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New doctor recruited to Creston's Summit Medical Clinic

Dr. Eleanor Huettmeyer is the latest recruit attracted by the Creston Valley Health Working Group...
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Summit Medical Clinic will soon welcome a new doctor.

A new physician will soon be arriving to take up a general practice at Summit Medical Clinic.

Dr. Eleanor Huettmeyer is the latest recruit attracted to the area by the Creston Valley Health Working Group. She becomes the fifth doctor in the last two years to be successfully attracted to Creston by the award-winning health recruitment program.

“Dr. Huettmeyer and her husband, Phillip Curran, were referred to us by a Creston physician who had worked with her in the past,” said recruiting consultant Marilin States. “They came for a look at the area within a week of us making contact with them.”

Curran, a pharmacist, has accepted employment at Creston’s Pharmasave.

Huettmeyer and Curran currently reside in Saskatoon, where they recently celebrated the birth of their first child. Huettmeyer will start in Creston with a light patient load and gradually increase it over several months, States said.

“We are excited to welcome this young, active family to our community,” she said. “They enjoy outdoor activities and are looking for a place to call home. Eleanor is originally from the East Kootenay and Phillip was born and raised on Vancouver Island, and they seem excited to be returning to their home province.”

In addition to general practice, Huettmeyer also brings her skills as a anesthesiologist to Creston.

“They were smitten by their visit to Creston,” States said. “We showed them around the Creston Valley and introduced them to other physicians. This seems like a lovely fit for both of them.”

The health working group was established in 2006 and is made of representatives from current practicing physicians, Interior Health, the Town of Creston and Regional District of Central Kootenay. It is supported and funded by RDCK Areas B and C and the town. It also recruits locum physicians to provide vacation relief for Creston physicians and to fill gaps in the absence of physicians.

In her role as physician recruitment consultant, States attends physician conferences and events and works with potential candidates referred by Health Match BC and Interior Health.