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<strong>Excelsior</strong> <strong>Springs</strong> Medical Center • www.esmc.org • We’re More Than Just A <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
Dr. Kenna Adiga takes over retired doctor’s medical practice<br />
Kenna K. Adiga, DO, has replaced<br />
Aram Lila, MD, in his Internal<br />
Medicine practice in <strong>Excelsior</strong><br />
<strong>Springs</strong>. Dr. Adiga will be on<br />
staff at <strong>Excelsior</strong> <strong>Springs</strong> Medical<br />
Center and Liberty <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
“ESMC is so excited to have Dr.<br />
Adiga join our medical staff," said<br />
Sally Nance, ESMC CEO.<br />
"This is what I want to do," said<br />
Dr. Adiga. "I want to work in a<br />
small community."<br />
Dr. Adiga has long anticipated<br />
working as a doctor in a rural area.<br />
She grew up on a farm in Gallatin,<br />
Mo., and set her heart on becoming<br />
a doctor at the tender age of seven,<br />
when her grandfather was sick and<br />
had to be admitted to a hospital. The<br />
difficulties her grandfather faced in<br />
accessing health care from a rural<br />
area helped shaped Dr. Adiga's career<br />
as she chose to specialize in<br />
adult medicine.<br />
"There weren’t a lot of health<br />
care options at that time," said Dr.<br />
Adiga. "He drove three days a<br />
week to Kansas City for dialysis.<br />
Now the patient can do<br />
it at home."<br />
The Primary Care<br />
Resource Initiative for<br />
Missouri (PRIMO) program<br />
also helped Dr.<br />
Adiga to achieve her<br />
goals. The PRIMO program<br />
is beneficial to<br />
medical students interested<br />
in pursuing primary<br />
care medicine and<br />
practicing in medically<br />
underserved areas of the<br />
state. Dr. Adiga says the<br />
program is important in<br />
assuring people and<br />
communities they have<br />
access to health care services in<br />
Missouri.<br />
Dr. Adiga enjoys the challenge<br />
of keeping up to date on the latest<br />
medical and scientific information<br />
so she can provide her patients with<br />
first class medical care. Her real joy<br />
in practicing medicine comes from<br />
the opportunity to interact with patients<br />
and the families in making<br />
“The best bridge between despair and<br />
hope is a good night’s sleep.” Anonymous<br />
Do you feel tired and groggy upon<br />
awakening?<br />
Are you often sleepy during waking<br />
hours?<br />
Are you overweight and/or do you have<br />
a large neck?<br />
Have you been observed to choke,<br />
gasp, or hold your breath during sleep?<br />
If you answered YES to any of these questions, see your doctor.<br />
We want you to wake up in the morning.<br />
ESMC Sleep Disorders Center • 816-630-6091, ext. 264<br />
“Family values<br />
are extremely<br />
important to me.”<br />
“I like being able<br />
to take care of<br />
more than one<br />
generation of a<br />
family.”<br />
— Dr. Kenna Adiga<br />
Dr. Kenna Adiga, left, took over the practice of Dr. Aram Lila<br />
in September. Dr. Lila has retired from practice, see related<br />
article page 5.<br />
important and, at times, difficult<br />
choices regarding health care.<br />
"The geriatric population is witnessing<br />
advances in medicine and<br />
people are having good quality of<br />
life longer," said Dr. Adiga. "In becoming<br />
an Internal Medicine physician,<br />
I was able to delve a lot<br />
deeper into the study of conditions<br />
specific to aging, such as diabetes<br />
and chronic medical problems."<br />
"Family values are extremely<br />
important to me," said Dr. Adiga.<br />
“I am always happy to see patients<br />
with the support of their family<br />
members. I'm glad to know that<br />
when I send them home, they will<br />
have someone to help them. I like<br />
being able to take care of more than<br />
one generation of a family."<br />
Dr. Adiga is married to Dr.<br />
Raghu Adiga, who has an Infectious<br />
Diseases practice in Liberty. They<br />
have a son, Sanjay.<br />
Dr. Adiga attended Truman<br />
State University. She received her<br />
medical degree from the University<br />
of Health Sciences-College of Osteopathic<br />
Medicine in 2002. She<br />
completed her Internal Medicine<br />
residency at UMKC in 2005.This<br />
past year, Dr. Adiga has been Internal<br />
Medicine Chief Resident at St.<br />
Luke's <strong>Hospital</strong> in Kansas City,<br />
Mo., and represented the resident<br />
staff to the entire hospital, provided<br />
teaching to other residents and<br />
served on many committees, while<br />
also providing patient care.<br />
"I'm looking forward to practicing<br />
in <strong>Excelsior</strong> <strong>Springs</strong> and at<br />
ESMC. It seems that everyone takes<br />
great pride in working here," said<br />
Dr. Adiga. "The staff definitely has<br />
the community at heart."<br />
Dr. Adiga will be available at<br />
Dr. Lila's former office, 1205 N.<br />
Jesse James Road in <strong>Excelsior</strong><br />
<strong>Springs</strong>, Monday through Thursday,<br />
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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