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Dear Community Partners,
Please enjoy this week’s issue of SVnews.

• We Celebrate Nick Ahlert, DAISY Award Winner 🌼
• Celebrate Valory Palmer, Sunflower Award Winner 🌻
• 2026 Women’s Wellness Summit: A Day for You & Those You Care For
• Virtual Care Keeps Care Convenient
• Thank you, Bomgaars Topeka!
• Tune In: Molly Disbrow, M.D., Featured on KMAN Radio
• “To Your Health” on WIBW-TV this Thursday
• JOBS SPOTLIGHT

We Celebrate Nick Ahlert, DAISY Award Winner 🌼

Compassion. Communication. Extraordinary care. These qualities compelled a patient’s family member to nominate Nick Ahlert, Acute Care RN on the Critical Care Unit (CCU) Pavilion at Stormont Vail Hospital, for the DAISY Award.

Celebrate Valory Palmer, Sunflower Award Winner 🌻

Valory’s steady encouragement, positivity, and patient-first approach turned tough moments into meaningful ones. We’re proud to recognize her impact on both patients and their loved ones with the Sunflower Award for Extraordinary Nursing Support Staff!

2026 Women’s Wellness Summit: A Day for You & Those You Care For

What does it look like to truly thrive, not just power through, every season of life? Find out at our first-ever Women’s Wellness Summit: Thriving Through Every Age.

Friday, April 10  |  9 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Stormont Vail Hospital Pozez Education Center Auditorium

For women 18+ • Cost: $25 • Breakfast & lunch included

Whether you’re navigating early adulthood, raising a family, managing midlife changes, or supporting aging loved ones, this day is built to meet you right where you are.

Virtual Care Keeps Care Convenient

As flu and respiratory illnesses circulate, Virtual Care Day and Night offers a convenient alternative to in‑person visits for eligible Stormont Vail Health primary care patients with MyChart accounts.

✅ No appointment needed

✅ Mon.–Fri. • 8 a.m.–4 p.m. and 5–8 p.m.

✅ For Stormont Vail Health primary care patients with MyChart accounts

✅ Great for minor, treatable conditions like the flu

Thank you, Bomgaars Topeka!

Bomgaars recently hosted a Ladies’ Night and donated a portion of the proceeds to the Stormont Vail Foundation. We’re grateful for community partners who support our mission and help make a difference.

Tune In: Molly Disbrow, M.D., Featured on KMAN Radio

This Wednesday, March 4 at 9 a.m., Molly Disbrow, M.D., Gastroenterology Specialist at the Manhattan Campus, will join Mike Matson on Within Reason with Mike Matsonon KMAN Radio.

In recognition of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Dr. Disbrow will discuss the importance of digestive health and why colorectal cancer screenings are nothing to sit on. Tune in live on KMAN 1350 AM, 93.3 FM, or 93.7 FM, or stream online here. You can also listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or Audible.

“To Your Health” on WIBW-TV

Mother of five, Samantha, shares her recent experience birthing triplets at our Topeka hospital in this Thursday’s “To Your Health” segment that airs at 10 p.m. on WIBW-TV, Channel 13. The segment typically repeats at 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. Fridays on 13 News This Morning and is posted on wibw.com. Be sure to tune in and see these little miracles.