October 15, 2014
Community Health Network will be hosting a Heroin Summit at the Berlin High School Auditorium at 6:00 pm to address the growing problem of opiate use in our communities. The speakers will include the local police, recovering addicts, and a mother who lost her young daughter to a heroin overdose.
When patients are admitted into Riverside Medical Center in Waupaca, they receive around the clock care from doctors, ranging from their primary care physician to a hospitalist like Dr. Gregrey Hiltgen, who recently took on the role of weekend hospitalist for ThedaCare/Riverside Medical Center.
ThedaCare welcomes Vijay Chaudhary, MD, MPH, a board-certified hematologist and oncologist at Appleton Medical Center and Theda Clark Medical Center.
October 13, 2014
A mobile pantry truck filled with vegetables, proteins, whole wheat pasta and recipes will drive to each location where volunteers will hand-deliver the food to people who request it. Food is limited and will be distributed on a first come first serve basis.
A free ThedaCare community program is designed to help people who suffer from joint pain. Robert Wubben, MD, of ThedaCare Orthopedics will facilitate “Osteoarthritis: How to Soothe the Joint Pain” on Thurs., Oct. 30. Dr. Wubben will have examples of joint replacement prosthetics and will hold a question-and-answer session after the presentation.
October 10, 2014
OK kids; as we enter into a colder season, remember that “sharing” with classmates can be good sometimes but not others.
I’m trying to have some healthy snacks available for my child. Can you give me some ideas?
Kay Weina, CNM, MSN, is now on the medical staff of Theda Clark Medical Center and Appleton Medical Center as a certified nurse midwife. She is a member of the staff at Women’s Care of Wisconsin.
Appleton Medical Center and Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah earned top marks from consumers as the best hospitals in the Fox Cities-Oshkosh markets for the 13th year in a row.
October 9, 2014
Join other women who share the same desire to become a mother and learn, share and listen. This is a place for comfort, compassion, and an overall safe zone to talk about your current and past fertility struggles and be surrounded with support.
ThedaCare announced that Kathryn Hanson, APNP, has joined ThedaCare-Physicians-Weyauwega as its full-time provider. She will continue the care provided by Roy Buchholz, MD, who recently retired.
The New London Community Cupboard has enjoyed a plentiful harvest, thanks to donations from the Community Gardens in New London. The food pantry has received 300 pounds of fresh produce, which it has distributed weekly to the 40 families it serves.
October 8, 2014
Pakou Xiong wants young people to not make the same mistake she did: texting while driving. The now 21-year-old Appleton woman was doing just that when she hit and killed a bicyclist in Kimberly in 2012.
For media inquiries, please call Cassandra Wallace, Public and Media Relations Consultant at 920.442.0328 or the ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah switchboard at 920.729.3100 and ask for the marketing person on call.