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Dear Community Partners, Here are today’s updates: Mayo Clinic Care Network: 10 Years of Benefit to Stormont Vail Patients, Team When the parents of 13-year-old Derek Ahlstedt were given the option of brain surgery to help their son become potentially seizure-free after countless medications – they sought another expert opinion. They had been receiving care…
Read MoreDear Community Partners, Here are today’s updates: Stormont Vail Health Welcomes Lincoln Center OB/GYN Douglas Gleason, M.D. Stormont Vail Health proudly welcomes Dr. Douglas Gleason, an OB/GYN specializing in reproductive medicine and pregnancy care, to the Stormont Vail Women’s Services team. Dr. Gleason delivers various women’s health services at Stormont Vail OB/GYN Lincoln Center, 800…
Read MoreIt can be easy to look up symptoms you’re having online and move about your day. It can be easy to feel something come on and just push through your day because life is busy. It can be easy to talk yourself out of how you feel in fear it’s really ‘nothing that bad.‘ It…
Read MorePregnancy runs the gamut of emotions. It can be an overwhelming, joyous, scary experience for many women. In every case, it’s life-changing. For 20-year-old Rayana Johnson, it was all of the above. On November 13, 2023, 60 minutes after clocking in for her shift at a Topeka home improvement store, Rayana was fighting for her…
Read MoreFor Hannah Deviney, BSN, RN, at Stormont Vail’s Topeka Hospital Post-Surgical Care Unit, taking time to support patients’ comfort and dignity is as important to recovery as expert care delivery. For this reason, we celebrate Hannah for receiving the DAISY Award!
Read MoreDear Community Partners, Here are today’s updates: Stormont Vail Team Members: Your Well Being is Important Working in the healthcare sector – no matter what our role – means we are often helping others. To care for patients, families and visitors in the best way possible, we also need to make sure our own needs…
Read MoreDear Community Partners, Here are today’s updates: Dr. Riley Williams Joins Topeka Campus Emergency Department We are proud to welcome board-certified emergency medicine specialist Dr. Riley Williams to the Stormont Vail Health Hospital Emergency Department in Topeka. As a board-certified specialist, Dr. Williams serves patients requiring immediate care for trauma, heart attacks, strokes, and other…
Read MoreWe recognize Elizabeth Herman, ultrasonographer, as March Person of the Moment for the authentic compassion she offered to the wife of a recently coded patient. Take a moment to recognize Elizabeth and learn how she makes a difference for patients and team members alike.
Read MoreDear Community Partners, Here are today’s updates: Celebrating our Physicians on Doctor’s Day, March 30 This Saturday, March 30, is Doctor’s Day, a time to celebrate our hardworking physicians. We are fortunate at Stormont Vail Health to have many wonderful doctors who share their expertise and skills in caring for our patients and communities. We…
Read MoreDear Community Partners, Here are today’s updates: Stormont Vail Welcomes Rebecca Weller, M.D., to Flint Hills Emergency Department Stormont Vail Health proudly welcomes emergency physician Dr. Rebecca Weller to the Flint Hills Campus Emergency Department, Junction City. As a board-certified specialist with more than 20 years of experience, Dr. Weller provides emergency care for patients…
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