Victor Salinas
Administrator
A licensed administrator and Air Force veteran who has run North Fork since 2012.
Our people
Your recovery team
Physicians, nurses, therapists, a case manager and a chaplain who meet about you three times a week.
Our team
The people on your plan
Dr. Ellen Harper, MD
Medical director
A family physician in Altus for twenty-two years who sees our patients three days a week.
Crystal Banks, RN
Director of nursing
Crystal built our IV and wound-care programs and knows every patient on every hall.
Ben Kowalski, DPT
Therapy director
Ben designed the outdoor gait course and the truck-cab trainer, and still treats patients every morning.
Marisol Peña, OTR/L
Occupational therapist
Marisol runs the practice apartment and does most of our home visits.
Aaron Whitehorse, CCC-SLP
Speech-language pathologist
Aaron works with stroke patients on speech, swallowing and memory.
Teresa Lunsford, LMSW
Case manager
Teresa sets every discharge date and handles Medicare, TRICARE and VA questions.
Carla Jimenez
Admissions director
Carla answers the admissions line seven days a week and works directly with hospital case managers.
Rev. Darnell Hughes
Chaplain
A retired Baptist pastor who visits any patient who asks, of any faith or none.
Jo Ann Riddle
Dietary manager
Jo Ann plans every therapeutic diet and makes sure there's pie on Sundays.
Sample family reviews
In their own words
I farm cotton north of town. The therapists had me climbing into a truck cab before I went home. That's what I needed to know I could do.
My husband couldn't say my name after his stroke. Aaron worked with him every day. On day sixteen he said it.
Teresa handled TRICARE and Medicare without me having to make a single call.
They gave Mom a date on day two. She went home on that date.
Marisol came to Dad's house and found three things that would have put him back in the hospital. We fixed them before he got home.
The gravel path sounds like nothing. It's not nothing when you live on a gravel road.
I came here after my knee replacement and again for my other knee a year later. Same therapist, same results.
The nurses caught an infection early and started IV antibiotics right here. Mom never went back to the hospital.
Recovering forty minutes from home instead of two hours made all the difference for my family.
I'm a stubborn old man. They were more stubborn. I'm walking.
Tell the hospital you want North Fork.
You have the right to choose where you recover. Tell your hospital case manager, or call our admissions team any day of the week.