From a press release:
Asheville Hospitalist Group, a Mission Health practice, is pleased to welcome Rebecca Mumpower, MD. Dr. Mumpower is an experienced hospitalist who last worked with Wellmont Medical Associates at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tennessee.
“It is our pleasure to welcome Dr. Mumpower to the strong group of physicians and caregivers at Asheville Hospitalist Group,” said Angie Wills, Vice President, Clinical Programs, Mission Health, and Interim Vice President, Mission Medical Associates Operations. “We are thankful that she has come to practice alongside the team of talented caregivers already here and are confident that her talents and strengths will be an asset for both the practice and for the community.”
Dr. Mumpower received her doctorate of medicine from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond, Virginia, and completed her internal medicine residency at Virginia Commonwealth University, also in Richmond, Virginia. She is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is a member of the Society of Hospitalist Medicine.
“My hope is to make a genuine connection with each of my patients during their hospital course,” said Dr. Mumpower. “The goal is to help them feel more comfortable and confident in the care they are receiving, knowing that their physician truly cares about them.”
Asheville Hospitalist Group, established in 1997, provides adult inpatient care admitted to the Mission Hospital campuses (Memorial and St. Joseph). To contact a physician with Asheville Hospitalist Group, call (828) 213-4411.
About Mission Health
Mission Health, based in Asheville, North Carolina, is the state’s sixth-largest health system and the region’s only not-for-profit, independent community hospital system governed and managed exclusively in western North Carolina. Mission Health has been recognized as one of the nation’s Top 15 Health Systems 2012-2014 by Truven Health Analytics, formerly Thomson Reuters. Mission Health is the only medium-sized health system to receive this recognition three years in a row, and the only health system in North Carolina to achieve that distinction.
Mission Health, which traces its roots in the region back to 1885, operates six hospitals, numerous outpatient and surgery centers, post-acute care provider CarePartners, long-term acute care provider Asheville Specialty Hospital and the region’s only dedicated Level II trauma center. Its medical staff consists of more than 1,000 physicians and is certified in more than 50 medical specialties and sub-specialties. Mission Health has seven Centers of Excellence: Cancer, Heart, Mission Children’s Hospital, Neurosciences, Orthopedics, Trauma and Women’s Health. Mission Hospital, located in Asheville, is the system’s flagship hospital and is licensed for 795 beds. It is the regional referral center for tertiary and quaternary care. It also includes Mission Children’s Hospital – the region’s only children’s hospital. Other Mission Health member hospitals include Angel Medical Center in Franklin, Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine, Highlands-Cashiers Hospital in Highlands, McDowell Hospital in Marion and Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard. With approximately 10,600 employees and 2,000 volunteers, Mission Health is dedicated to improving the health and wellness of the people of western North Carolina. For more information, please visit mission-health.org or @MissionHealthNC.
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