Franciscan Health PACE program helping seniors maintain independence while caring for their overall wellbeing Debbie Martin spent 31 years taking care of others while working at Franciscan Health Michigan City, but when her own health issues became...
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Franciscan Heath hosting weekly smoking cessation walk and talks
Franciscan Health is hosting a free, weekly smoking cessation walk and talk support group aimed at helping individuals live healthier, smoke-free lives. The sessions will begin with a 30-minute walk and casual conversation with other...
Franciscan Health Family Birth Centers recognized for excellence in infant, maternal health
Franciscan Health Family Birth Centers across Northwest Indiana were recognized Thursday by the Indiana Hospital Association (IHA), in partnership with State Health Commissioner Lindsay Weaver, M.D., FACEP, for their commitment to...
Franciscan Health Michigan City adds comfort/security dog
Initiative launched after concept won inaugural employee contest Doug Samuelson knows a thing or two about the healing power of dogs. Samuelson retired from the Michigan City Police Department after serving for 14 years as a K9 handler and saw...
Board-certified gastroenterologist joins Franciscan Physician Network in Crown Point
Board-certified gastroenterologist Eric Steinberg, MD, is now part of the Franciscan Physician Network and is accepting new patients in Crown Point. Dr. Steinberg attended medical school at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, N.Y....
Franciscan Health Outpatient Therapy clinics open in new Homewood location
Public invited to tour new space during March 19 open house Franciscan Health Outpatient Therapy services are now available in new, state-of-the-art Homewood clinics in Cherry Creek Plaza. Franciscan Health Outpatient Pediatric Therapy, a department...
Board-certified family medicine physician joins Franciscan Health in Michigan City
Board-certified family medicine physician Ted George Ody Achufusi, DO, MD, is now part of Franciscan Physician Network and is accepting patients in Michigan City. Dr. Ted Achufusi attended medical school at the Medical University of Lublin in Lublin,...
‘The group helps you remember we’re not alone’
Thomas Elliott, 73, of Crown Point, speaks during a recent Cancer Support Group session at the Burrell Cancer Center. Franciscan Health offering cancer support groups in multiple Northwest Indiana locations Thomas Elliott knows some men don’t like...
Board-certified rheumatologist joins Specialty Physicians of Illinois, LLC in Olympia Fields
Board-certified rheumatologist Dr. Aravind Gopal, MD, MBBS, is now part of Specialty Physicians of Illinois, LLC and is accepting new patients at his office on the Franciscan Health Olympia Fields campus. Dr. Gopal is board-certified in rheumatology...
Board-certified gastroenterologist joins Franciscan Physician Network in Crown Point
Board-certified gastroenterologist Muhammad Kudaimi, MD, is now part of the Franciscan Physician Network and is accepting new patients in Crown Point. Dr. Kudaimi attended medical school at Damascus University in Damascus, Syria and completed his...