General Surgeon Ladd Hoffman, M.D., joins the team from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, where he completed his surgical residency after receiving his medical degree from Louisiana State University.

He can be heard to refer to himself as a “human body mechanic.”

Prior to attending medical school, Dr. Hoffman taught math to high school students in Carthage. He and his wife, Rhonda, have three sons.

Asha Kale, M.D., a board-certified anesthesiologist, brings more than 25 years of experience to the surgical team. She moved to Big Spring from Sugarland, where she was on the medical staff at Harlingen Medical Center.

While living in the Houston area, Dr. Kale completed her MBA, and she has served as a mediator at a family dispute resolution center.

George Parsley, CEO of SMMC says “Dr. Kale is enthusiastic about the positive changes she is bringing to the delivery of anesthesia care in our hospital.”

An open house to welcome the doctors is planned for Thursday at 4:30 p.m. The Big Spring Area Chamber of Commerce will officiate at a ribbon-cutting during the Open House.  

“We hope everyone will stop by to give these doctors a big Howard County welcome,” says Kim Howell, marketing director for SMMC.

The Surgical Services office is located at 1501 West 11th Pl., on the first floor of the Malone and Hogan Clinic.