Wright Memorial Physicians’ Group and Saint Luke’s Mercer County Clinic provide 255 free sports physicals

Trenton, Mo. – Wright Memorial Hospital Physicians’ Group in Trenton, and Saint Luke’s Mercer County Clinic in Princeton, offered student athletes from Trenton, Galt, Humphreys, Laredo, Pleasant View R-6, Spickard, Princeton, and Mercer school districts an opportunity to receive free sports physicals. The Missouri State High School Activities Association requires student athletes in the state of Missouri to successfully pass a pre-participation physical exam.

Health care providers visited the schools and performed approximately 255 physical exams. The medical providers from Wright Memorial Physicians’ Group and Saint Luke’s Mercer County Clinic who completed the physical assessments included physicians Tammy Hart, MD, and Jessica Snyder, MD, family nurse practitioner Elle Harris, and physician assistant Jordan Jones.

Wright Memorial Hospital is a member of Saint Luke’s Health System, which consists of 16 area hospitals and several primary and specialty care practices, and provides a range of inpatient, outpatient, and home care services. Founded as a faith-based, not-for-profit organization, our mission includes a commitment to the highest levels of excellence in health care and the advancement of medical research and education. The health system is an aligned organization in which the physicians and hospitals assume responsibility for enhancing the physical, mental, and spiritual health of people in the metropolitan Kansas City area and the surrounding region.