University Health KC
Darla Tatum is an accomplished healthcare professional with extensive experience in medical imaging. Currently serving as the Director of Medical Imaging at University Health KC since November 2020, Darla previously held positions including Assistant Facilities Director of Imaging at Kaiser Permanente and Manager of MRI Services at Stanford Children's Health. Notable achievements include co-authoring a scientific abstract presented at the ISMRM 25th Annual Meeting and graduating as Team Lead in the Performance Improvement Program at Stanford. With a strong background in MRI technology and management, Darla began as an MRI Technologist and progressed through roles of increasing responsibility, culminating in leadership positions. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Health Care Administration from Ottawa University and multiple certifications in radiologic technology.
University Health KC
University Health (UH) has all the things you expect from a great health system. With two acute care academic hospital locations, the largest, most comprehensive behavioral health program in the area, a long-term care facility and multiple primary care practices, UH provides the highest quality care – from routine screenings to the most complicated cases. We are the primary teaching hospital for the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, so our doctors are academic specialists who teach tomorrow’s doctors the very latest updates. University Health Truman Medical Center, our downtown campus, is one of the busiest Level One Trauma Center in the city. Providers offer the full range of services with specialties in chronic disease management, high risk pregnancy and sleep disorders along with the state-of-the art Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Center. University Health 1, located at 2101 Charlotte Street is an outpatient care and day-surgery center, with sixteen clinics including Sabates Eye Center, Plastic Surgery, Hernia repair and Medical Imaging with Siemens 3D Mammography. At University Health 2, 2211 Charlotte St, providers offer Primary and Women's Care. In eastern Jackson County, University Health Lakewood Medical Center sits on 300 acres of beautiful wooded grounds. We are a community hospital providing the continuum of care— from emergency medicine to a nationally-certified orthopaedic joint replacement program — as well as The Family Birthplace, We have several family medical care centers and a radiology center, Medical Imaging Eastland, that provides the latest in technology and specialized breast cancer care. Mission University Health is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to our community regardless of the ability to pay.