[caption id="attachment_47926" align="alignright" width="300"] Dr. Janel Charlton, MD, senior associate director, Beacon Medical Group's E. Blair Warner Family Medicine Center.[/caption] As he nears completion of his three-year Memorial Family Medicine Residency program, Dr. Michael Keller has spent a lot of his time caring for South Bend’s...
[caption id="attachment_48156" align="alignright" width="300"] Chekesha Donaldson[/caption] Whether she is reconciling staff credit card purchases, planning managers’ travel to conferences, crafting a monthly newsletter, ordering supplies or organizing new associate breakfasts, Chekesha Donaldson says much of what she does daily at Memorial Hospital is “behind the scenes.” She...
As Rev. Sarah Samson makes her way around Memorial Hospital of South Bend, she carries a tool important to her role as a hospital chaplain: candy bars. Each fun-sized Hershey or Crunch bar has a joke written on it. But not just any joke. A dad...
Indiana Landmarks is planning to move a 92-year-old historic home located near Memorial Hospital of South Bend to the Chapin Park National Register District. The structure most recently served as the home to the Junior League of South Bend. South Bend-based Lykowski Construction will be...
To address the nursing shortage that our community is facing, Beacon Health System and Ivy Tech Community College are collaborating to create the Beacon Scholar Program. This program will offer financial support to Ivy Tech Associate of Science in Nursing students by covering the cost...
[caption id="attachment_48101" align="alignright" width="300"] Ron Bass, information systems analyst at Beacon Health System, credits organizational leaders for trying to improve diversity, equity and inclusion since 2020.[/caption] Anger over George Floyd’s murder by a white Minneapolis police officer sparked protests across the nation in the summer of...
Over his 39 years at Elkhart General Hospital, Project Coordinator Tom Johnson has witnessed plenty of history. [caption id="attachment_48083" align="alignright" width="423"] Tom Johnson, Project Coordinator, Beacon Health System.[/caption] For example, when he hired on as a painter/plasterer in 1983 at age 33, Arcade Avenue ran through the...
Beacon Health System is full of hard-working, dedicated associates who live our mission to deliver outstanding care, inspire health and connect with heart every day. Each year, Beacon honors associates from across the system who exemplify our values and commit themselves to create a better community...
Beacon Health System physicians are urging patients to start scheduling appointments again, from routine preventive care appointments to procedures and surgeries that are not considered urgent, as the number of COVID-19-positive patients continues to steadily decline in area hospitals and across the region. Many hospitals here...
Black History Month has great significance and deep meaning that we believe is especially relevant to nurses, physicians and others who work in healthcare. We care for people from every race and culture at the bedside and in our communities, and we see firsthand the...
