14
Apr
14
Apr
Eye On Health: Beacon offers widest range of minimally invasive procedures in region
Cheryl Scheidt wasn't feeling herself last year, unable to walk even 10 steps without losing her breath. She did the right thing by calling her doctor. He led her to cardiac and thoracic surgeon Amjad Syed, MD, at Elkhart General Hospital, who diagnosed a significant leak in her mitral valve. Making...
13
Apr
Katie Joy defies the odds, makes extraordinary strides that inspire everyone she meets
Next month, Beacon Children's Hospital will celebrate five years of delivering expert care, close to home in its current location. So we are shining a spotlight on some of our inspiring patients, like Katie Joy Blye. During a quick break in Katie Joy Blye’s recent physical therapy session, her mother, Jenni...
07
Apr
Eye on Health: New on-site clinic offers convenient care to Kem Krest employees and family
Kem Krest CEO Amish Shah recognizes the challenges of balancing your health and your career. “It's hard to leave work to go get a doctor's appointment. And sometimes it's hard to be intentional about taking care of yourself,” he says. A new clinic at Kem Krest’s Elkhart headquarters aims to make doctor...
29
Mar
Reflecting on COVID: Six doctors look back at pandemic on Doctor’s Day
We asked six doctors to reflect on the personal toll that COVID-19 has taken on them, and to describe the strength they have found caring for patients during the past two years. We asked that they put into words what Doctor's Day means to them now, and how it feels...
22
Mar
Memorial Hospital associates help locate Edward Basker painting for late South Bend artist’s family member
For Jared Basker, the excitement of finding his great uncle Edward J. Basker’s paintings is matched perhaps only by his joy in displaying them and his hope that he’ll one day pass them on to future generations. Basker’s latest quest, aided by the keen memories of a couple of Memorial Hospital...
21
Mar
Elkhart General Hospital TAVR program earns top national designation
Three stars are a big deal when it comes to this heart procedure. And that’s what Elkhart General Hospital’s transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) program has earned – the highest rating possible – from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the American College of Cardiology. Walter Halloran, MD, Troy Weirick, MD, Amjad Syed, MD, and...
18
Mar
“Match Day” reveals new residents joining Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency program
"Match Day" is one of the most exciting times of the year for the Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency program. Today, the Residency team learned who will become part of our Beacon family. Programs like ours across the country take on the responsibility of guiding the growth of these doctors...
13
Mar
Want to have fun while doing good? Sunburst Races need more volunteers
By the time she retired after 23 years as a registered nurse and critical care case manager at Elkhart General Hospital, Joyce Hislope had become a vital part of the hospital’s care team. For the past five years since then, Hislope said she and her husband, Noel, have been greeted and...
09
Mar