Northwest Medical Group has added more physicians in Starke County.
The healthcare group, which has hospitals in Valparaiso, LaPorte and Knox, brought on physicians to offer gastroenterology and expanded general surgery in addition to primary care and cardiology in Starke County, where it also plans to add hematology/oncology services soon.
âIt is our goal to continue recruiting healthcare providers to the Starke County, making it more convenient for area residents to get the care they need close to home, said Ashley Dickinson, CEO of Northwest Health.
The historic first class Community Healthcare Systemâs Phlebotomy training program â a career pathway program for high school graduates â just graduated and soon will be drawing blood.
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Ashley Dickinson has been named to the newly created position of CEO of Northwest Health.
Dickinson, who has served as CEO of Northwest Healthâ LaPorte and of Northwest HealthâStarke for the last three years, will now oversee the entire health care system that evolved from the former Porter Regional Hospital. Starting on March 22, she well oversee Northwest Health-Porter and the other two hospitals, as well as Northwest Medical Group, Northwest Health Emergency Medical Services, Northwest Health Occupational Medicine and outpatient medical offices in Chesterton, Michigan City, Portage and Valparaiso.
Northwest Health decided to create the new role of systemwide CEO to ensure cohesive leadership.
Northwest Health opened a new primary care physicians office in Portage.
The local health care system formerly known as Porter Regional Hospital, established its second office in Portage to better meet the needs of the growing Portage community. The new Northwest Medical Group â Primary Care office is located at 6200 Central Ave. while the previously existing office can be found at 3630 Willowcreek in the Northwest Health â Portage campus.
Northwest Health s New Office hosts Drs. Donald Maddack and Leonard Ostrowski and nurse practitioner Amy Sobas. Internal medicine physician Dr. Shaun Mehdi, who is new to Portage, also is now practicing there.
Northwest Health employs more than 700 doctors and 3,000 employees, including at its hospitals in Porter, LaPorte and Starke counties. It also runs five emergency departments, urgent care centers, outpatient surgery centers, an ambulance service, and physician offices across the Region, providing everything from routine primar
New Northwestern Medicine site opening in Gurnee Northwestern Medicine is opening a new facility offering a range of health care services in Gurnee. Courtesy of Northwestern Medicine
Updated 1/15/2021 5:34 PM
Northwestern Medicine is opening an immediate care center Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 6155 Grand Ave., in Gurnee.
Patient services will include family and sports medicine, allergy and immunology, radiology and immediate care. There also will be a lab on-site.
Family medicine physicians can diagnosis and treat everything from a common cold to chronic illnesses in addition to routine screenings, annual checkups and other preventive services, according to a Northwestern news release.
Care is provided by physicians who are part of Northwestern Medical Group and serve on the medical staff of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and/or Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital.
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