Kettering HealthOhio ConferenceRemembrance: Vernon Luthas Credited as a Kettering Adventist HealthCare Pioneer December 12, 2013 by vmbernardIn addition to his family, staff members of Kettering Adventist HealthCare (KAHC) system based in Kettering, Ohio, are in mourning over the loss of one of their key founders. Vernon Luthas, MD, passed away Monday at the age of 85.