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Martin Giesecke, M.D.
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Christopher R. Cook, D.O.
Asa C. Lockhart, M.D.
Russell K. McAllister, M.D.
Lee C. Woodson, M.D., Ph.D.
Scott E. Kercheville, M.D.
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COVER– United Regional Health Care System is located in Wichita Falls, Texas and provides comprehensive medical care including inpatient and outpatient services, advanced diagnostics, surgical specialties and life-saving emergency care to a nine-county service area. It has the area’s only Lead Level III Trauma Center and serves as the Primary Stroke Center for the region. United Regional is also committed to continue serving as the “safety net” for the uninsured and underinsured in the region, and provided approximately $28 million in charity care in 2011.
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