2018 Health Care Heroes: Denise Whitfield
The Pet-a-Pet program, staffed by dogs who brighten people’s day, is a happy mash-up of Denise Whitfield’s care for patients and her interest in training and showing Shetland Sheepdogs.
Tom Harton
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2018 Health Care Heroes: Joani Rothenberg
St. Vincent art therapist Joani Rothenberg helps patients lose themselves in the creative process.
2018 Health Care Heroes: Greg Denniston
Greg Denniston is a certified recovery specialist at Aspire Indiana, a job he found the hard way, part of a long journey that started with a mental breakdown in 1985.
2018 Health Care Heroes: Paige Dooley
Paige Dooley brings passion, enthusiasm to patients and co-workers at Community Hospital East.
Brokers, developers anticipate hale, hearty year in real estate
A sturdy office sector, hot industrial demand and some steamy retail categories are expected to boost Indy’s commercial real estate market in 2018.
Byrd’s in hand: Former Greenwood restaurant converting to multitenant ‘Nest’
The new owner of a landmark south-side eatery is renovating and dividing the 40,000-square-foot space to land retail and commercial tenants.
2017 Health Care Heroes: Lee Neff
Lee Neff honors the memory of her son Philip and makes a difference in the lives of others by volunteering at Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health.
2017 Health Care Heroes: Tom & Pam Miltner
Tom and Pat Miltner have co-chaired the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure three times, including in 2016, its 25th anniversary. They were the first married couple to co-chair the event and Pam, 63, was the first survivor to chair it.
2017 Health Care Heroes: Pam Gavin
Pam Gavin has more than 5,000 volunteer hours under her belt, many of them spent at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital, where she specializes in helping children feel at ease.
2017 Health Care Heroes: Kirsten Tragesser
Kirsten Tragesser has had two careers: the one that came before she lost her 2-year-old daughter, Maddie, to lung disease, and the one she’s dedicated herself to ever since.
2017 Health Care Heroes: David Cravotta
Speech pathologist David Cravotta and his co-workers at Hendricks Regional Health troubleshoot and find solutions for problems with swallowing, voice and speech and language issues, and cognitive impairment.
2017 Health Care Heroes: Lisa Covarrubias
What sets Lisa Covarrubias apart, her colleagues said, isn’t just the time she spends tending to the health care needs of the people she sees, but her willingness to help ease their other burdens.
2017 Health Care Heroes: Dr. Eric Prystowsky
Dr. Eric Prystowsky’s dual interests in detective work and medicine merge perfectly in his chosen field of electrophysiology, which has him doing detective work on a regular basis.
2017 Health Care Heroes: Dr. C. William Hanke
Dr. C. William Hanke, a former president of the American Academy of Dermatology, is recognized internationally for his expertise in Mohs surgery, a precise surgical technique used to treat skin cancer.
2017 Health Care Heroes: Dr. Mary Rouse
Dr. Mary Rouse has grown and developed the Charis Center for Eating Disorders, which now treats 12,000 patients a year from Indiana and surrounding states.
2017 Health Care Heroes: Dr. Gopi Dandamudi
Dr. Gopi Dandamudi has been fascinated with the heart since high school. More than two decades later, he’s helping advance the field with his expertise in “His-bundle” pacing.
2017 Health Care Heroes: Daniel Clark
Daniel Clark has been working to improve population health in Indianapolis since 1994, with a focus on promoting wellness in low-income communities.
2017 Health Care Heroes: Dr. Michael O. Koch
Dr. Michael O. Koch has been pursuing the use of high-intensity focused ultrasound, or HIFU, for the treatment of prostate cancer since shortly after he arrived at Indiana University to chair its urology department in 1998.
2017 Health Care Heroes: Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine will graduate its first class this year, a milestone in Marian’s bold plan, announced in 2010, to open the state’s second school of medicine.
2017 Health Care Heroes: Comprehensive Counseling Services for First Responders
In Indianapolis, all six major hospital systems came together in 2014 in a collaboration that stands ready to serve first responders with confidential, high-quality care.