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Board-certified family medicine physician joins Franciscan Health in Michigan City
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 first in Indiana to use Vivistim Paired VNS System to help stroke survivors
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...
Innovative AFib treatment launches at Powers Health
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...
Methodist Hospitals’ self-service kiosk reduces registration wait time
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...
‘The group helps you remember we’re not alone’
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 joins Specialty Physicians of Illinois, LLC in Olympia Fields
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...
Neurologist joins Northwest Health in Valparaiso
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...
Board-certified gastroenterologist joins Franciscan Physician Network in Crown Point
Board-certified gastroenterologist Muhammad Kudaimi, MD, is now part of the Franciscan Physician Network and is accepting new patients in Crown Point. Dr. Kudaimi attended medical school at Damascus University in Damascus, Syria and completed his...
Heart specialists to discuss innovative procedures
Learn about new ways to treat serious heart conditions from some of the most skilled specialists in Northwest Indiana. Leading cardiologists affiliated with Powers Health will present at the upcoming Innovative Cardiovascular Procedures: A Hearts of...