When she was just 10 years old, Megan App found out that her 2-month-old baby brother suffered from bilateral hernias. It was a fairly serious condition, one that required surgery to repair. For a young child who had just welcomed a new sibling, it...
Board-certified gastroenterologist Eric Steinberg, MD, is now part of the Franciscan Physician Network and is accepting new patients in Crown Point. Dr. Steinberg attended medical school at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, N.Y....
Public invited to tour new space during March 19 open house Franciscan Health Outpatient Therapy services are now available in new, state-of-the-art Homewood clinics in Cherry Creek Plaza. Franciscan Health Outpatient Pediatric Therapy, a department...
Board-certified family medicine physician Ted George Ody Achufusi, DO, MD, is now part of Franciscan Physician Network and is accepting patients in Michigan City. Dr. Ted Achufusi attended medical school at the Medical University of Lublin in Lublin,...
Powers Health has become the first healthcare system in Indiana to use MicroTransponder’s Vivistim Paired VNS System to help stroke survivors regain upper limb function. This FDA-approved technology uses vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) during...
Powers Health is offering a new specialized approach to treat a common heart condition called atrial fibrillation, or AFib. Cardiologists at Community Hospital in Munster performed the healthcare system’s first procedure using a pulsed field...
At the beginning of February this year, Methodist Hospitals implemented a self-service kiosk at Pavillion A on its Southlake Campus in Merrillville. Performance Manager Eric Pertzborn believes Pavillion A was an excellent location to roll out...
Thomas Elliott, 73, of Crown Point, speaks during a recent Cancer Support Group session at the Burrell Cancer Center. Franciscan Health offering cancer support groups in multiple Northwest Indiana locations Thomas Elliott knows some men don’t like...
Board-certified rheumatologist Dr. Aravind Gopal, MD, MBBS, is now part of Specialty Physicians of Illinois, LLC and is accepting new patients at his office on the Franciscan Health Olympia Fields campus. Dr. Gopal is board-certified in rheumatology...
Northwest Health welcomes Jonathan T. Grossman, DO, a physician specializing in neurology to Northwest Medical Group. Grossman joined the Northwest Medical Group - Neurology office located at 2000 Roosevelt Road, Suite 201, in Valparaiso. Grossman...
