![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() SURGEON STRESSES TEAMWORK:At 49, physician is veteran in field of heart surgery from The Joplin Globe - Showcase 2/28/99 by Carol Stark, Globe Staff Writer "If Joe Graham happens to have an audience while he's working, his goal is to bore them to tears. He likes things calm. He prays for the mundane. His goal is that he and his staff know their work so well they make every day seem routine. Graham is a heart surgeon." CLICK HERE to read the full article ST. JOHN'S HEART PROGRAM LAUDED:excerpts from the Joplin Globe by Wally Kennedy, Globe Staff Writer "The heart program at St. John's Regional Medical Center has received high marks from a company that collects and distributes comparative data about hospitals." CLICK HERE to read the full article ST. JOHN'S NAMED TO TOP 100 LIST:from TODAY - 4/99 A monthly publication for St. John's Employees "St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin has been named to the Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospitals list by HCIA, Inc." CLICK HERE to read the full article PIONEERS INFUENCED LOCAL PHYSICIANS:from The Joplin Globe - 4/25/99 by Carol Stark, Globe Staff Writer "They call themselves disciples. Students of the masters. And they're forever grateful they were in the right place at the right time. During the heyday of the "best of the best" in heart surgery, Mitchell Stinnett and Joe Graham had front row seats." CLICK HERE to read the full article TWO OF HEARTS:Pioneers, in golden years, probe heart's mysteries from The Joplin Globe - 4/25/99 Associated Press "One is a Texas boy, born and raised in Houston, a hometown hero who began his medical studies at the University of Texas in Austin. The other grew up in Lake Charles, La., reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica by the time he enrolled at Tulane University." CLICK HERE to read the full article |