Flint Hills Community Health Center is promoting from within to fill its Behavioral Health director position.
The Health Center says Jena Dunham has accepted the promotion. She came to the Health Center a year ago as a psychiatric nurse practitioner. She is also working to obtain her doctorate of nursing practice from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She will offer psychiatric services at the Health Center’s Emporia and Eureka offices.
Dunham’s appointment comes after the retirement of Dr. Dilip Patel.
Besides her time at the Health Center, Dunham is a technical sergeant in the US Air Force Reserves. She also volunteers with Amateur Radio on the International Space Station.
For more information about behavioral health through the Health Center, go online to www.flinthillshealth.org.