Nonpareil: Zlomke Strives for Compassion, Care at Jennie Edmundson

Dr. Michael Zlomke learned to not only care for his patients but also care about them when he was young, watching his father, a family physician in a small town in Nebraska, treat patients with kindness and respect.

He strives to live up to that example today as a general surgeon at the Methodist Jennie Edmundson Cancer Center, where he combines surgical skills with a genuine compassion for the people he treats.

I had so many friends who knew Dr. Zlomke or who had him as their surgeon, and they all love him,” said Linda Sieck of Walnut, a breast cancer patient who underwent a lumpectomy at Jennie. “He put me at ease from the moment we met. I sensed he really cares deeply about his work and his patients.”

Dr. Zlomke was profiled in the second in a series of features highlighting the Methodist Jennie Edmundson capital campaign in the Daily Nonpareil.