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Stormont Vail Community News Oct. 07, 2025
Dear Community Partners,
Please enjoy this week’s issue of SVnews.
In this week’s issue:
- Celebrating Two Years of Advancing Health Through Research
- Coming Soon: 2025 Stormont Vail Health Nursing Symposium
- Clinical Trial Participants Wanted
- “To Your Health” on WIBW-TV this Thursday
- JOBS SPOTLIGHT
Celebrating Two Years of Advancing Health Through Research
Two years ago, Stormont Vail Health and Kansas State University launched a research partnership to improve health across Kansas. Today, we’re proud to celebrate the progress we’ve made.
Read MoreComing Soon: 2025 Stormont Vail Health Nursing Symposium
- Friday, Dec. 5
- Stormont Vail Hospital & Zoom
- Pre-Registration Required. Sign Up for Free.
Join nurses and healthcare professionals for a full day of learning, leadership, and collaboration. Topics will cover maternal health equity, nurse residency innovation, advocacy, and more.
Keynotes:
- “Thriving Together: Empowering Nurses to Communicate, Connect, and Create Change” – Teresa Sanderson, Nurses Feed Their Young
- “When Everyone Leads” – Tina Kahn, Kansas Leadership Center
If you know someone in healthcare who might be interested, share the link and encourage them to attend!
Clinical Trial Participants Wanted
The Cotton O’Neil Clinical Research Center is seeking participants for a clinical trial for patients with moderate to severe Ulcerative Colitis who have previously failed mesalamine and drug naïve to other target therapies.
This is a head-to-head study, comparing 2 FDA approved treatments, Risankizumab and Vedolizumab. Participants must be at least 18 years old and have a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis for at least three months. The study will last approximately 48 weeks in length. All study procedures will be provided at no cost and participants will be compensated for their time. For more information about this study, contact the principal investigator, Curtis Baum, M.D., or clinical research coordinator, Chris Slimmer at (785) 270-4386.
“To Your Health” on WIBW-TV this Thursday
Nurse Residency Program Manager Amy Mundell discusses Stormont Vail Health’s Nurse Residency program and our recent PTAP Accreditation on 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.
* Missed last week’s episode featuring Amy Burns discussing the recent BIG HEARTS Golf Tournament and how the money raised will help improve breast imaging services in the community?
Watch it NowJOBS SPOTLIGHT
- Charge Nurse – Behavioral Health Child/Adolescents • FT – Day
- Multi-Modality Rad Tech (Flint Hills) • FT – Day
- Financial Counselor – Pre-Registration • FT – Day
Stormont Vail Health is always looking for the BEST talent to join our team. See these jobs and other current openings at www.stormontvail.org/careers.
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