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Kathryn M. Stam, CNM, is now on the medical staff of ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton and ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah as a certified nurse midwife. She is a member of the staff at the Kaldas Center for Fertility, Surgery & Pregnancy.
Unintentional falls are often a big worry for people over the age of 65, with statistics from the Centers for Disease Control showing that 1 in 4 fall each year. While every fall does not result in an injury, 1 in 5 does cause a serious injury to the head or a broken bone. Falls are also the leading cause of injury deaths among seniors.
Kelly Adams, MD, is now on the medical staff of ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton and ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah as an obstetrician and gynecologist. She is a member of the staff at Women’s Health Specialists.
Tatyana Gerachshenko, MD, PhD, has joined ThedaCare as a physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. She will practice at ThedaCare Orthopedic Care in Neenah with an interest in inpatient and outpatient comprehensive stroke rehabilitation.
If you’ve been tuned into ThedaCare even a little bit, you know we’re focused on making health care better. Finding ways to improve has been in our DNA for more than 100 years. From cancer care to new imaging technology to open heart surgeries to neonatal intensive care and more, we’ve expanded services and tried new ideas.
Meningitis is an infection that causes swelling of the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord, so it can be a devastating illness. One of the most significant bacteria to cause this infection is Neisseria meningitidis. This germ kills 10-15 of every 100 people who contract the infection, and of the survivors, 10-20 of those 100 will be left with disabilities. That is why prevention is the key.
ThedaCare welcomes Shannon Schmidt, MD, a physician specializing in hematology and oncology who will practice at ThedaCare Regional Cancer Center in Appleton.
ThedaCare welcomes Kevin O’Donnell, MD, an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports medicine. He will practice with ThedaCare Orthopedic Care at multiple locations.
“Kids are more likely to break things than sprain things,” says Dr. Douglas Connor of ThedaCare Orthopedic Care. “Kids are not just little adults. What might cause an ankle sprain in an adult is much more likely to cause a fracture in a child.”
A huge congratulations to Heather Epley, lead RN at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah’s birth center, who recently received a 2016 Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice.
Dr. Kevin O’Donnell grew up in southern New Jersey in the Pine Barrens region, a heavily forested area of coastal plain that remarkably resembles northeastern Wisconsin in climate and foliage. “It’s not the New Jersey most people hear about. I grew up in a farming area and played baseball and soccer as a kid and football in high school.”
The Trauma Center at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah has been reverified as a Level II trauma center for the seventh time, marking 26 years as the first and longest continuously verified Level II trauma center north of Milwaukee and Madison.
Amy Zafarani, DO, is now on the medical staff of ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton and ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah as an obstetrician and gynecologist. She is a member of the staff at Women’s Care of Wisconsin.
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