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Home health nurse Crystal Godin was a key member of the team supporting Emma Eichelberger and her daughter, Hayden, after the baby’s birth in October. Nine weeks after her daughter was born, Emma Eichelberger brought baby Hayden to the Methodist Physicians Clinic Women's Center i…

Marcia Gerard has a history of kidney stones, but the episode she had in the early hours of Nov. 7 was nearly unbearable. When she arrived at the Methodist Hospital Emergency Department (ED) around 3 a.m., she was dehydrated and had elevated blood pressure. Then there was the “outrageous” pain. “…

Pulmonologist Sumit Mukherjee, MD, at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital, says he's had several rural providers in Iowa ask for recommendations on advanced respiratory treatment. He says those smaller hospitals are feeling a strain because of the bedding situation since hospitals in bigger areas ca…

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Sandra Krupka Recurring Ovarian Cancer Survivor Pure shock. That’s the best way Sandy Krupka can describe what she felt in 2013 after learning she was harboring two massive tumors in her pelvis – one the size of a cantaloupe, and the other a small watermelon. “I was basically carrying a child, a…

The American Cancer Society (ACS) has awarded a grant to Methodist Hospital to address the transportation needs of cancer patients in the region. These grants are available to health systems, treatment centers and community organizations in select communities through an application process, and the…

When Austin Person, MD, reflects on his path toward medicine, he immediately thinks of his grandfather. “At the age of 2, he contracted polio and was paralyzed from the waist down,” said Dr. Person, who has joined the colon and rectal surgery staff at Methodist Physicians Clinic. “What I found so i…

As an OB/GYN, Ashley Sawtelle, DO, is living her lifelong dream. Joining the Methodist Physicians Clinic Women’s Center staff only makes it sweeter. “I had always dreamed of becoming a doctor ever since I was a young girl,” the Fremont native said. “And part of that dream was serving my commun…

If you’re one of many individuals who made it through the last flu season unscathed, you may be tempted to forego a flu shot this time around.Don’t.Mask requirements helped protect many of us from becoming ill with influenza and other respiratory infections last winter, but here’s what experts are p…

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is pleased to announce that Methodist Health System has earned 2021 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired recognitions as a certified Acute Level 7 and Ambulatory Level 7.The CHIME Digital Health Most Wired program conducts an annual surv…