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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An Indiana abortion bill meant to strengthen parental rights would require notifying parents when a daughter under the age of 18 pursues legal action to obtain an abortion without their consent.
Indiana health care consulting executive Seema Verma on Thursday testified before the Senate Finance Committee on her nomination to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS.
For 30 of the commission’s 50 years of existence, David Baker has been a powerful but low-profile force in saving some of the city’s oldest structures from demolition.
Nagy leads the medical team at one of the nation’s top health care systems. “Education, research and clinical medicine—most hospitals do that to some degree,” Nagy said. “We do it to the max on all fronts.”
Hill, who won more votes than any other candidate on the November ballot, is assuming a law-and-order stance on one of the most pervasive problems plaguing Hoosier communities from rich or poor, rural or urban, from Lake Michigan to the Ohio River: opioid abuse.
The Hamilton County-owned health care provider announced Tuesday that the 108,000-square-foot Westfield facility, which is under construction, will be a hospital instead of an outpatient center.
Dr. Tristan Stonger is accused of operating a “pill mill” in Peru, where he saw as many as 100 patients in a single day. He also had offices in Bloomington and Indianapolis.
The number of transplants performed in Indiana last year hit an 11-year high, up about 6 percent from a year before, according to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.
Physicians and nurses, heal thyselves—or in this case, get vaccinations for thyselves. That’s the goal of a bill winding through the Indiana General Assembly, which would allow hospitals to require workers to get vaccinations for the flu and other contagious diseases—or else take a hike. The move comes just a year after a similar bill […]
