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An accomplished chess player, Jai Parekh, MD, dreamed of becoming a grand master as he was growing up. But during high school, he felt his love for science and physiology pulling him in another direction.“That’s when I decided, I can love chess, but I also love medicine,” he said. “I really felt lik…

Fremont resident Vicky Kiefer immediately knew something was wrong when she woke up one morning and found that her left arm had swollen so much that her “hand looked like a catcher’s mitt.”The now 81-year-old breast cancer survivor quickly realized that she, like one-third of all cancer patients, wo…

A disabling accident didn’t stop Rick Greer from giving back. Greer, 52, of Council Bluffs volunteers two or three days a week helping in the pharmacy annex at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital. He sells over-the-counter medications to employees and volunteers, orders supplies and stocks shelves…

The Nebraska Organization of Nursing Leadership and the Nebraska Nurses Association (NNA) recognized 40 emerging nurse leaders under age 40 from across the state at the NNA convention in Kearney on Oct. 3-4. Among those honored with 40 Under 40 Awards were eight Methodist Hospital nurses:Amanda…

Deborah Perry, MD, FCAP, a pathologist at Methodist Hospital and Methodist Women’s Hospital, has been recognized by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) with the 2024 CAP Distinguished Service Award for her dedication to the field of pathology and her service in local and national or…

The meeting on her calendar was a ruse. The admiration was real – genuine praise and respect for a three-time Nebraska Methodist College (NMC) alumna and beloved Methodist Hospital service executive.More than a dozen colleagues surprised Jan Morgan, MSN, RN, CCRN, with hugs and applause as she becam…

Congratulations to Marie Kozel, BSN, MBA, RN-BC, IBCLC, LCCE-R, for being honored with the 2024 Distinguished Service Award at the Nebraska Nurses Association’s annual convention on Oct. 3. Kozel, chief nursing informatics officer for Methodist Health System, began her nursing career with Metho…

Revenue cycle leaders have a lot to focus on, but point-of-service collections and the looming ICD-10 switch rank among the top challenges facing those departments in 2015. “Improving processes on the front-end of the revenue cycle is essential,” said Robert Wagner, senior director of revenue cycl…

Laura and Nikolas Glennie were hoping for a tax deduction, but baby Lukas had other plans.The Gretna couple, pregnant with their first child, welcomed their son at 12:20 a.m. on New Year's Day and earned the honor of first baby born in the Metro in 2016.Lukas was actually scheduled to arrive around …