Lamar

Dr. John Alden DO, is Board certified in Family Practice and Hospice Palliative Care, he graduated 1986 from Midwestern University/ Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine; Dr. Alden practices Family Medicine at the Med One Clinic, Barton County Hospital in Lamar Missouri. Dr. Alden is Medical Director for three Hospice Compassus locations- Joplin, and Lamar in Missouri and Hospice Compassus in Pittsburg KS. He has worked as Medical Director since 2009.

Dr. Anisa Hassan MD, is board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Medical Oncology and is board certified in Hospice and Palliative Care.

Dr. Hassan graduated (1976) from Dow Medical College, Karachi. She did her residencies at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital – Internal Medicine, and Roswell Park Cancer Institution – Oncology. She received the Four States 2015 Patients’ Choice Award which is the honor bestowed to physicians who have received near perfect scores, as voted by patients. She is an active member of American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Board of Internal Medicine. She was Medical Director for the Hospice Compassus Joplin team and has been an Associate Medical Director focused on the Quality Assurance Program for 3 years.

Dr. Eric Von Holten, DO graduated from A.T. Still, University of Health Sciences, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1995. He is AOA certified in Internal Medicine and was certified in Hospice Palliative Care in 2014. He is a Freeman Hospital physician liaison for hospice Compassus patients needing general inpatient care.