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News Release
HOSPITAL BRINGING TOGETHER CLARION COUNTY PRACTICES UPMC Northwest has announced plans to bring together its two Clarion County practices in Clarion. Effective Tuesday, Sept. 4, UPMC Northwest will combine the staff members and services of Koenig Family Practice-UPMC (Knox) and Clarion Family Practice-UPMC (Clarion) at the Clarion location, 342 S. Fifth Ave. Board-certified family practitioner David Zlotnicki, MD, and the Koenig staff will see patients at the Knox facility, 334 N. Main St., until Tuesday, Aug. 28. When the Knox and Clarion offices come together, patients of both practices will have access to a second physician, and Koenig patients will be able to obtain on-site x-ray services, according to board-certified family practitioner Randy Kreider, MD, of Clarion Family Practice-UPMC. The consolidation also will make Koenig Family Practice-UPMC part of an award-winning practice. The Clarion facility currently holds a Gold Star Award from UPMC’s Physician Services Division for “consistently providing outstanding customer service and patient satisfaction,” according to UPMC. Due to its Clarion location, the combined Knox-Clarion practice will keep the name Clarion Family Practice-UPMC. The practice will offer the same services that both traditionally have provided including routine office visits, well baby and child care, immunizations, periodic physical examinations, basic laboratory services, screening mammography, treatment of acute and chronic illness, and treatment for minor emergencies. While UPMC Northwest no longer will have a practice in Knox, “we still will offer, through our new location in Clarion, the same services and the same level of care that we always have,” Dr. Zlotnicki says. “Patients also will gain access to x-ray services at the Clarion office, and that will be an added benefit of our move.” Dr. Zlotnicki says he has “enjoyed getting to know Knox area residents, providing care for them, and being part of the community, and I want to thank them for entrusting their health care to me and my staff. It has been a great pleasure to practice in Knox, and I’m eager now to join forces with Dr. Kreider and his staff in Clarion and work with them to meet our patients’ needs.” Dr. Kreider says he also is looking forward to the addition of Dr. Zlotnicki and the other three Koenig staff members – Sheryl Neely, RN, Kelly Fabry, LPN, and office assistant Susan Marie Greenlee – to the Clarion practice. “Bringing our caregivers together will give us a better health care team than we’ve ever had, and that’s a plus for our patients,” Dr. Kreider says. Dr. Zlotnicki has been a UPMC Northwest staff physician for 11 years, all at Koenig Family Practice-UPMC. Dr. Kreider has been a member of the UPMC Northwest medical staff for 16 years, including the past three years at the Clarion office. Patients of
Koenig Family Practice-UPMC who wish to obtain care from Dr. Zlotnicki
in the new location needn’t take any action: their records
will be transferred to the Clarion practice, Dr. Zlotnicki said.
Those who wish to begin obtaining care from another primary care
physician can obtain their records by contacting the Knox facility
at 814-797-1126. Knox area residents who need transportation to the Clarion location can arrange a ride by calling Clarion County Transportation at 814-226-7012 or toll-free 1-800-672-7116.
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