Cherokee Regional Medical Center is accepting applications for the Cherokee Regional Auxiliary, Cherokee Regional Foundation, Kenneth Hobson Memorial, and John M. Comstock scholarship opportunities for graduating high school students interested in a health care career. All four scholarships require students to be a resident of the Cherokee Regional service…

Want to experience multiple careers in nursing? Cherokee Regional’s Summer Nursing Internship Program is for you! The Cherokee Regional Nurse Internship program is designed to facilitate a successful transition and exposure to the role of nursing. This Internship program provides an enhanced learning experience that promotes the knowledge and skills…

Cherokee Regional Medical Center (Cherokee Regional) is pleased to announce that family practice physician Dr. Shelby Wigginton has joined the medical staff and will begin seeing patients at Cherokee Medical Clinic starting Thursday, January 20, 2022.   Dr. Wigginton received her…

BOMGAARS DONATES LADIES NIGHT PROCEEDS TO CHEROKEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (December 28, 2021) Jim Nelson, manager of the Cherokee Bomgaars, recently presented a check in the amount of $1,068.84 to representatives of Cherokee Regional Medical Center. The funds were raised during this year’s Bomgaars Ladies Night promotion and will be earmarked…

(December 23, 2021)Since being established in 2007, the Cherokee Regional Medical Center Foundation has raised thousands of dollars to help support the mission and service offerings of Cherokee Regional. The brain child of past CEO, John Comstock, the original Cherokee Regional Foundation Board consisted of several retired Cherokee Regional…

Cherokee Area Service of Remembrance to be held Tuesday, November 30th For the first time, a Cherokee-area Service of Remembrance will take place as a joint effort by Boothby Funeral Home, Cherokee Regional Hospice, and Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home. The…

As noted in an October 22nd Health Alert and press release, CDC identified Burkholderia pseudomallei in an aromatherapy room spray product. The Better Homes and Gardens-branded Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones “Lavender & Chamomile” scent was sold at a limited number of Walmart stores and…

CHEROKEE REGIONAL & SENIOR LIFE SOLUTIONS TEAM UP FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION   September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, so Cherokee Regional Medical Center and Senior Life Solutions have teamed up for the 2nd Annual Suicide Prevention Awareness Walk to shed more light on this topic.   Event supporters are encouraged to join in…

Public Meet and Greet for Sean Nelson, M.D., Scheduled for Wednesday, August 11th Cherokee Regional Medical Center (Cherokee Regional) is pleased to announce that Dr. Sean Nelson has joined the medical staff. Dr. Nelson has been seeing patients in the Cherokee Regional Emergency Department since early July and will begin…

Effective immediately, all Cherokee County Public Health COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics held in the city of Cherokee will be moving to the old Roosevelt Elementary School building located at the corner of E. Bow Drive and N. Roosevelt Avenue.  The first clinic to be held in the new location will be…