Hailey
Hailey, Idaho WRITE Site
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St. Luke’s Family Medicine 1450 Aviation Dr., Suite 100 Hailey, ID 83333
Phone: 208-788-3434 |
About Hailey: Hailey and the neighboring communities Ketchum and Sun Valley, Idaho are located in the midst of the lovely Wood River Valley and in the heart of the central Idaho Rockies. Hailey is about 160 miles east of Boise, the state’s capital. The Wood River Valley is in Blaine County, at the edge of the Sawtooth and Challis National Forests. Almost surrounded by U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands, the valley’s heart is the Big Wood River. The main route into town is State Highway 75 off U.S. 20 to the south. The nearest interstate freeway is I-84 to the south. The population is close to 7,000 and Hailey enjoys the tag line: “Idaho’s hometown in the mountains”. To learn more about the area visit: www.haileyidaho.com or www.ketchumidaho.org |
Primary WRITE Preceptor:
Julie Lyons, M.D. Site Contact: Bebe Yoder, yodere@slhs.org Satellite Clinic Sites: Challis • Ketchum • Stanley Family Medicine Physicians: Physician Assistants: Participating Community Physicians: |
![]() Clinic: The St. Luke’s Family Medicine Hailey Clinic (formerly Wood River Family Medicine) has been taking care of the healthcare needs of the Wood River Valley for over 20 years. They have grown from two to ten family physicians and one mid-level providers. Due to population growth, a second clinic was opened in Ketchum, the St. Luke’s Family Medicine Ketchum Clinic. Hailey was one of the two original WRITE sites, beginning October 1997. In 2013 the clinic accepted their first TRUST scholar and now are involved in a four-year longitudinal Clinical Teaching experience with TRUST scholars. They also participate as an ongoing RUOP site and community rotation for family medicine residents. Students may spend time at satellite clinics in Challis and Stanley in addition to the Hailey and Ketchum clinics. https://www.stlukesonline.org/communities-and-locations/communities/hailey-ketchum |
![]() Hospital: St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center in Ketchum has 25 patient beds as well as a Critical Care Unit providing advanced monitoring equipment and around-the-clock care. More than 1,600 admissions in the last fiscal year, including 294 deliveries, 1,535 outpatient procedures, and 440 inpatient procedures. There are 36 active staff physicians, 43 courtesy staff and 4 consulting staff. The student receives hospital privileges according to required hospital bylaws. The hospital web site is www.stlukesonline.org/wood_river |
What to Expect: Dr. Julie Lyons, the primary WRITE Preceptor, has a special interest in obstetrics. The clinic has access to specialists in Orthopedics, ER medicine, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, OB/GYN, and Surgery, and the WRITE student may receive extra exposure in these areas based on who in the clinic are willing to have the student spend time with them. In addition, the WRITE student will assist Dr. Batcha with some of his duties outside of the clinic, including assisting as team doc for the Sun Valley Suns Hockey team. The local hospital emergency room is staffed full time by ER physicians, and students are encouraged to spend time there as well. The clinic physicians rotate call with one physician being “hospitalist” for several days at a time. The student will round with the hospitalist in the morning, and will rotate between preceptors for clinic in the afternoons. The student generally takes call with the primary preceptor. Procedures are available on a catch as catch can basis, but students are encouraged to be flexible in case an opportunity arises.
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