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IMS president, Jeffrey J. Kellams, MD President's Message
John J. Wernert, MD John J. Wernert, MD, MHA, a psychiatrist, was the 132nd President of the Indianapolis Medical Society for 2005-2006, was elected vice speaker of the House of Delegates of the Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA) during the organization's 2008 Annual Convention, September 19-21 in Indianapolis. The 270-member House of Delegates serves as a policy-making body for the statewide physician organization.

Since 1995, Dr. Wernert has been a member of the ISMA House of Delegates and has served as an alternate trustee on the ISMA's Board of Trustees since 2006. A past president of the Indianapolis Medical Society (IMS), he continues to serve on the IMS Board of Directors.

Dr. Wernert is the Chief Medical Officer and vice president of medical affairs for MDwise, Inc., a Medicaid managed care plan for Indiana. A geriatric psychiatrist, he cares for adult and geriatric patients primarily at St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis and is a consultant to numerous nursing facilities and group homes in central Indiana. Dr. Wernert is also a consultant for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and actively teaches residents in the Department of Psychiatry of Indiana University School of Medicine.

Board certified in adult and geriatric psychiatry and a Distinguished Fellow in the American Psychiatric Association, Dr. Wernert earned postgraduate degrees in public management and health administration from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI. He became a Diplomate of the American College of Physician Executives in 1998. A graduate of Bellarmine College in Louisville and the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Dr. Wernert is now a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine.

John enjoys black powder shooting and Civil War reenactments. John and his family are members of the 4th Indiana Light Artillery Group, a Union outfit that participates in Civil War events throughout the Midwest.

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Local Hospitals

Hospital Emergency Room Numbers

Clarian North
(317) 688-3140
Clarian West
(317) 217-3500
Community Hospital East
(317) 355-5457
Community Hospital North
(317) 621-5053
Community Hospital South
(317) 887-7200
Hendricks Regional Health
(317) 745-3450
Indiana University Hospitals
(317) 274-4705
Methodist Hospital
(317) 962-8355
Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent
(317) 338-4366
Riley Hospital for Children
(317) 274-3936
Roudebush V.A. Hospital
(317) 988-2539
St. Francis Hospital - Beech Grove
(317) 783-8261
St. Francis Hospital - Indianapolis
(317) 865-5261
St. Francis Hospital - Mooreville
(317) 834-4210
St. Vincent Carmel Hospital
(317) 582-7300
St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana, The
(317) 583-5000
St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
(317) 338-2121
St. Vincent Medical Center Northeast
(317) 415-9180
The Indiana Heart Hospital
(317) 621-8755
University Hospital
(317) 274-4705
Westview Hospital
(317) 920-7170
Wishard Memorial Hospital
(317) 630-7532

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Hospitals

Carter, Larue D. Memorial Hospital
2601 Cold Spring Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46222
(317) 941-4000
Admissions
(317) 941-4033
Clarian North Hospital (Clarian Health Partners)
11700 N. Meridian St., Carmel, IN 46032
(317) 688-2000
Emergency
(317) 688-3140
Admissions
(317) 688-3029
Clarian West Hospital (Clarian Health Partners)
1111 Ronald Reagon Pkwy., Indianapolis, IN 46123
(317) 217-3000
Emergency
(317) 217-3500
Admissions
(317) 217-3142
Community Hospital East
1500 N. Ritter Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46219
(317) 355-1411
Emergency
(317) 355-5457
Admissions
(317) 355-5454
Community Hospital North
7150 Clearvista Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46256
(317) 621-6262
Emergency
(317) 621-5053
Admissions
(317) 621-5182
Community Hospital South
1402 E. County Line Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46227
(317) 887-7000
Emergency
(317) 887-7200
Admissions (Inpatient)
(317) 887-7124
Admissions (Outpatient)
(317) 887-7452
Fairbanks Hospital
8102 Clearvista Pkwy., Indianapolis, IN 46256
(317) 849-8222
Admissions
(317) 572-9396
Hendricks Regional Health
1000 E. Main St., Danville, IN 46122
(317) 745-4451
Emergency
(317) 745-3450
Admissions
(317) 745-3408
Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital
8400 Northwest Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46278
(317) 956-1000
Admissions
(317) 802-2000
Indiana University Hospital/University Hospital (Clarian Health Partners)
550 N. University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 962-2000
Emergency
(317) 274-4705
Admissions
(317) 274-4751
Kindred Hospital Indianapolis
1700 W. Tenth St., Indianapolis, IN 46222
(317) 636-4400
Admissions
(317) 636-4400 ext. 4063
Kindred Hospital Indianapolis South
607 South Greenwood Springs Dr., Greenwood, IN 46143
(317) 888-8155
Admissions
(317) 885-4474
Methodist Hospital (Clarian Health Partners)
1701 N. Senate Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 962-2000
Emergency
(317) 962-8355
Admissions
(317) 962-3154
Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent
2001 W. 86th St., Indianapolis, IN 46260
(317) 338-2345
Emergency
(317) 338-4366
Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana
4141 Shore Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46254
(317) 329-2000
Admissions - all locations
(317) 329-2192
RHI Carmel
(317) 566-3422
RHI Northside
(317) 879-8940
Riley Hospital for Children (Clarian Health Partners)
702 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 962-2000
Emergency
(317) 274-3936
Admissions
(317) 274-7793
Roudebush V.A. Medical Center
1481 W. 10th St., Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 554-0000
Emergency
(317) 988-2539
Admissions
(317) 988-2735
St. Francis Hospital - Beech Grove
1600 Albany St., Beech Grove, IN 46107
(317) 787-3311
Emergency
(317) 783-8261
Admissions (inpatient)
(317) 783-8917
Admissions (outpatient)
(317) 783-8362
St. Francis Hospital - Indianapolis
8111 S. Emerson Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46237
(317) 865-5000
Emergency
(317) 865-5261
Admissions (inpatient)
(317) 865-5374
Admissions (outpatient)
(317) 865-5362
St. Francis Hospital - Mooresville
1201 Hadley Rd., Mooresville, IN 46158
(317) 831-1160
Emergency
(317) 834-4210
Admissions
(317) 834-9525
St. Francis Hospital - Plainfield
315 Dan Jones Rd., Plainfield, IN 46168
(317) 837-4700
St. Vincent Carmel Hospital
13500 N. Meridian St., Carmel, IN 46032
(317) 582-7000
Emergency
(317) 582-7300
Admissions
(317) 582-7273
St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana, The
10580 N. Meridian St., Carmel, IN 46290
 
Emergency
(317) 583-5000
Admissions
(317) 583-5091
St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
2001 W. 86th St., Indianapolis, IN 46260
(317) 338-2345
Emergency
(317) 338-2121
Admissions (inpatient)
(317) 338-6795
Admissions (outpatient)
(317) 338-6655
St. Vincent Medical Center Northeast
13914 State Rd. 238 E., Fishers, IN 46037
(317) 415-9000
Emergency
(317) 415-9180
St. Vincent New Hope Admistrative Offices
8450 N. Payne Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46268
(317) 338-9600
St. Vincent Seton Specialty Hospital
8050 Township Line Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46260
(317) 415-8500
St. Vincent Stress Center
8401 Harcourt Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46260
(317) 338-4600
Admissions
(317) 338-4800
St. Vincent Women's Hospital Carmel
13500 N. Meridian St., Carmel, IN 46032
(317) 582-7000
St. Vincent Women's Hospital Indianapolis
8111 Township Line Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46260
(317) 415-8111
The Indiana Heart Hospital
8075 N. Shadeland Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46250
(317) 621-8000
Emergency
(317) 621-8755
Admissions
(317) 621-8727
University Hospital (see Indiana University Hospital)

Westview Hospital
3630 North Guion Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46222
(317) 920-8439
Emergency
(317) 920-7170
Admissions
(317) 920-7244
Wishard Memorial Hospital
1001 W. 10th St., Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 639-6671
Emergency
(317) 630-7532
Admissions
(317) 630-7306