is why you have seen so many offices close, and
........more cuts are looming for the coming years, unless Congress acts (but they never do anything).

Without the negotiating power of the big hospitals, it becomes tough to compete.

I feel blessed every day, because, despite all that it takes to keep private practice alive, our practice is thriving with the greatest staff to ever work in medical care and the most supportive and loyal patients.

That support given our office by Kalida and the surrounding area communities has kept us independent.

There is no care better than an independent office.

I know this, our staff knows this, our patients know this, and,……Dr. Hicks knew this.

Four weeks ago, Dr. Hicks reached out to me about the closure of her practice. Her main concern was the welfare of her patients.

From the conversation that we had, I could see that she loves those patients very much, and she felt our office would offer the best fit for those folks.

I vowed to her that I would help make sure that no patient of her practice would be without care or access to their records.

Dr. Hicks has taken a position outside of community medicine, therefore her patients are not able to follow with her. She is not coming to Kalida Medical Arts.

However, our entire office truly wishes Dr. Hicks the best of luck as she starts her new endeavor.

We welcome any of Dr. Hicks’ patients to continue their care with any one of the fantastic providers at our office or, if after her closure date of December 14th, you would like records sent to another provider, they will be available to you here.

Sorry about the long post but this reaches into my heart on two very dear topics:

……The preservation of private practice (the last place where the only concern is still strictly the patient),……and,……….The love of a medical doctor for his or her patients.

I absolutely get it. It’s why I love what we do here.

Wesley Klir, M.D.
Kalida Medical Arts

11/06/2025

Just wanted to let folks know that there is a Verizon outage currently. Calls from Verizon cell phones will not go through to the office. If you need to contact our office, call from a landline or use a phone from a different cell provider and you can get through fine.

07/31/2025

Eleven years of training…..
.......that’s four years of College,……four years of Medical School,……three years of Residency…..that’s what it takes to put two letters after your name- M.D.

Often I’m asked, out of all of that, what was the most important class that you ever took?

My answer…Black Angus Steakhouse in Kalida.

When I was 15 years old, I got my very first job,…..bussing tables at Black Angus in Kalida.

There, I learned a lot about people…..from working with others, to dealing with complaints, to powering through busy nights, to dealing with problems that came up, and…..to respecting the people you work with to do it……ALL of them.

Trust me, I use more of what I learned at Black Angus EVERYDAY than the sum total of all of the Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, and Chemistry that I took in College,……combined.

Yesterday, I got a lesson in what Corporate medicine has become. No matter what you do, there are always some who feel people aren’t that important.

It’s a strange world to me, because I’ve worked very hard at this office to create a bubble where,……the individual people still mean…..EVERYTHING.

Every staff member at my office means EVERYTHING TO ME,……..Every patient of our practice means EVERYTHING TO ME……..and ALL of the people who cast a vote for our office………MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME.

No corporate medicine here,......maybe a little more like the old Black Angus Steakhouse.

To you all,.........Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!

Great job, Kalida Medical Arts,
Best Doctor's Office in Putnam County, second year running. You ALL earned it.

07/29/2025

In 1990, I moved off of the Campus of Case Western Reserve University and into a house that was next door to my Mom’s Mother and two doors down from my Dad’s mother.

In so doing, I would spend the next ten years living as a neighbor to both of my Grandmothers.

I got to know them in a way that very few people get to know their grandparents. Neither drove, so I took them everywhere. I went on the Senior Citizens Bus Outings with them. I performed entertainment for the Senior Citizen’s group. I truly got to know them....and all of their friends.

From that wonderful experience, was born a love of geriatrics and a great appreciation for those people who shaped the world before I was even born.

Later, when I finally got out of Medical School, I began seeing patients in the Nursing Home. I always said that it was a lot like old-school medicine- seeing the patient in their “home” without any tools other than your stethoscope, your clinical acumen, your compassion, and your attention.

It has always been one of the favorite parts of my job.

Today, after letting me go, The Meadows of Kalida offered to throw me an “Appreciation Event” for my 20 years of service to Trilogy. I passed.

I have all of the appreciation that I need from the thousands of geriatric patients that I have cared for over the 22 years spent at various facilities like Paradise Oaks, Calvary Manor, Putnam Acres, The Meadows of Kalida, The Meadows of Ottawa-Glandorf, and the Meadows of Delphos.

The patients haven’t changed, but the industrial complex of extended care sure has.

So, as of September 30th, for the first time in my career, our office will no longer be affiliated with or involved in the care of any Nursing Home patients. Not my choice, but there it is.

07/03/2025

Our office will be closed Friday, July 4th. Feel free to contact the office today if you have any foreseeable needs for the weekend.

…….and if you get a chance this month, check out the Military display at the Putnam County District Library. These artifacts tell the history of our Country’s freedom and are why we can still celebrate the Fourth of July.

Happy Birthday, America!!

06/07/2025

3 days left to vote!……

05/28/2025

A HUGE THANK YOU to all who nominated us…….
Now,….we NEED your vote!

You can vote ONCE EACH DAY……. (Beauty and Health category)….to help us maintain Kalida Medical Arts’ status as the Best Doctor’s Office in Putnam County!!

…….and be sure to cast a vote for all of your other area favorites!!

Thanks again, and good luck to ALL of the category nominees!!

https://www.putnamsentinel.com/cr-dep-best-of/?event_token=cff4ce65024d64db&fbclid=IwY2xjawKi4dBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFDMEFWZURuVUM1SWxVV002AR460XEC58ukaXshAuIYdhapROApPZa0Tl_UrGWlN3Hm9Q-_M0YQPyUfEzCcnQ_aem_QaTcNmkxnA6uLkdMrU9FLw

05/23/2025

School's out for the summer…..

…..and with cough, cold season behind us, please note our new summer hours, in effect until Pioneer weekend (Always the weekend after Labor Day!):

Monday 8am-4pm
Tuesday 8am-4pm
Wednesday 8am-4pm
Thursday 8am-4pm
Friday 8am-3pm

Have a great Memorial Day Weekend everyone!
Kalida Medical Arts

05/04/2025

Last day to nominate your local businesses…..

Address

109 South Broad Street
Kalida, OH
45853

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 4pm
Tuesday	8am - 4pm
Wednesday	8am - 4pm
Thursday	8am - 4pm
Friday	8am - 4pm

Telephone

+14195323959

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