Dr. William Bess graduated from the University of Miami Medical School in 1976. He then went to Philadelphia for an Emergency Medicine Residency from 1976-1979. After completing his residency in 1979 he moved back to Florida and formed an ER group and worked there until 2001.

He then worked doing cardiac stress tests and primary care before working in Urgent Care medicine for 10 years. Dr. Bess and his wife moved to Virginia in 2014 and he is very pleased to be working with the Tri-Area family.

Jacqueline Webb is a Board Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner specializing in the care of infants, children, and teens. Originally from Pennsylvania, she received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Virginia and a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She joined the Tri-Area Community Health Center at Laurel Fork in 1994. She is certified in Pediatric Advanced Life Support and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support and is a Basic Life Support Instructor. She serves on the Carroll County School Health Advisory Board, and is the past President of the Twin County Prevention Coalition.

Dinah Perdue is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner. She began her career as a Licensed Practical Nurse graduating from Radford City Schools in Practical Nursing. She then obtained her Associate in Science Nursing from the College of Health Sciences in Roanoke her and Bachelor of Science Nursing from Jefferson College of Health Sciences in Roanoke. Continuing with her education, she completed a Master of Science Nursing from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. Dinah has many years of nursing experience in various fields.

A native of Indian Valley, VA, Dinah is married, has three children, and two granddaughters. She enjoys being outdoors, planting flowers, playing the piano and singing, church activities, and spending time with friends and family.

Donna was born and raised in Wythe County, Virginia and has lived with her husband and 3 daughters in Carroll County for over 20 years. Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, she practiced as an RN for 20 years at Twin County Regional Hospital in various roles including nursing on a Medical-Surgical unit, in the Emergency Department, in Performance Improvement, and for the last five years, as a House Supervisor. She received her BSN and MSN from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. She is certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and is a certified BLS instructor. She has PALS & ACLS certification.

Curtis Hodges is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner. He is a native of Eastern North Carolina and graduated from East Carolina University with his Bachelor's in Biology and Nursing. He obtained his Doctorate of Nursing Practice, FNP at Radford University. He is currently working toward becoming a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner through Radford University.

He is married and has two boys. He enjoys hiking and birdwatching, swimming and playing basketball with his family. He fell in love with Laurel Fork after having a clinical rotation here and is excited to be a part of its team.

Dr. Hansen grew up on the West Coast of Florida. She attended medical school at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) in Blacksburg. VCOM and the New River Valley quickly felt like home because of the warmth of the people and the beauty of the mountains. After graduation in 2009, she began active duty and training in internal medicine at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth. She practiced primary care and sleep medicine throughout Hampton Roads VA for the last ten years before coming to Tri-Area. Though she enjoyed caring for service members, veterans, and their families, she is happy to return to a place that feels like home.