From the hog farm to the operating room: Unlikely journey for Milwaukee brain surgeon
From CBS 58 — Growing up on a Michigan pig farm taught Nathan Zwagerman, MD, Froedtert & MCW neurosurgeon, a sound work ethic. Now he uses an innovative and less invasive procedure to reach tumors deep inside the brain.
Froedtert & MCW health network and Network Health help patients manage diabetes using Glooko and Xealth
Is it safe to go back to the gym?
From WUWM — Joyce Sanchez, MD, infectious disease specialist at Froedtert Hospital, tackles some tough issues around the risks of resuming your exercise routine in a public gym.
If you’re travelling now, here’s how to make it safe
From National Geographic — Joyce Sanchez, MD, infectious disease specialist and medical director of the Froedtert & MCW Travel Health Clinic, provides guidance on how to travel safer this summer.
Froedtert uses digital health therapeutics to improve patients’ mental health
From healthcareitnews.com — Mental health is widely recognized as an important, yet undertreated, facet of whole person health. Unmanaged chronic conditions and financial stress mixed with increasing rates of pandemic-induced anxiety and depression from social isolation has created the perfect storm for mental health issues to compound exponentially. Providers and employers have taken notice of this coming need and are offering mental health and wellness applications at an increasing rate, but quantity does not always mean quality. How do we quantify what treatments and tools are actually working?
Froedtert Health named a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion
Executive promotions support froedtert hospital’s growth
Reflecting the growth of Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Froedtert Hospital, two executives have been promoted and one executive has joined Froedtert Hospital to lead eastern Wisconsin’s only academic medical center into the future.
Froedtert names three to leadership roles
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Froedtert Hospital announced that two executives have been promoted and one executive has joined Froedtert for the roles of chief medical officer, president and chief operating officer. This story was also covered by the Milwaukee BizTimes and The Waukesha Freeman.
‘It's a sign of humanity': Shorewood becomes first Milwaukee area community to require face masks in public buildings
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Brady McIntosh, MD, an emergency physician at Froedtert Hospital, said The Lancet Journal recently compiled the results of 172 studies across 16 countries and determined that face masks resulted in "a large reduction in the risk of infection."
Heading out to celebrate this holiday weekend? “Don’t let your guard down” says infectious disease specialist
From 620WTMJ Radio — Joyce Sanchez, MD, infectious disease specialist at Froedtert & MCW health network, offered tips to ensure a safe holiday weekend and summer!
IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals 2020: Teaching Hospitals
From Fortune Magazine — Froedtert Hospital was named as one of the 15 Top Major Teaching Hospitals in the country.
Local doctors say it’s too early to know long-term impact on coronavirus patients
From CBS 58 — Coronavirus can affect people of all shapes, sizes, colors, ages and races. It presents itself in many forms, from a fever to critical breathing complications. Froedtert & MCW infectious disease specialist John Fangman, MD, explains that we need more time to investigate the long-term impacts.
‘The need is so great:’ Construction begins on new Kathy’s House in Wauwatosa
From Fox 6 — Construction for the new Kathy’s House site has begun. Kathy’s House provides housing for out-of-town patients and their families receiving care at Milwaukee-area hospitals, including Froedtert Hospital. In 2018, more than 90 percent of Kathy’s House’s 1,500 guests were patients or family members referred by the Froedtert & MCW health network. The new House is expected to open next year. This story also appeared in these media outlets.
BizTimes
Wisbusiness.com
CBS 58
WISN 12
Froedtert & MCW health network expands digital health options for pregnant patients with Babyscripts and Xealth
Cancer Patients Weigh Risk Of Delaying Treatment Against Risks Of COVID-19 Exposure
From Wisconsin Public Radio — Dianne Smetana, cancer patient, and her doctor, James P. Thomas, MD, PhD, hematologist/oncologist at the Froedtert & MCW Clinical Cancer Center, discuss making the difficult decision whether to forego cancer treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Addressing mental health in a time of protests and pandemic: 'We are being bombarded with stress'
From Fox 6 — The stress and anxiety all of us feel at times during the pandemic and times of social unrest can interfere with what we do and how we function says Terri A. deRoon-Cassini, Ph.D., M.S., director of the Froedtert & MCW Trauma Psychology Program; co-director, Milwaukee Trauma Outcomes Project at Froedtert Hospital; and associate professor, Medical College of Wisconsin.
Are masks still necessary as public spaces reopen and health orders are lifted?
From Today's TMJ4 — Julie Biller, MD, pulmonologist with Froedtert Hospital and professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin, explains the overall benefits to wearing masks in public as our community opens back up.
Changing Coronavirus Guidance, Safety Recommendations
From Spectrum News 1 — Laura Cassidy, an epidemiologist with the Medical College of Wisconsin, was quoted in a story about another clarification from the World Health Organization about how COVID-19 could be spreading.
COVID-19 survivor shares how he beat the virus
From Today's TMJ4 — 50-year-old Les Wilbert is back at home after spending 24 days in Froedtert Hospital, fighting coronavirus. After going in and out of the hospital with a fever and COVID-19 symptoms, he could no longer breathe well. He explains, "I was short of breath, I couldn’t hardly talk." To combat COVID-19, doctors put him on an ECMO machine and added an experimental blood filter. The device filtered molecules that caused inflammation out of his blood. He is one of three patients at the hospital to fully recover after this therapy.
Bucks hold ice cream social for hospital workers
From WISN 12 — Staff at Froedtert Hospital, Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital and Froedtert West Bend Hospital got a sweet treat from the Milwaukee Bucks. Bucks President Peter Feigin said the team wanted to donate the ice cream left at Fiserv Forum to treat hospital workers amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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