Bakersfield Heart Hospital
Krista Pounds, MSW, is a skilled social worker currently employed at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs since January 2024. Prior to this role, Krista worked as a Medical Social Worker at Bakersfield Heart Hospital from May 2022 to January 2024 and served as a Behavioral Health Therapist and Case Manager at Clinica Sierra Vista between January 2019 and May 2022. Krista holds a Master of Social Work from Brandman University, attained in 2020, and a Bachelor of Social Work from the same institution, completed in 2020. Additionally, Krista earned an Associate of Arts degree in Psychology from Bakersfield College in 2018.
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Bakersfield Heart Hospital
AWARD-WINNING HEART CARE AND SO MUCH MORE. AS KERN COUNTY'S HEART AND VASCULAR LEADER, THE BAKERSFIELD HEART HOSPITAL IS RELENTLESSLY PURSUING THE LATEST AND MOST-EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND TREATMENTS FOR OUR PATIENTS. BY SPECIALIZING IN THE NATION'S NUMBER ONE KILLER, WE GIVE PATIENTS THE BENEFITS OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY WHILE PROVIDING SERVICES THAT FOCUS ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. BAKERSFIELD HEART HOSPITAL IS LEADING THE WAY BY CONCENTRATING ON PROVIDING THE BEST PATIENT CARE, ACHIEVING BETTER OUTCOMES AND MAKING AVAILABLE ADVANCED TREATMENT OPTIONS. EACH YEAR, HEART DISEASE CLAIMS MORE LIVES THAN THE NEXT SEVEN LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH COMBINED. WE'RE THE BAKERSFIELD HEART HOSPITAL, AND THE SOLUTION WE BRING IS LIKE NO OTHER. COMPREHENSIVE, COST-EFFECTIVE, PHYSICIAN-LED, PATIENT-FOCUSED. WE DEDICATE RESOURCES TO KEEPING THE HEART HEALTHY AND TREATING IT WHEN IT'S NOT. IN ADDITION TO CARING FOR YOUR HEART, WE CARE FOR THE REST OF YOU TOO.