2024 Health Care Heroes: Dr. Jill Donaldson
Most common in people age 40 or older, essential tremor can cause involuntary shaking in pretty much any part of the body.
Most common in people age 40 or older, essential tremor can cause involuntary shaking in pretty much any part of the body.
Multidisciplinary teams composed of surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, pharmacists and others have worked to develop best practices for quick recovery from everything from open-heart procedures to gall bladder removal to bariatric surgery.
For almost a century, it’s been possible to ameliorate the ravages of diabetes using insulin, but this is the first time it’s been stopped in its tracks—at least for a while.
Obviously, there was no playbook for such a freak injury.
As chief health equity officer, Edmonds established IU Health’s Office of Health Equity Research and Engagement.
A big proponent of education and mentorship, Smucker is a leader in the Indiana Spine Group Fellowship program and teaches physician assistant students from local and regional programs.
Murphy has managed more than 100 pediatric transplants since Riley Children’s Health opened its Heart Transplant Center 24 years ago.
Weaver credited the rescue to the one-on-one attention she and Mason can give to patients at Avon Rehab Services, part of Hendricks Regional Health.
Forensic nurses are certified to treat violence comprehensively, but there aren’t nearly enough of them.
In 2018, the hospital’s foundation had the idea to grow the garden into a resource for Madison County residents.
Dog-sitting might not seem like a priority for someone struggling to find food, but the “weavers” understand why it can be.
She first encountered the Cancer Art Therapy Studio in 2013, as she was struggling with her first breast cancer diagnosis.
He has logged more than 2,000 hours providing “unmatched care and comfort,” according to the staff.
Looney learned about cuddlers when his newborn grandson spent three days in a neonatal intensive care unit in St. Louis.
Hoffmann spends 75% of her time on the road traveling across Indiana leading classes with community partners, including the state chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
The center operates with four goals: Reduce and alleviate the stress of practicing medicine, improve work/life balance, bring joy to the practice of medicine and develop, coach and mentor physicians at each stage of their career.
And last year, the center became the first and only fetal surgery program in the state when it performed the first in-utero surgery in Indiana for a complicated twin pregnancy last November.
Dr. Kurt Kroenke has developed multiple brief questionnaires for patients to report a range of symptoms and concerns to
their physician.
As medical director of the clinic, Dr. Robert Cater spends three Saturdays a month voluntarily treating uninsured and underinsured Pike Township residents.
Sickle cell disease lasts a patient’s entire life. Many people end up dying from it. So their care needs to follow their life span, Dr. Andrew O’Brien said.