Section: New Providers and Staff - posted in 2013
Posted on Nov 4, 2013
By St. Luke's, Duluth MN
Lake View Hospital has been awarded a three-year accreditation in CT (computed tomography) scanning by the American College of Radiology (ACR). It is the first time that Lake View Hospital has earned the ACR accreditation, which recognizes Lake ...
Posted on Oct 23, 2013
By St. Luke's, Duluth MN
A new, $100,000 weapon in the fight against breast cancer was unveiled at St. Luke's on October 23, 2013. The Faxitron BioVision machine is a portable x-ray system used to image tissue specimens from biopsies taken from women with suspected ...
Posted on Oct 22, 2013
New moms, doctors and nurses are thrilled with a new practice at St. Luke's which keeps mothers and babies together after cesarean section deliveries. Staff from the Birthing Center, Surgery, Ob/Gyn and Pediatrics departments worked together to ...
Posted on Oct 16, 2013
By St. Luke's, Duluth MN
An innovative approach to well-child visits is starting at St. Luke's Pediatric Associates. Moms and dads now have the option of participating in group well-child sessions. The aim is to bring parents with babies around the same age together to ...
Posted on Sep 23, 2013
By St. Luke's, Duluth MN
Help save a life by getting your cheek swabbed on September 28. That's the message at a bone marrow donor registration drive being held at St. Luke's Lester River Medical Clinic to coincide with Lester River Rendezvous. Tanya Pitoscia, LPN, a ...
Posted on Sep 20, 2013
By St. Luke's, Duluth MN
A state-of-the-art Sim Lab was opened for staff and community training in September. Nurses, paramedics, EMTs and physicians will learn and hone skills on the life-size Sim Man and Sim Baby models, who breathe and talk like live patients and can be ...
Posted on Sep 4, 2013
By St. Luke's, Duluth MN
We're looking for some super-cute kids to become the St. Luke's Facebook page cover photo for a month. We'd love to see your cute pictures of your children demonstrating their healthy lifestyle, such as being active outside, nibbling on ...
Posted on Jul 18, 2013
By St. Luke's, Duluth MN
A weight management physician from St. Luke's has published a nuts and bolts guide to weight loss. Dr. James Donovan works with patients through his Weight Loss Essentials program at St. Luke's Miller Creek Medical Clinic in Hermantown. He ...
Posted on Jul 10, 2013
By St. Luke's, Duluth MN
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Patients are using a new overhead lift in St. Luke's Acute Rehabilitation Unit to get them back on their feet and walking. The supported ambulation system was installed in the unit just over a month ago at a cost of $15,000 and physical therapist ...
Posted on Jun 10, 2013
By St. Luke's, Duluth MN
St. Luke's has made available several vacant residential buildings to Duluth Fire Department for training purposes. The vacant properties on the lake-side of East Second Street between 11 th Avenue East and 12 th Avenue East, totaling 17 ...
Posted on May 31, 2013
By St. Luke's, Duluth MN
Synthetic drugs were the subject under the spotlight at today's (May 31) Medical Milestones education luncheon, presented by St. Luke's Foundation. Dr. Nicholas Van Deelen, the medical director of St. Luke's Emergency Department, ...
Posted on Apr 9, 2013
By St. Luke's, Duluth MN
A $100,000 project to make iPads available for use by St. Luke's Hospital patients has launched in the Birthing Center. New mothers and families can check out an iPad for the duration of their stay, viewing educational videos on subjects ...
Posted on Mar 22, 2013
By St. Luke's, Duluth MN
March 22 marks the three-month countdown to Grandma's Marathon and one St. Luke's physician – a 20-time Grandma's veteran – has some tips for runners in training. "The important thing is not trying to go too fast and too ...
Posted on Mar 20, 2013
By St. Luke's, Duluth MN
St. Luke's helped keep more than 25,000 pounds of plastic waste out of landfill in 2012 by reusing its sharps containers. Across the clinics and main hospital in the St. Luke's system, 25,288 pounds of plastic and 1,834 pounds of cardboard ...