Northwest Health

The new school year is here, which means the lazy, relaxed days of summer are now replaced with hectic school mornings, homework and after school activities. Most likely, your kids have been staying up late and sleeping in during the summer break, so...

Keith Nichols, CEO for Northwest Health – La Porte and Northwest Health - Starke, has appointed Scott Ellis, DNP, MBA, BSB, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, CVRN-BC as its Chief Nursing Officer.  Ellis holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from South...

Northwest Health will be welcoming two new family medicine physicians, Andrew House, M.D., and Monica Medrano, M.D., MBA, to Northwest Medical Group this September. Dr. House completed a family medicine residency at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital...

Northwest Health welcomes cardiologist Alexandru Marginean, M.D. to Northwest Medical Group. Dr. Marginean completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois and his residency in internal...

Northwest Medical Group cardiologist, Maya Kommineni, M.D., MPH, recently added a new office at Northwest Health – Michigan City located at 3777 N. Frontage Road in Michigan City. She will continue to see patients at her offices in Valparaiso and...

To increase awareness of a new procedure that helps eliminate gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Northwest Health will present “Got GERD? Turn down the Heat on Heartburn” at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 28, 2022. The event will take place at the...

 The childbirth teams at Northwest Health – Porter and Northwest Health – La Porte are now using an artificial intelligence-based maternal-fetal early warning system called PeriWatch Vigilance to enhance patient safety during labor and...

Northwest Health will offer the nationally recognized Safe Sitter® course for young teens, grades 6-8, twice this summer: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, June 30; and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, August 2. The course will be held at Northwest Health –...

To encourage women age 40 and older to get their annual screening mammogram, Northwest Health – La Porte is hosting a Mammogram Marathon from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at the hospital located at 1331 State St. in La Porte. During...