Dr. Ismail Al-Ani describes the Turkish people as generous and kind. They think nothing of welcoming strangers into their homes to share a meal — it’s just what they do. Today, as he describes seeing a photo of a child’s shoe and a doll in...
Robert Widup had always taken blood thinners to manage his heart condition. Widup suffers from atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm that can lead to blood clots in the heart and increase the risk of stroke. While blood thinners helped manage the condition, they posed...
[caption id="attachment_51285" align="alignright" width="373"] Photo courtesy of University of Notre Dame[/caption] Following a year-long Beacon fellowship, Huda Syed began a new role as the health system’s accountable care organization (ACO) manager. She jumped at the chance to take part in a University of Notre Dame pilot...
By now most of us recognize the name Damar Hamlin. We know the Buffalo Bills player suffered a cardiac event last month during a game televised on Monday Night Football. For those of us watching, we collectively held our breath as we watched the swift...
[caption id="attachment_51239" align="alignleft" width="350"] Rodney Logan and Tracey Daggy.[/caption] Tracey Daggy, CFRN, TCRN, started her nursing career with no intention of being a Memorial MedFlight nurse. Like most callings in life, the career found her. During her first week as an emergency room nurse at a local...
When a group of Beacon Children’s Hospital associates nominated Dee Ullmer, RN-NIC, for the 4moms NICU Nurse of the Year award, they didn’t have to go far to gather kudos for the nomination form: her patients’ parents. “She loved my son like her own child, holding...
Frigid winter weather keeps many of us confined indoors — the perfect breeding ground for respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19, the flu, RSV and the common cold. While vaccinations and safe socializing help protect us, any preventions we take can go a long way in...
Beginning soon, Beacon Health System will have a new way to continue to care for some patients once they are discharged from the hospital. Together with Boston-based Biofourmis, patients at Elkhart General and Memorial hospitals with congestive heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who...
When approached by the American Cancer Society to be Indiana’s expert spokesperson about cervical cancer, its impact on the Black community and the importance of prevention and screening, Dr. Nonyem Onujiogu didn’t hesitate. “It’s the right thing to do,” she said. Dr. Onujiogu, gynecologic oncologist at Beacon...
Beacon Medical Group is pleased to announce that River Oaks OB/GYN in Elkhart will be joining the medical group in February. Together, our healthcare organizations will strengthen their collective expertise in maintaining high-quality obstetrics, newborn and newborn ICU care in our communities. For the past 28 years, River Oaks OB/GYN...
