{"id":144961,"date":"2021-08-17T21:50:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T02:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=144961"},"modified":"2021-08-17T21:50:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T02:50:13","slug":"new-physician-to-practice-in-rockford-vw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/08\/17\/new-physician-to-practice-in-rockford-vw\/","title":{"rendered":"New physician to practice in Rockford, VW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Independent staff and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Board-certified family medicine physician John Sharma, M.D., has joined Van Wert Health. Dr. Sharma specializes in comprehensive care for newborns, children, adolescents, and adults.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Dr.-John-Sharma-headshot-8-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-144962\"\/><figcaption>Dr. John Sharma<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>His special clinical interests include preventative and lifestyle medicine and chronic illness management. He provides quality, evidence-based care in an approachable setting and enjoys collaborating with patients to diagnose and treat a broad spectrum of health concerns to achieve their health goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am so happy to welcome Dr. Sharma to both Van Wert Health and our community,\u201d said Van Wert Health President and CEO Jim Pope.&nbsp; \u201cFamily medicine is an essential component of whole-patient care and we know Dr. Sharma will be an asset to our patients and team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Sharma earned his medical degree from St. George\u2019s University School of Medicine, followed by a residency in Family Medicine at William Beaumont Hospital in Troy, Michigan. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He will care for patients at both Van Wert Health-Rockford (506 S. Main St. in Rockford) and at Van Wert Health North (214 Towne Center Blvd. in Van Wert).&nbsp;To schedule an appointment, call 419.363.3008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent staff and submitted information Board-certified family medicine physician John Sharma, M.D., has joined Van Wert Health. Dr. Sharma specializes in comprehensive care for newborns, children, adolescents, and adults.&nbsp; His special clinical interests include preventative and lifestyle medicine and chronic illness management. He provides quality, evidence-based care in an approachable setting and enjoys collaborating with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 12:10:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}