PERRYVILLE – Mercy Perry is welcoming new providers to its convenient care location in Perryville with the addition of a new physician and new nurse practitioner.
Dr. Victoria Damba and Ashley Riddle joined a skilled team of doctors and nurse practitioners to provide quality same-day care for patients of all ages. Patients can be seen for minor illnesses and injuries such as:
- Bladder infection symptoms
- Cold or flu symptoms
- Conjunctivitis (pink eye)
- Cough or sore throat
- Earaches
- Rashes, burns, cuts or bites
- Other conditions needing same-day care
Dr. Victoria Damba
Victoria Damba, DO, joined Mercy Convenient Care – 1508 Edgemont in Perryville this month. She is a family medicine trained physician with experience in both inpatient and outpatient primary care. Prior to her career as physician, she cared for patients in nearly all spectrums of nursing.
Dr. Damba is a graduate of A.T. Still University – Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri. She completed her family medicine residency at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center in Farmington, where she worked almost her entire physician career before moving to an urgent care setting.
Born in St. Louis and raised in Ste. Genevieve County, Dr. Damba is looking forward to seeing new patients in a smaller, more rural setting.
“I have worked in health care my whole life, and I really like urgent care,” Dr. Damba said. “The idea of working in Perryville just sounded right for me. I’m excited to return to a small community, where I feel like I’m part of a health care family.”
Dr. Damba has been married to her husband, who is an emergency room physician, for 31 years. Together, they have three grown children. They spend most of their free time visiting their children and grandchildren in Florida, Arkansas and Buffalo, New York, where their youngest daughter is an OB/GYN resident. They also enjoy outdoor activities, whether it be walking, hiking, running or their current favorite, bicycling.
Ashley Riddle
Ashley Riddle is the newest nurse practitioner at Mercy Convenient Care. She joins the team with a wealth of experience as an emergency room nurse and flight nurse. For the last eight years, she’s cared for patients as a nurse practitioner in the emergency room.
Riddle is a Perryville native, graduating from Perryville High School. She earned an associate’s degree in nursing from Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Missouri in Columbia and a Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner from Maryville University in St. Louis.
“The opportunity to come work in my hometown and see many familiar faces is what drew me to Mercy Perry,” Riddle said. “Treating and caring for patients in my hometown is so special.”
Riddle is a certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioner Certification Board as a certified emergency nurse. She’s a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
Riddle is married to her husband, Casey. She’s a proud stepmom to Jase, who is currently serving in the U.S. Marines, and Bo, who is serving in the U.S. Navy. She has four dogs: Mya, a German shepherd, and three miniature schnauzers: Boudreaux, Gwynnie and Duncan.
To learn more about Mercy Convenient Care – 1508 Edgemont, visit www.mercy.net/practice/mercy-convenient-care-1508-edgemont or call (573) 768-3220. The clinic is open 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Mercy, one of the 15 largest U.S. health systems and named the top large system in the U.S. for excellent patient experience by NRC Health, serves millions annually with nationally recognized care and one of the nation’s largest and highest performing Accountable Care Organizations in quality and cost. Mercy is a highly integrated, multi-state health care system including 50 acute care and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, convenient and urgent care locations, imaging centers and pharmacies. Mercy has over 1,000 physician practice locations and outpatient facilities, more than 5,000 physicians and advanced practitioners and more than 50,000 co-workers serving patients and families across Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has clinics, outpatient services and outreach ministries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. In fiscal year 2023 alone, Mercy provided more than half a billion dollars of free care and other community benefits, including traditional charity care and unreimbursed Medicaid.