Well-child visits to the doctor are all about making sure kids receive the care they need to thrive. Dr. Emily Kisor of Beacon Medical Group Pediatrics Bristol Street explains one more important reason to not delay these routine visits. “If you come to a place where...
Beacon Health System plans to open a second patient-centered primary care location this fall in Bremen. Starting Nov. 1, 2022, Greg Buck, MD, Robert Kolbe, MD, and Rachel Pippenger, MSN, FNP, will begin seeing patients on a full-time basis at the new Beacon Medical Group Bremen...
Teams at Memorial Hospital recently shared and celebrated their “whys” — the reasons and inspiration behind the amazing work they do for our patients. “Reconnecting with our individual purpose reminds us why we do what we do — it brings us back to our values, our...
[caption id="attachment_49566" align="alignright" width="274"] T.J. Freeby indicates he's ready before Beacon neurosurgeon Dr. Daniel Fulkerson performed brain surgery to relieve fluid pressure that was causing him severe headaches.[/caption] Timothy “T.J.” Freeby had initially figured his two weeks of debilitating headaches last fall came from stress as...
[caption id="attachment_49771" align="alignright" width="200"] DiMagno[/caption] Dr. Allyson DiMagno often earns her Memorial Hospital colleagues’ praise as a family medicine resident, and now the rest of the country is noticing. The American Academy of Family Physicians, the largest professional association for family physicians, recently honored Dr. DiMagno with...
Healthcare team members may not always realize the impact they have on patients, but sometimes the gratitude bubbles up when it’s least expected. Memorial Hospital nursing assistant Danny Grimes remembers the time a patient stopped by the Intermediate Care Center to say thank you to the...
Beacon Health System recently completed construction of an $11.7 million Beacon Goshen Outpatient Center located along U.S. 33 near County Road 17 on the north side of Goshen. Patients now have access to urgent care, imaging services, physical therapy and Beacon Medical Group Specialty Services...
[caption id="attachment_49715" align="alignright" width="399"] Miles Gappa, 9, is excited to run in the Granger Sunburst on Sunday.[/caption] Miles Gappa is quick to tell you his favorite sport to play is Little League Baseball because winning requires all nine players to work as a team, with each...
So incredibly tiny. So fragile. Born by emergency c-section 12 weeks before his due date, Evan Nayee weighed just one pound, 12 ounces, a weight small enough to classify him as a “micro-preemie.” So small, his father could slide his wedding ring all the way up...
[caption id="attachment_49682" align="alignright" width="443"] Erin Beeman behind the desk at Beacon Health & Fitness in Granger.[/caption] As a hospitality associate delivering meal trays to patients at Memorial Hospital, Erin Beeman remembers regularly seeking out nurses to check the blood sugar of the diabetic patients before they...
