JONESBORO, Ark. — St. Bernards Healthcare announced the opening of its new Longevity Center on Thursday, focusing on preventive, team-based medicine that helps patients live healthy and disease free.
Led by Barry C. Tedder, MD, FACC, FNLA, a board-certified lipid specialist with more than three decades of experience as an interventional cardiologist, the clinic provides personalized care that addresses the root causes of heart and metabolic problems.
At the Longevity Center, patients will have access to advanced testing, including detailed cholesterol analysis, cardiovascular imaging and genetic screening. The results help create tailored care plans that guide nutrition, exercise planning, medication management and coaching to support long-term health goals.
Dr. Tedder provided many of these services to his patients while working as a cardiologist. With the opening of the St. Bernards Longevity Center, however, new and established patients alike have access to expanded preventive medical services, meeting an important need for the region.
“For far too long, we’ve treated health problems rather than their causes,” Dr. Tedder said. “Through a proactive approach that looks at prevention of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, stroke and more, we can help people live longer, healthier lives by addressing each patient’s individual risk factors for disease. Ultimately, healthier individuals make healthier communities.”
The Longevity Center team includes Dr. Tedder, Sarah Thomas, APRN, and health coach Leslie Wester, as well as experienced nurses, technicians and a clinical pharmacist. Together, they manage complex conditions such as a family history of high cholesterol, high triglycerides, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome.
Located inside St. Bernards Clopton Clinic in Jonesboro, the Longevity Center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. To learn more and to request an appointment, visit https://www.stbernards.info/locations/profile/st-bernards-longevity-center/.
- For 125 years, St. Bernards Healthcare has upheld a mission to provide Christ-like healing through education, treatment and health services.
- Founded in 1900 and still sponsored by the Olivetan Benedictine Sisters of Holy Angels Convent in Jonesboro, Arkansas, St. Bernards stands as an independent, non-profit, Catholic healthcare system that serves 23 counties in northeast Arkansas and southeast Missouri.
- The corporate parent of a number of healthcare entities, St. Bernards Healthcare includes three hospitals, including the region’s largest hospital, St. Bernards Medical Center.
- As a regional referral hub, St. Bernards Medical Center offers a 457-bed acute care hospital, complete with the region’s most capable Level III Trauma Center and comprehensive Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
- St. Bernards Healthcare also includes St. Bernards CrossRidge Community Hospital, a Critical Access Hospital in Wynne, Arkansas, as well as St. Bernards Five Rivers Medical Center in Pocahontas, the first hospital in Arkansas to receive Rural Emergency Hospital designation.
- For more information about the 125-year history of St. Bernards, please visit 1900.stbernards.info.
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