A free ThedaCare community program is designed to help people who experience shoulder pain when doing their favorite activities. Eric Erickson, MD, and Kevin O’Donnell, MD, orthopedic surgeons with ThedaCare Orthopedic Care, will facilitate “Sweet Dreams, End Shoulder Pain!” on Thurs. Oct. 13. They will discuss the common causes of shoulder pain and how to get the relief you need.
What would cause a bilingual (Dutch-English) female medical oncologist born in the South American country of Suriname who summered with her cousins on the Caribbean island of Aruba to move to the chilly climes of Wisconsin and dye her hair hot pink?
Dean Gruner, MD, president and CEO of ThedaCare since April 2008, today announced his plans to retire. Dr. Gruner began in healthcare 40 years ago, has served this community for 33 years, and has served as President and CEO of ThedaCare since April 2008
People who are fighting cancer deserve all the care and warmth their families and caregivers can muster. However, a new FDA-approved therapy offered by ThedaCare relies on sub-zero temperatures (approximately -30 degrees Celsius) to do its good work.
It may seem hard to think of baby teeth as important but they are needed for babies to learn to chew, smile and speak.
It may not seem like it, but flu season is just around the corner. Cases of influenza, or flu as it is commonly called, can start popping up in October and hang around through spring. The exact start of flu season varies from year to year and no one really knows when the virus will make its first local appearance. Doctors recommend everyone receive a flu shot each year, especially children, pregnant women, the elderly and those living with a chronic illness.
October is Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Awareness Month. Nearly 300,000 people die every year from SCA and only 8 percent survive—yet through quality CPR, AEDs and communitywide approaches, many more can be saved. In addition, following evidence based Advanced Cardiac Lifesaving Skills (ACLS) by health professionals is imperative to positively impact survival statistics and good patient outcome.
Sanjeevkumar Patel, MD, is now on the medical staff of ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton and ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah as a physician specializing in pulmonary and critical care medicine. He is a member of the staff at Fox Valley Pulmonary Medicine.
I remember I woke up at two in the morning, rolled over and felt a lump in my breast. I met with my doctor, Dr. Smiltneek, and once they confirmed the cancer, we talked about the surgeons in the area and the various treatment options I could expect.
ThedaCare welcomes Krystina Pischke, DO, a physician specializing in family medicine who will practice at ThedaCare Physicians-Neenah East.
The number of mammogram images Dr. Susan Sung now reviews for each patient is around 160, up from just four less than a year ago. Dr. Sung, a diagnostic radiologist with Radiology Associates of Appleton, admits that three-dimensional (3D) mammograms take a lot more time to read, “But they save a lot of time, anxiety, and additional testing down the road.”
Losing a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or newborn birth can be devastating to parents. The Walk to Remember on Sun., Oct. 2, will remember these special children while providing hope and healing to families.
When kitchen employees at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah and ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton cut and prepare food, they place the scraps into a special container used for composting at Riverview Gardens, an urban farm in downtown Appleton.
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