Richwood
 on April 11, 2024
Dr. Pamela Kapraly

Richwood doctor named Physician of the Year

By By Kyle Meddles, Richwood Gazette 

 

When Dr. Pamela Kapraly found out she had been nominated for an award, she made no grand assumptions about what it could be, joking with her husband that “It’s probably that I’ve got the cleanest desk,” she said.

In January, Kapraly was chosen among her peers to win Memorial Health’s Physician of the Year award. Recipients are chosen according to whom best represents the organization’s mission, vision and values. For Kapraly, the best part of the award isn’t the shiny trophy, rather the extra motivation it gives her to best serve her patients.

“The first thing I noticed was that I was doing more with patients…trying to see how their life was going outside of the office,” Kapraly said. “As I reflected ba…

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