New imaging options for CAD care
August 14, 2026
Ascension Via Christi is advancing heart care with Ultreon™ 3.0 imaging technology, helping cardiologists deliver more precise, personalized treatment for coronary artery disease close to home.
Primary care
Doctors at Ascension Via Christi are here for all your care needs, including care for new symptoms, chronic conditions and emotional health.
Primary care in Wichita
Doctors at Ascension Via Christi are here for all your care needs, including care for new symptoms, chronic conditions and emotional health.
Get primary care close to home
From annual wellness visits, preventive care and health screenings to treatment for chronic conditions and minor illnesses—you’ll find all the care you need at Ascension Via Christi. Online scheduling and virtual visits make it easy and convenient to connect with a primary care doctor near you.
Care for your everyday health
Care for your everyday health
If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, go directly to the ER or call 911.
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Angela’s breast cancer journey at Ascension Via Christi highlights the importance of annual mammograms, early detection and compassionate breast care in Wichita, Kansas.
How childbirth classes prepared one Kansas mom
July 2, 2026
Expecting her second baby this August, a Kansas mom returned to Via Christi St. Joseph's childbirth classes in Wichita for education, breastfeeding support and birth preparation.
Urgent care vs. the ER: How to know where to go
June 11, 2026
Visit the ER for serious illness or injuries when you need emergency care. Visit urgent care for minor injuries or illnesses that need same-day care.
Inpatient pediatric care options at Via Christi
April 10, 2026
Learn more about the most used pediatric inpatient care services at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas.
Technology advancement for stroke survivors in Wichita
February 18, 2026
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas is the first hospital in the region that offers a new therapy for stroke survivors.
Complex aortic aneurysm treatment in Wichita
February 13, 2026
Via Christi St. Francis recently reached an important milestone in vascular care by becoming the first hospital in Wichita to perform a new minimally invasive procedure for complex aortic aneurysms.
Factors that increase stroke in women
January 28, 2026
Grace Gearhart, DO, family medicine and women’s care physician with Via Christi in Wichita, Kansas, discusses five risk factors for stroke in women.
Bariatric surgery is a tool for lasting health
January 21, 2026
Via Christi Weight Management surgical weight-loss team in Wichita, KS, helps patients treat obesity as a chronic disease with proven, life-changing bariatric surgery and lasting support.
Bariatric surgery and GLP-1s for ideal weight loss
January 13, 2026
Via Christi Weight Management’s surgical weight loss program in Wichita, KS, combined with weight-loss medications offers powerful results.
Understanding your prostate cancer diagnosis
October 6, 2025
Andrew Hunt, MD, radiation oncologist at Ascension Via Christi in Wichita, Kansas shares what men should know about prostate cancer and how to treat it.
A third-time mom shares her positive labor and delivery experience at Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan Birth and Women’s Center in Manhattan, Kansas.
This new mom is grateful for Ascension Via Christi Birth and Women's Center in Manhattan, Kansas, for compassionate care for first delivery.
Via Christi Weight Management program in Wichita, Kansas, offers a comprehensive bariatric surgery program for people who struggle with weight loss.
If incidents occur this Fourth of July, knowing where and when to get immediate and emergency care is important.
Four summer activities that often lead to injuries
June 23, 2025
Ascension urgent care and orthopedic teams are here to help you manage your summer injury.
From endometriosis, pregnancy loss and healing, Via Christi integrated OB-GYN, physical therapy and pediatrics helped a Wichita woman realize her dreams of motherhood with personalized care.
The Via Christi St. Joseph NICU in Wichita, KS, provides traveling doctors with trusted, specialized care after the delivery of both of their babies.
An affiliation between Via Christi in Wichita and Children’s Mercy Kansas City helps families receive advanced care for newborns with the most complicated conditions.
Via Christi Hospital Birth and Women’s Center in Manhattan, Kansas, helped provide a smooth delivery, compassionate nursing care and lactation support for this first-time mom.
Via Christi Valve and Cardiac Rehab clinics helped a Wichita native recover after having open-heart surgery and a TAVR procedure.
Dr. Hugh Wong, sleep specialist at Ascension Medical Group Via Christi in Wichita, explains how poor sleep increases the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and stress.
Ascension Via Christi Weight Management in Wichita, KS, helped a patient transform his health with a 90 pound weight loss and a new outlook on life.
Via Christi celebrates surgeon’s 1,000th robotic-assisted surgery
November 5, 2024
Brett Grizzell, MD, FACS, medical co-director of Via Christi’s Lung Nodule Clinic, has completed his 1,000th robotic-assisted surgery for the treatment of lung cancer in Wichita, Kansas.
This woman puts herself first and loses 238 pounds with Via Christi Weight Management’s surgical weight loss program in Wichita, KS.
Via Christi’s Weight Management program in Wichita, Kansas helps grieving mother lose 70 lbs in 23 weeks.
Dr. Johnathan Scrafford, and the Via Christi OB-GYN team safely deliver a baby during a high-risk cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy.
Ascension Via Christi childbirth education class preps parents
December 4, 2023
A Wichita mom who used Ascension Via Christi childbirth education classes for her first child enrolls again to prepare for her second baby.
Ascension Via Christi in Wichita, KS, celebrates a decade of its hybrid operating room, which is used for structural heart procedures.
Ascension Via Christi in Wichita, Kansas now offers a new minimally invasive AFib therapy for persistent abnormal heart rhythms.
Ascension Via Christi stroke nurse took on the role as patient during her birthing experience and appreciated the care she received from her coworkers.
Wichita man regains his confidence after losing 170 lbs without surgery
September 27, 2023
Ascension Via Christi Weight Management helps Wichita man lose weight without surgery through diet and exercise.
Ascension Via Christi heart surgeons repair a Kansas farmer's heart from rare condition
July 24, 2023
Ascension Via Christi heart care teams discover a farmer's rare heart condition that required emergency surgery to repair.
Quick, life-saving care from Ascension Via Christi Comprehensive Stroke Center helped a Wichita woman get back to work within a week.
Curt Ghormley spent 83 days at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis for an aggressive bone marrow cancer. He wrote a book after entering into remission.
Ascension Via Christi Structural Heart adds 4D intracardiac echo device to better view patients' hearts and perform interventional procedures.
Ascension Via Christi has purchased a customized mobile mammography vehicle, which once received and operational this summer, will make 3D breast imaging screening exams available at worksites and other Wichita, Manhattan and Pittsburg, Kansas, area community sites.
Susan Keeton suffered a stroke and was treated with quality care at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, resulting in Ascension becoming her chosen provider.
Courtney and Billy Walston had planned to celebrate their two-year wedding anniversary dining out and discussing the next major milestone in their lives: The arrival of their first baby, due Feb. 15, 2023.
Advanced heart care, cardiac rehabilitation helping longtime nurse return to her passion
April 20, 2023
Jacque Gordon loves being a nurse and for 44 years has found joy in helping patients get back to their lives.
While an emergency Cesarean section hadn’t been a part of Jonnie and A.J. VanKleek's birth plan, they were thrilled with the five-star care they received at Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph.
Elaina Johnson was approximately six weeks pregnant with her fourth child when she had a feeling that "something wasn't right."
The Ascension Via Christi Palliative Care team often witnesses and engages in acts of kindness to bring a measure of comfort to end-of-life patients and their families.
Ascension Via Christi Lung Screening program using ION robot to help reach, identity lung cancer earlier
April 19, 2023
Because lung cancers can be curable when discovered while still small and localized, Ascension Via Christi invested in a robotic-assisted platform that can locate and reach nodules as small as 8 millimeters.
Doctors at the Ascension Via Christi Lung Nodule Clinic in Wichita, KS, helped find and treat lung cancer quickly because of a lung cancer screening.
Ascension Via Christi associate was diagnosed with breast cancer after a self examination, and found care and support from her colleagues in Wichita, KS.
Annie Simmons didn't initially plan to make nursing her life's work.
Volunteer retires after a quarter-century of service
January 4, 2023
On Nov. 10, Betty McCutcheon finished her last day of 25 years as an Ascension Via Christi Volunteer. On Nov. 16, she celebrated her 90th birthday.