Medicine

Narayan Prabhakar, MD, has joined the staff at Franciscan Physician Network Hammond Clinic, bolstering the team-based care provided to patients. Dr. Prabhakar is board certified in family medicine. He trained at American University of Caribbean...

Many people in Valparaiso, IN realize that snoring affects their ability to get a quality night’s sleep, but most don’t know it could signal other serious health problems. While snoring can simply be a sign that the airway is partially blocked,...

Porter Health Care System has announced the addition of Interventional Cardiologist, Fahd Syed, M.D., M.P.H, F.A.C.C. to Porter Physician Group.  Sean Dardeau, Porter Health Care System and Northwest Indiana Market Chief Executive Officer...

Porter Health Care System continues to expand its Porter Physician Group. Sean Dardeau, Porter Health Care System and Northwest Indiana Market Chief Executive Officer, recently announced the addition of Andrew Putnam, M.D., cardiologist, who will be...

The American Heart and Stroke Association and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society recognized the Neuroscience Institute at Methodist Hospitals for their commitment to exceptional patient care. Methodist Hospitals has received the American Heart...

The community now has two convenient locations for urgent care with the opening on July 8 of a new Franciscan ExpressCare at the site of the former Michigan City hospital. The new Franciscan ExpressCare is in the emergency department area of the...

CROWN POINT | The strains of “Pomp and Circumstance” aren’t just for Northwest Indiana’s high school and college graduates. A new program honors “graduates” of Franciscan Health Crown Point’s NICU, who may be smaller in stature, but not...

Porter Health Care System continues to expand its Porter Physician Group, now with the introduction of a Neurosurgery practice led by Neurosurgeon Jonathan Hobbs, M.D. of the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine. The Neurosurgery...

Site work began this week on a new $3 million Franciscan Physician Network pediatric facility that will provide more space to care for Crown Point area families. The FPN Crown Point Pediatrics Health Center, currently located at 1505 S. Court St.,...

Franciscan Health staff, members of the St. John Chamber of Commerce and local officials welcomed the newest Franciscan ExpressCare and WorkingWell location during a blessing and open house on Wednesday, May 8. The new location at 8345 Wicker Ave.,...