Jasper – VHA Inc., a national health care network, has given Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center a 2013 VHA Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence, honoring the hospital for achieving national performance standards for clinical quality, safety and patient experience. VHA is a national network of more than 1,350 not-for-profit hospital systems and 72,000 non-acute…
Jasper – Jennifer Lueken of Ferdinand was recently named the recipient of the 2013 J.P. Salb Scholarship awarded by Indiana University School of Medicine. Lueken was also the inaugural recipient of the scholarship in 2012. “Being named as a recipient of the J.P. Salb Scholarship is truly an honor,” Lueken stated. “It means a tremendous…
The Indiana University School of Medicine-Evansville announced that a unified delegation of state legislators was successful in securing $2 million in planning funds in the 2013-15 biennium budget for the planning of a regional academic health science education and research campus in southern Indiana. In 2012, the IU School of Medicine-Evansville initiated a study process with…
Jasper – Scott Beckman, M.D. has been named the 2013 Little Company of Mary Outstanding Physician Award winner at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center. This award is named in honor of the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary, the sponsors of Memorial Hospital. The LCM Award is given annually to a physician on…
Jasper – Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center has announced the names of the top six physicians nominated for the first annual Little Company of Mary Outstanding Physician Award. They are Dean Beckman, M.D., Scott Beckman, M.D., Mary Burgeson, M.D., Bernard P. Kemker, Jr., M.D., Sohail Qadir, M.D., and Theodore Waflart, M.D. There were 18…
Jasper – Emergency physician Stephen Sample, M.D. was recently appointed to the Active Medical Staff at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center. Dr. Sample received his medical degree at University of Louisville School of Medicine and completed a residency in emergency medicine at San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Consortium in Texas. He is board certified…
Jasper – Memorial Hospital and three area hospitals, along with Indiana University School of Medicine-Evansville, have combined to expand medical school training in Southwest Indiana. Memorial Hospital joined IU School of Medicine-Evansville, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Deaconess Health System and the Owensboro Medical Health System to commission a feasibility study to expand IU School of Medicine-Evansville from…
Jasper – Ann Steffe has been named the 2012 Little Company of Mary Award winner at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center. The LCM Award is given annually to an employee nominated by his or her co-workers and chosen from a group of finalists by the hospital’s Mission Committee. Nominees for this award demonstrate Memorial…
Jasper – Dr. Rebecca Ferguson, Family Medicine, was recently appointed to the Medical Staff at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center. She has joined Dr. Stan Tretter and the staff at Dale Family Medicine and is accepting new patients. Dr. Ferguson received her medical degree from Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed a residency…
Sister Adrian Davis, beloved leader of Memorial Hospital died on Saturday at the age of 77. Sister Adrian came to Memorial Hospital as President and C.E.O. in 1992 and began serving as board Chairperson in 1999. To those who came to know and love her, she represented the embodiment of the highest quality of service…
