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Internal Medicine Physician Joins Northwest Health in Chesterton

Internal Medicine Physician Joins Northwest Health in Chesterton Northwest Health is welcoming internal medicine physicians, Artemii Lazarev, M.D. to Northwest Medical Group. Dr. Lazarev is accepting new patients at the Medical Offices at Northwest Health – Chesterton, 650 Dickinson Road, Chesterton, Indiana....

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Community Hospital celebrates 1,000th TAVR, recognized for Excellence with ACC Transcatheter Valve Certification

Community Hospital celebrates 1,000th TAVR, recognized for Excellence with ACC Transcatheter Valve Certification Building on its reputation as a leader in cardiovascular care, the Structural Heart and Valve team at Community Hospital on Wednesday performed its 1,000th transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Known as TAVR, the procedure is a minimally...

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Franciscan Health, Diocese of Gary partner for Respect Life celebration

Franciscan Health, Diocese of Gary partner for Respect Life celebration Hundreds of students from Catholic schools across Northwest Indiana and Chicago’s South Suburbs gathered at Franciscan Health Dyer Wednesday morning for the annual Respect Life Celebration. The annual event, co-hosted by Franciscan Health and the...

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Northwest Medical Group Introduces Kristi McCormick, FNP-C to New Carlisle location

Northwest Medical Group Introduces Kristi McCormick, FNP-C to New Carlisle location Northwest Health is welcoming family medicine nurse practitioner, Kristi McCormick, FNP-C to Northwest Medical Group. She is accepting new patients at the at Northwest Medical Group – Primary Care, 8988 E. US Highway 20, in New Carlisle,...

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NWI Breast Care Center makes mammograms affordable through Bears Care grant

NWI Breast Care Center makes mammograms affordable through Bears Care grant Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States and can appear in women whose only risk factors are age and sex. Annual mammograms are an important tool when it comes to long-term breast health but many women, especially those...

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Patients at Northwest Health – Porter to receive new treatment for Atrial Fibrillation

Patients at Northwest Health – Porter to receive new treatment for Atrial Fibrillation On October 1, cardiac electrophysiologists at Northwest Health – Porter will begin using an innovative new cardiac ablation therapy to treat atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common heart rhythm disorder in adults.  When a person has AFib,...

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Franciscan WorkingWell donates $3,000 to Franciscan Health Foundation food insecurity program

Franciscan WorkingWell donates $3,000 to Franciscan Health Foundation food insecurity program Funds raised by sponsorships for recent healthcare symposium Franciscan WorkingWell recently donated the sponsorship proceeds from a day-long employer solutions symposium to the Franciscan Health Foundation of Northern Indiana’s Food...

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Urologist, David Kraklau, M.D., joins Northwest Medical Group in La Porte

Urologist, David Kraklau, M.D., joins Northwest Medical Group in La Porte On Monday, September 22 Northwest Health welcomed urologist, David Kraklau, M.D. to Northwest Medical Group. Dr. Kraklau joins Dr. Subba Rao Nagubadi at Northwest Medical Group – Urology and is seeing patients at the Medical Offices at Northwest...

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Board-certified pediatrician joins Franciscan Physician Network in Munster

Board-certified pediatrician joins Franciscan Physician Network in Munster Board-certified pediatrician Alicia Boykin, MD, is now part of the Franciscan Physician Network and is accepting new patients in Munster. Dr. Boykin completed medical school at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Her pediatric residency...

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Franciscan Health Crown Point breaks ground for The Dean and Barbara White Cancer Center

Franciscan Health Crown Point breaks ground for The Dean and Barbara White Cancer Center Project made possible in part by a $30 million donation from The Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation Franciscan Health Crown Point broke ground Monday for The Dean and Barbara White Cancer Center with a blessing by The Most Rev. Robert McClory,...

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