Neurologist Jacqueline Carter joins Western Baptist staff

             Neurologist Jacqueline Carter, M.D., has recently joined the medical staff at Western Baptist Hospital.

            Dr. Carter is a stroke specialist. A graduate of Northwestern University Medical School, she completed her neurology residency at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Carter most recently served as medical director of the Columbia-St. Mary’s Stroke Centers in Milwaukee. She is accepting new patients at Neurology Specialists, 2605 Kentucky Ave., Doctors Office Building 3, Suite 202, office phone (270) 415-4800.

Dr. Carter’s arrival comes at a time when the hospital is making great strides in stroke treatment. Western Baptist announced a partnership with the University of Louisville Health Care in May 2009, bringing the state’s top stroke specialists to western Kentucky through a robot telemedicine network.

More information on stroke care is available at westernbaptist.com or from Western Baptist’s 24-hour nurse call center at (270) 575-2918.