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OMAHA – Strategic partnership discussions between Fremont Health and Methodist Health System, which have been taking place since February, took a major step forward today when the Dodge County Board of Supervisors approved the affiliation agreement between the two local health systems. The affilia…

OMAHA  –  Dr. James Maliszewski is big on relationships, and it’s easy to see why.He is the oldest of five children born within 10 years, and family time remains important to the siblings in adulthood.“We are very close. We spend a lot of time (together),” he said. “We have a weekly board …

OMAHA — Dr. James Ramig is anything but dull when explaining why he loves his job.Why did the science geek choose to study medicine?“Going to medical school was like being told that you can eat your favorite food every day for the next four years. You get to do science all the time,” he said.Why joi…

Donald Fucik has reason to celebrate and he tapped the colors of the rainbow to festoon the venue of his reverie Wednesday. A Hawaiian motif brought a color-popped glow to the halls at Methodist Hospital as Donald marked his last day of chemotherapy. He wore pajamas to his first treatment and vo…

Dr. Katharine McLeese's believes the most important component of providing exceptional care is being a good listener and practicing good communication. Dr. McLeese is an internal medicine doctor at Methodist Physicians Clinic. She completed both medical school and her internal medicine residency tr…

While contact sports can be dangerous, Jennie Ed Sports Medicine Athletic Trainer Rollie Hardies says the summer heat can make matters even worse. The things that we are really going to be concerned with in the summer time are going to be heat related illness where someone just has an exertional i…

OMAHA — When seeing patients, there’s a rule Dr. Deirdre Stolmeier always follows. “Treating that person like you’d want your family member to be treated,” she said. “I’ve had family members with some significant illnesses, and I’ve gone through medicine on the other side.” Dr. Stolmeier has joi…

 It was 18 months in the making and on Tuesday it became official, Fremont Health joined Methodist Health System when the affiliation agreement between the two health care organizations was signed.With leadership and staff from both organizations on hand, Larry Shepard, chairman of the Fremont …

OMAHA - Steve Goeser, president and CEO of Methodist Health System, has announced two new leadership appointments for the Omaha-area health care organization. Tracy Madden-McMahon has been named president and chief executive officer of the Methodist Hospital Foundation and Kent Sona has been appoi…

OMAHA — Dr. Justin Morar, new to the staff at Methodist Physicians Clinic family medicine, has been helping and serving others since high school. As a sophomore he started shadowing Dr. John Patrick O’Gara, a family friend and anesthesiologist at Methodist Hospital. Excited by what he was learning…