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Stormont Vail Health Provides Vaginal Births After Cesarean (VBAC)

Stormont Vail Health’s Mother & Baby Department is proud to announce the availability of Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) for expectant mothers, providing women with more personalized choices in their childbirth journey. This emphasizes our commitment to supporting patient choice and supporting safe, evidence-based care for families in our region.

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Stormont Vail Health Provides Vaginal Births After Cesarean (VBAC)

Stormont Vail Health’s Mother & Baby Department is proud to announce the availability of Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) for expectant mothers, providing women with more personalized choices in their childbirth journey. This emphasizes our commitment to supporting patient choice and supporting safe, evidence-based care for families in our region. For patients who have previously…

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Stormont Vail Health to Hold Annual Celebration of Life

Stormont Vail Health will honor the lasting change that organ, eye, and tissue donation inspires at its annual Celebration of Life at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, 1500 S.W. 10th Ave. on June 19, 2025 from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. This invitation-only gathering honors the families and donors of Stormont Vail organ donors. It…

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We Celebrate Kristi & Matt: May 2025 Persons of the Moment

This month, we’re proud to celebrate two outstanding team members as our May 2025 Person of the Moment recipients: Social Worker Kristi Skinner (Care Transformation) and Licensed Clinical Therapist Matt Dittmer (Behavioral Health). Through creative problem-solving and collaboration with community partners like the Mobile Access Partnership (MAP) of Topeka and the Topeka Street Dog Coalition,…

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Patient, Team Member, Inspiration: Alofa’s Bariatric Surgery Story

When You Give Your Best, You Deserve the Best Alofa is more than a success story—she’s one of us. As a patient care technician (PCT) with our Perioperative Services team, Alofa Mariner gives her best every day. With support from our Weight Management program and bariatric surgery, she lost more than 150 pounds—and gained newfound…

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We Celebrate DAISY Award Winner Maria Cortez

Congrats to Maria Cortez, a nurse in our birthplace, who was recently honored with a DAISY award after taking swift, life-saving action when a mother experienced a medical emergency during labor. “Thanks to her quick thinking, expert skills, and unwavering composure, my son is now a thriving 13-month-old—healthy, happy, and without any developmental concerns,” the…

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We Celebrate DAISY Award Winner Chudney Williams

Kudos to Chudney Williams, a labor and delivery nurse at our Flint Hills Campus, for receiving a DAISY award after helping a patient ease her anxieties. “Chudney laughed with me. She made me feel as though I was safe and cared for, but not just in the medical sense,” the patient said in her nomination.…

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Stormont Vail Community News 6.10.25

Dear Community Partners, Please enjoy this week’s issue of SVnews. We Celebrate DAISY Award Winner Chudney Williams Kudos to Chudney Williams, a labor and delivery nurse at our Flint Hills Campus, for receiving a DAISY award after helping a patient ease her anxieties. “Chudney laughed with me. She made me feel as though I was…

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Stormont Vail Community News 6.03.25

Dear Community Partners, Please enjoy this week’s issue of SVnews. In this week’s issue: Stormont Vail Health Now Offers Ion Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy Stormont Vail Health now offers Ion robotic-assisted bronchoscopy. This powerful new screening tool can detect lung cancer earlier, safer, and with greater precision. Our pulmonary team can reach tiny, hard-to-access lung nodules without…

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Stormont Vail Health Leads the Way with Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy in Topeka

Stormont Vail Health is excited to announce that it has introduced the Ion robotic-assisted bronchoscopy platform from Intuitive. The Stormont Vail pulmonary team has been performing procedures since April 2025, becoming the first health system in Topeka to offer this cutting-edge technology for lung nodule biopsy and diagnosis. Ion robotic-assisted bronchoscopy enables minimally invasive access…

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