Evangelical Community Hospital is welcoming several advanced practitioners to its family of services.

Advanced practitioners are a group of medical professionals that include physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses, who have higher levels of training and certifications, allowing them to care for patients in a variety of care settings.

Advanced practitioners joining or moving within the Evangelical Community Hospital family of practices are:

• Kyle Connaghan, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist–Anesthesiology of Evangelical, January 2021;

• Jessica Deitz, Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner–OB/GYN of Evangelical, December 2020;

• Dylan Griffin, Certified Physician Assistant–General Surgery, December 2020;

• Emily Noll, Certified Physician Assistant–General Surgery, January 2021;

• Juli Pyle, Certified Nurse Midwife–OB/GYN of Evangelical, November 2020;

• John Thompson, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist–Anesthesiology of Evangelical, January 2021.