Ascension Via Christi

Ascension Via Christi Largest provider of healthcare services in Kansas, providing doctors, hospitals, clinics & home care

Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, Kansas delivers specialty care and 24/7 emergency care. We provide advanced surgical care for serious and life-threatening injuries and illnesses. Our care teams listen to understand your health needs and deliver care that's right for you. Ascension Via Christi is a destination for specialty care — including heart, cancer, stroke care, orthopedics and women’s health. Our OBGYNs and maternity care teams deliver a personalized birthing experience and advanced neonatal care for sick babies. We offer a wide range of minimally invasive procedures using robotic-assisted technology, imaging and lab tests, and a dedicated inpatient rehabilitation center. If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, go directly to the ER or dial 911.

Today is World COPD Day 🫁 Here's what you should know: 🌎 It means Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease and it is the fourth ...
11/20/2025

Today is World COPD Day 🫁 Here's what you should know:

🌎 It means Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease and it is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide
🌬️ Most common symptoms: Difficulty breathing, chronic cough (sometimes with phlegm) and tiredness. People find it more difficult to carry out their normal daily activities, often due to breathlessness as the disease progresses.
🚬 It can be caused by to***co exposure from active smoking or secondhand smoke. It can also be caused by occupational hazards like dust or chemicals, air pollution, having asthma in childhood or severe respiratory infections that impacted your lung development as a child.
💨 While it can't be cured, it can be treated with medication, lifestyle improvements and/or programs like Via Christi St. Francis' Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

Today is an opportunity to raise awareness and recognize the care teams and doctors helping us breathe easier and manage our lung health. Join in recognizing the great work of our pulmonary medicine and respiratory teams, and physicians Dennis Oyieng'o, MD; Raid Abu-Awwad, MD; Youssef Yammine, MD; Ibrahim Raphael, MD; and Abdel-Ghanie Abu-Samra, MD.
Thank you all for all you do! 🫁

St. Francis goes green for safety 💚It is National Injury Prevention Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about prev...
11/18/2025

St. Francis goes green for safety 💚

It is National Injury Prevention Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about preventing injuries and violence! Ascension Via Christi's Trauma Program and Safe Kids Wichita Area have the hospital lit up green today to raise awareness.

"It's the fourth year recognizing this day with a proclamation in Sedgwick County," said Victoria Chandler, Injury Prevention and Outreach Coordinator. "The day's goals included educating the public on how to avoid common injuries, promoting safety strategies, and encouraging collaboration among organizations working in injury and violence prevention."

As a Level 1 Trauma Center for emergency care, Via Christi St. Francis is glowing green to support this vital initiative of the Trauma Program. 🟢

It's Lung Cancer Awareness Month 🫁 Did you know about the screening program that can help find lung cancer early?If you'...
11/13/2025

It's Lung Cancer Awareness Month 🫁 Did you know about the screening program that can help find lung cancer early?

If you're 50-80 years old, smoked the last 15 years, and smoked a pack a day for the last 20 years, you're eligible for a low-dose CT lung cancer screening.

The Via Christi Lung Nodule Clinic is helping find nodules, sometimes only the size of a pea, and treating cancer early. Meaning, it is easier to treat and has a better survival rate than if it is found in a later stage.

Lori Hurst, Lung Cancer Nurse Navigator, shared more on KAKE News ⬇️

🤖 Safer. Smaller. Smarter. Robotic surgery is redefining what it means to healPlease join us in celebrating 25,000 robot...
11/13/2025

🤖 Safer. Smaller. Smarter. Robotic surgery is redefining what it means to heal

Please join us in celebrating 25,000 robotic-assisted surgeries performed at Via Christi St. Francis, St. Joseph, St. Teresa, and Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. 👏 Robotic-assisted procedures are designed to be less invasive, which means smaller incisions, reduced recovery times and enhanced surgical accuracy.

These advanced systems treat a wide array of conditions, both non-cancerous and cancerous. It can mean operations for the heart and lungs, the liver and bile ducts, the urinary system, the colon and re**um, and surgeries for weight loss and obesity. Robot-assisted technology is also used for general procedures like appendectomies, gallbladder removal and hernia repair.

Thank you to all the talented teams who made this important milestone happen. ⭐

Skip the wait and walk right in or check in online. 🏥 The urgent care teams at Ascension Via Christi are ready with the ...
11/07/2025

Skip the wait and walk right in or check in online. 🏥 The urgent care teams at Ascension Via Christi are ready with the care you need now. Find care or schedule ⬇️

🍅 Interested in some accountability and support this holiday season with your health and weight goals? 🍎Via Christi Weig...
11/06/2025

🍅 Interested in some accountability and support this holiday season with your health and weight goals? 🍎

Via Christi Weight Management is offering two non-surgical meal-replacement program options for managing the holidays and staying accountable:

1️⃣ Phase 1 holiday blitz: Four weeks of Phase 1 classes during the month of December for just $99 (mandatory weekly product purchase required)
2️⃣ Phase 2 promotion: Four weeks of Phase 2 classes for $60 during the month of November (available to all Phase 2 participants)

📲 For questions or to take advantage of these holiday promotions, call 316-634-3624.

11/05/2025

Via Christi supports Guadalupe Clinic's "Campaign Care"

To continue helping our community and its most vulnerable, Via Christi announced the $100,000 donation to the Guadalupe Clinic’s $1.76 million “Campaign Care” on Monday, Nov. 3.

This investment will help improve access to essential primary care for the uninsured and underserved population reached by the Guadalupe Clinic. For these patients, conditions that begin as routine illnesses or manageable chronic issues often escalate, forcing them into the Emergency Department (ED) when their condition becomes acute or critical.

The clinic's campaign goal of adding six patient rooms and adding dental services aim to better manage conditions in a primary care setting, potentially reducing the number of patients who might otherwise seek care in the ED.

“This partnership represents what Via Christi is all about — extending healing beyond hospital walls and into the community. When we support organizations like Guadalupe Clinic, we’re helping prevent illness before it becomes an emergency and creating a stronger, healthier Wichita for everyone," said Kevin Strecker, Via Christi's CEO.

The investment aligns with Via Christi’s strategic priorities to expand access to primary care, reduce avoidable emergency room visits, strengthen community health partnerships, and create a healthier, more sustainable healthcare system for all of Sedgwick County.

The investment is the latest chapter in our two organizations’ long history of working together to provide compassionate, high-quality health care for people in need. Guadalupe Clinic began in 1985 when five nurses from Via Christi sought a grant from the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother, who founded St. Francis hospital, to provide low-cost wellness services for people with little or no insurance.

Over the ensuing 40 years, we have collaborated on many projects to help provide specialty services and pharmacy support to the clinic’s uninsured patients. Last year, Via Christi donated $25,000 to help build capacity at the clinic.

Thank you to all who help support our vision of answering God’s call to bring health, healing and hope to all.

Have a safe and fun Halloween weekend! 👻🐈‍⬛🦇🎃 Check out these great costumes from the Pediatrics unit at St. Francis, th...
10/31/2025

Have a safe and fun Halloween weekend! 👻🐈‍⬛🦇🎃

Check out these great costumes from the Pediatrics unit at St. Francis, the Cancer Center and AMG East 21st clinic.

⬇️ If something spooky happens, we're here for you at our Emergency Rooms and Immediate Care locations. Search and find the care you need in the time you can unwrap a candy bar 🍫

🎃🦸🏽🐄🐢 See the cutest, tiniest costumes ⬇️🦁🧜🏼‍♀️👵🏼Halloween is extra sweet this year in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ...
10/31/2025

🎃🦸🏽🐄🐢 See the cutest, tiniest costumes ⬇️🦁🧜🏼‍♀️👵🏼

Halloween is extra sweet this year in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Via Christi St. Joseph in Wichita, where nurses and nurse techs helped our tiniest patients celebrate their first Halloween in style.

The care team hand-crafted some adorable costumes, including Disney Princesses, a pirate, cow, dragon, cupcake, Ninja Turtle … and, of course, twins as Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz.

The special activity is a fun and meaningful way to share joy, creativity, and compassion with families spending this special milestone in the NICU, and is a reflection of the dedication and heart the NICU team brings to every patient, every day.

🌷 Radiologist Marcus Kater, MD, serves closely alongside Via Christi's breast imaging teams. For Breast Cancer Awareness...
10/30/2025

🌷 Radiologist Marcus Kater, MD, serves closely alongside Via Christi's breast imaging teams. For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dr. Kater talked to KAKE News about the importance of getting your annual mammogram. He emphasized the importance of starting at 40 by sharing a personal note:

💬 "My wife had breast cancer at the age of 41. Caught it early... Screenings worked exactly how they should."

🩷 Get your screening, have peace of mind and meet our compassionate teams working hard to help find cancers early. Schedule now ⬇️

🌸 Chelsea Mullins, RN, is not only one of Via Christi's breast cancer nurse navigators, but also a breast cancer survivo...
10/29/2025

🌸 Chelsea Mullins, RN, is not only one of Via Christi's breast cancer nurse navigators, but also a breast cancer survivor. In her role, she helps guides and supports patients and their families throughout the cancer care journey. Her support can look like coordinating appointments and providers or talking with patients about their fears and comforting their worries.

Recently, she talked with KWCH 12 News about her role in patients' lives and what these opportunities mean to her:

💬 “They haven’t even really started living their life yet. And then they’re going through the toughest thing that they could. And so, seeing, you know, the younger women go through breast cancer is just really hard,” she said. “But they’re also so resilient. And they, you know, really showing them that they can overcome this, and they have a long life to live has been really, really important and really, it just touches my heart.”

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- 12 fully/partially owned or managed hospitals – Wichita, Pittsburg, Manhattan, Salina and Wamego - Home care services – Wichita, Manhattan, Pittsburg, Salina, Garden City, Dodge City - Ambulatory surgery and imaging centers – Wichita, Manhattan, Pittsburg - Approximately 6,300 employees - Ascension Via Christi employs more than 220 physicians and 130 advance practice professionals through Ascension Medical Group, hospitals and community sites. More than 1,100 physicians have medical privileges at Ascension Via Christi hospitals.