SPARTANBURG, SC -- Mary Black Health System (MBHS) will host a special-edition Walk With a Doc on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 10 a.m. on the Mary Black Hospital Campus. Community walkers are welcome to bring their dog to this event as long as it remains on a leash at all times. During our walk, participants will be able to meet two featured physicians and their dogs: Dr. Barry Bodie, Mary Black Physicians Group (MBPG) Urology and Dr. Kristin Williams, general surgeon with MBPG Surgical Specialties. Travis Breazeale, Physical Therapy Lead with MBHS Outpatient Therapy Services will lead warm-up stretches before the walk. Healthy snacks and water will be available as well as information about upcoming Joint Care Workshops. This is a free family-friendly event so bring the whole family for fun exercise, music and more!
The Mary Black Walking Trail is located on the hospital campus at 1700 Skylyn Drive, Spartanburg, SC. To register, call (864) 573-3921 or visit MaryBlackHealthSystem.com/events.
About Mary Black Health System
Mary Black Health System LLC is a health care delivery system comprised of Mary Black Health System – Spartanburg, Mary Black Health System - Gaffney, Mary Black Physicians Group, and Mary Black Health Network, Inc. The combined organization has 332 licensed beds, more than 1400 employees and more than 400 physicians on medical staff. Providing health care services to Upstate residents for more than 90 years, Mary Black Health System – Spartanburg’s acute care hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission, The Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (Chest Pain Accreditation), and is a Certified Stroke Center. It features surgical suites, a warm and inviting Family Birthing Center, nationally credentialed (CARF) Inpatient Rehabilitation, a 24 bed Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, Geriatric Psychiatric Services, and a Sleep Center. Outpatient services include Radiology, Endoscopy Center, Wound Center, Rehabilitation Services and Women’s Breast Health Center featuring same-day digital mammography and bone density testing. We are a patient-centered, professional, highly skilled health care system, which provides a continuum of care through the dedicated work of our nurses, staff, and volunteers.
About Walk With a Doc
Walk with a Doc was started in 2005 by Dr. David Sabgir, a cardiologist in Columbus, Ohio. Frustrated with his inability to affect behavior change in the clinical setting, Dr. Sabgir invited his patients to go for a walk with him in a local park on a spring Saturday morning. To his surprise, over 100 people showed up, energized and ready to move.
Since that first event in 2005, Walk with a Doc has grown as a grassroots effort, with a model based on sustainability and simplicity. A doctor(s) leads participants on a walk at their own pace. The Walk added an Executive Director in 2009 and focused on building a program that could easily be implemented by interested doctors in other cities around the country. As a result of these efforts, the reach of Walk with a Doc now extends all around the globe with over 300 chapters worldwide.