2022 Doctors’ Day
We celebrate Doctors’ Day onMarch 30 to honor the physicians who care for the health and well-being of our community. At Great Plains Health, we are thankful and appreciative of the many fine physicians who serve our region. This special publication pays tribute to our doctors, who spend countless hours making an impact on the health of our community. We are grateful for the commitment to exceptional medical care that our physicians provide and for the many miles they travel to ensure that the people of our region receive quality care as close to home as possible.
increasing regulation, reimbursement reductions, and change, the healthcare industry has become a highly complex environment. Our physicians work tirelessly to stay in step with these changes while keeping patients at the center of care, always. Our physicians not only care for local residents but are also community leaders, neighbors, soccer coaches, and friends.We applaud these fine men and women, who dedicate their careers tomaking our community stronger. As we carry out our mission to inspire health and healing by putting our patients first—ALWAYS—and “continue tomove forward on our vision” to be the region’s most trusted healthcare community, we are honored to partner with the physicians of the North Platte region.
The medical field is always evolving, yet our physicians stay abreast of change and innovation. In an age of COVID-19,
Thank you to the doctors of Great Plains Health.
Ivan Mitchell, FACHE, MHA, MPA Chief Executive Officer Great Plains Health
Ladd Lake, MD Chief of Staff Great Plains Health
In the family
Great Plains Health welcomed Dr. Saleh El Dassouki, interventional cardiologist, in 2021. Dassouki has lived all over the world. He spent his childhood in France. At the age of 10, he and his family moved to Lebanon. “My father is a surgeon,” said Dassouki, “so I feel like a career in medicine was programmed into me at an early age. I was observing surgeries at the age of 13.” Dr. Saleh El Dassouki
career,” said Dassouki. “When I lost that opportunity, I turned my focus to medicine.”
Dassouki attended medical school in Lithuania and came to the US for his residency and fellowship. “I speak five languages: French, Arabic, Lithuanian, English, and Spanish,” said Dassouki. In 2019, Dassouki was married to his wife, Hadil, in Lebanon. “The pandemic hit,” said Dassouki, “and she wasn’t able to come to the US. We lived apart for two years.” Finally reunited, Dassouki and his wife are happy to be living in Nebraska. “We both like it here in North Platte,” said Dassouki. “We like the smaller town, and the people are really nice.”
As a teenager, Dassouki, a gifted swimmer, had his sights set on competing in the Olympics. “I suffered a leg injury that ended my
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