Mississippi Valley Cares
Mississippi Valley Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center and its staff are committed to ensuring that the best possible care is given to you or your loved one.
Our Vision
Is to become the preferred post-acute care provider in the community we serve. We commit to improving the lives of all people entrusted to our care through clinical excellence and extraordinary service offered in an atmosphere of compassion, hospitality, and respect for the dignity of each person.
Our Mission
Is to create a compassionate environment for each person entrusted to our care and to inspire hope and healing by helping those individuals achieve their highest level of physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
Our Medical Director
Halley Anderson, DO
As a Geriatrician, Dr. Halley Anderson brings heart and passion to her work. The older generation of adults have seen and accomplished a lot through their years and she feels fortunate to work alongside these individuals to take care of their health needs.
Dr. Anderson knew early on in her medical career that serving the older population is where her passion fell. She worked in an adult day program for a general population of older adults, and later served as president of the Geriatrics Club in medical school. “The place where older adults are in their lives is an interesting place to pick up with someone and go on their healthcare journey with them.”
Honesty guides her work with patients. “Honesty is the most important aspect of the patient – physician relationship. I want my patients to know I’ll always be honest about where they are and what my opinion is.”
Dr. Anderson received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Northern Colorado and Doctor of Osteopathy degree from Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her residency at Southern Illinois University – Quincy Family Medicine Residency Program and a geriatrics fellowship at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
Umama Adil, MD
My parents were both physicians, so it’s almost like I was born into medicine. I loved it because I felt like my parents were truly making a difference in their patients’ lives and that really appealed to me. I enjoy the acuity of pulmonology, especially in the ICU.
Within the first three months of my internship I knew pulmonology and critical care was what I wanted to specialize in. There’s nothing like the rewarding feeling of seeing patients at their worst on a ventilator to seeing them progress through recovery.
I make every effort to relate to my patients and establish a relationship that allows me to then better care for them. I like to get to know my patients and their families, and include them in the process. Especially in the ICU, I strive to make sure my patients’ family members are consistently involved in the care of their loved ones.
As a physician, I’ve always gone the extra mile for my patients. I follow up with their other specialists to make sure they’re getting what they need from them and work to provide the best care possible. I make sure to follow through if they have to receive emergency care, and my staff and I work with them and their pharmacy to make sure they have everything they need.
I find it most rewarding when a patient tells me I made a difference in their breathing and how it impacts their overall quality of life. It is extremely rewarding when a patient goes from being debilitated, to being able to do the things that they enjoy doing.