Northwest Indiana Breast Care Center at Methodist Hospital is first in NWI to offer Whole Body Composition Dexa Scan

Northwest Indiana Breast Care Center at Methodist Hospital is first in NWI to offer Whole Body Composition Dexa Scan Abnormalities in body composition are a key predictor of a patient’s risk for obesity and obesity-related diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. While a traditional Body Max Index (BMI) exam is used to measure excess weight and...

Read More

U. S. Steel Gary Works Makes Major Gift to Methodist Hospitals Foundation

U. S. Steel Gary Works Makes Major Gift to Methodist Hospitals Foundation The Methodist Hospitals Foundation was gratified to receive a $10,000 gift from United States Steel Corporation – Gary Works, on behalf of Methodist Hospitals. The gift will support the Methodist Hospitals COVID-19 Response Fund, which was...

Read More

Methodist Hospitals Appoints New Vice President of Human Resources

Methodist Hospitals Appoints New Vice President of Human Resources Methodist Hospitals has appointed Kurt Meyer as Vice President of Human Resources. Kurt comes to Methodist with more than 35 years of experience leading human resource operations in hospitals and manufacturing companies. He has served as Chief Human...

Read More

Northwest Indiana Breast Care Center rolls out upgraded 3D mammography machines at Northlake and Southlake campuses

Northwest Indiana Breast Care Center rolls out upgraded 3D mammography machines at Northlake and Southlake campuses Northwest Indiana Breast Care Center at Methodist Hospitals recently rolled out new 3D mammography machines at the Northlake campus in Gary and the Southlake campus in Merrillville. These new pieces of technology provide updated features while still...

Read More

Methodist Hospitals debuts new clot removal treatment for life-threatening clots

Methodist Hospitals debuts new clot removal treatment for life-threatening clots Methodist Hospitals recently announced it was the first Northwest Indiana hospital system to use two new devices for removing life-threatening clots. The FlowTriever for Pulmonary Embolism and the ClotTriever for Deep Vein Thrombosis systems are...

Read More

Pennie Kroush-Klucina donates cancer care “poufs” to Northwest Indiana Breast Care Center

Pennie Kroush-Klucina donates cancer care “poufs” to Northwest Indiana Breast Care Center “It’s important to give whether it’s your time or money. It’s human to give and the more you give the more you get.” This sentiment of giving freely to others is something Pennie Kroush-Klucina promotes through her words and through giving...

Read More

Methodist Hospitals Debuts New Treatment for Life Threatening Blood Clots

Methodist Hospitals Debuts New Treatment for Life Threatening Blood Clots Two new devices— Inari Medical’s FlowTriever for Pulmonary Embolism (PE) and ClotTriever System for Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) — now give Methodist Hospitals’ cardiologists a minimally invasive way to treat these life-threatening conditions,...

Read More