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ences, interactions with healthcare providers were always positive. These experiences, spurred on by an affinity for science, led him to pursue a career in the medical field--specifically, to X-ray technology. “I really like science and technology and that’s what attracted me to X-ray,” Lunneborg says. “I enjoyed getting to use those technologies in school and beyond, the constant learning and using new technologies to better your practice.” Lunneborg earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Radiologic Technology from Presentation College in Aberdeen, South Dakota, in May 2017. The Wahpeton, North Dakota, native chose to attend Presentation because of its accredited bachelor’s degree program for technology; also, because the right-handed pitcher was able to secure a scholarship to play baseball for the Saints. After graduating and working in the X-ray field for a couple of years, however, he found that spending his days solely in that department wasn’t completely fulfilling to him. “Working in X-ray, you are with patients for such a short time and only involved in a small piece of diagnostics. I really wanted the rapport that’s established by being a provider and involved in treatment of a patient long-term,” he says. And so, ready to face another challenge, he enrolled in the University of South Dakota Physician Assistant Studies Program…
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BY ALEX STRAUSS
Living a Legacy on the Great Plains Svien Senne, DO
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VIEN SENNE, DO, has a special place in his heart for grandparents. Not only is the Vermillion native descended from a long line of prominent healthcare professionals in the region, but, as a Pulmonologist and Critical Care specialist at Prairie Lakes Healthcare
System, he’s also spent much of the last year-and-a-half trying to make it safe for others to spend time with their own aging relatives again. “I’m trying to navigate us through this pandemic so
that we can all hang out with our grandparents again,” says Dr. Senne. During the pandemic, Dr. Senne has been a key player in Prairie Lakes’ response, not only as it relates to the care of their own patients but also as a public health information leader for the region. “This is what our health system needed to be and I am proud of the way they have fulfilled that role,” says Senne. Senne himself has done multiple interviews with local media outlets to encourage masking, vaccination, and other safety practices. He’s also worked to arm primary care providers with information they need to help get their own patients vaccinated. “I challenge people when they cite misinformation,” he says. “And it can be hard to challenge your neighbors.”
A FAMILY HISTORY OF CARE AND CHALLENGE That willingness to both challenge and care for his neighbors is something Dr. Senne comes by naturally. Senne is a descendant of Dr. Eliza Goebel-Linboe, a woman who challenged both convention and a world full of naysayers to be one of the first female physicians on the Great Plains.
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Born in Norway in 1833, Dr. Senne's greatgreat-great-grandmother earned her medical degree at a Norwegian medical school. After her first husband died, she immigrated to Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota with her young son, Ottul Klaranus “O.K.” Linboe and set up what became a large and thriving medical practice. “She was quite a controversial figure at the time,” says Dr. Senne. “People sometimes called her a midwife but she was very proud of the fact that she had a medical degree.” She was also tough. Married three times, Eliza even miraculously survived being shot in Fargo in 1886 (possibly for being progressive in the women’s health field or possibly for being herself) and lived another 26 years. Following in his mother’s footsteps, O.K. Linboe graduated from Rush Medical College in Chicago and returned to his home area. He practiced and ran a tuberculosis sanatorium in Granite Falls, Minnesota. “Dr. O.K. Linboe was really the first pulmonologist in the family before there were specialists,” says Dr. Senne.
precautions and feeling like you are not winning most of the time.” “You don’t become a nurse or respiratory therapist or doctor to deal with something like this,” he adds. “No one signed up for this.” Dr. Senne says the pandemic presented three major challenges for him: The challenge of getting
THE PATH TO PULMONOLOGY & THE PANDEMIC
people to take care of themselves, the challenge
Although medicine was in his blood, pulmonology
own physical and mental health and that of his
was not Dr. Senne’s first career choice. He spent
young family.
of keeping spirits up among his colleagues at the hospital, and the challenge of taking care of his
time as an EMT prior to medical school (“That was
“It grinds on a person after a while,” he says.
a really hard way of making $12 an hour!,” he says.)
“You really have to watch out for that and make
and eventually settled on Critical Care.
sure you are tending to your own needs, too.”
“I have some ADHD and I get bored easily. Crit-
As the number of COVID-19 cases stabilizes
ical Care kept me engaged,” says Senne who earned
across the region, Senne says the next challenge
his medical degree at Lake Erie College of Osteo-
will be learning how to navigate a world in which
pathic Medicine. “But, the more I did it, the more
the virus is always present.
I realized it’s not exactly sustainable so that’s
“This is going to be endemic,” says Dr. Senne.
when I decided to combine it with pulmonology
“We are not going to get rid of it. Society has to
for a full breadth practice. This way, I get to see
determine how much death and debility can we
patients in the hospital, do floor consults, and do
tolerate? What is the risk/benefit ratio here and
procedures.”
what is the end game? I can’t answer that. I’m tasked
Dr. Senne completed his residency training in
to save every life I can. But I hope we can get to a
internal medicine and a fellowship in pulmonary
spot where we can be smart about this and do every-
and critical care medicine at the University of
thing we can to keep people from getting sick.”
Nebraska Medical Center. He moved to Watertown
After months of stress, anxiety, and worry,
and joined Prairie Lakes in 2019 . . . just in time to
Senne hopes that COVID-19 will soon recede into
help lead the medical community through one of
the background of the wider picture of modern
its darkest periods.
healthcare and he will get back to what he loves
“This has been very trying,” says Dr. Senne. “We have had lots of sick people, lots of ups and downs, lots of trying to convince people to take appropriate
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most: taking care of patients. “I look forward to a long and boring career after this,” he laughs. ❖
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MESSAGE BANKING GIVES PATIENTS A VOICE WHEN THEY NO LONGER HAVE THEIR OWN BY ALEX STRAUSS
O
NE OF THE MOST devas-
have access to some of these more
to lose their voice, such as multiple
tating side effects of the
personalized phrases, even when
sclerosis or progressive apraxia of
progressive neuromuscular
they can’t talk.”
speech. Regardless of the underlying
disease amyotrophic lateral
Vermeer helps patients decide
medical condition, Vermeer says
sclerosis (ALS) is its impact on
upon and record their messages
early referral to LifeScape is key–
patients’ ability to communicate.
using a high definition voice
ideally within the first few months
As muscle tension in the vocal
recorder. These are downloaded
after diagnosis.
folds increases, the voice may
into a computer program
“For some patients, it’s
become raspy and strained. Even-
and transferred to the
hard to come to grips with
tually, patients lose their ability to
client’s preferred device.
the diagnosis so quickly.
speak altogether.
These phrases can then
Many are still in denial,”
replace the device’s default
says
computerized voice.
encourage them to be
But this no longer has to mean that their voice can never be heard.
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Vermeer.
“But
I
Through a process called message
“I just saw a patient
proactive rather than
banking at LifeScape, patients can
whose phrase was ‘It’s
reactive. Message banking
record key words and phrases while
tornado weather!’,” says
allows them to communi-
they still have their voice. The
Vermeer. “Another person
recordings become part of an aug-
wanted to record ‘Good morning,
things that we tend to take for
mentative communication device so
beautiful!’ to say to his wife. Another
granted. They don’t have to be so
that that client can use them when
person doesn’t like strawberries and
dependent on people guessing what
they cannot speak for themselves.
wanted to be able to say that. It can
they want.”
cate some of the everyday
“We record things like messages
be whatever things the patient antic-
Vermeer hopes to take the pro-
they want to save, jokes, key phrases,
ipates wanting to be able to say in
cess a step further with voice
and laughter,” says LifeScape Speech
their own voice.”
banking in the near future. With
Language Pathologist Carrie Ver-
During her first year of offering
voice banking, the computer uses
meer, MD, CCC-SLP, who has special
message banking, most of Vermeer’s
recorded messages to synthesize
expertise in augmentative commu-
patients have been people with ALS.
an electronic voice that is close to
nication devices and message
But the process is the same for any
the sound of the patient’s original
banking. “This allows patients to still
condition that could cause a patient
voice. ❖
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TINA DILLON, LABOR AND DELIVERY MANAGER MONUMENT HEALTH RAPID CITY HOSPITAL
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ONUMENT HEALTH Rapid City Hospital had its first donation of birth tissue in September as part of a new program with Dakota Lions Sight and Health.
DLSH can now coordinate the donation and collection of amniotic membranes and umbilical cords from consenting mother's having a planned Caesarean section at RCH. Grafts made from birth tissue have anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory properties and have a wide range of medical uses. MED spoke with Labor & Delivery manager Tina Dillon for insight into the hospital's involvement in the birth tissue donation program.
MED: How did that first donation go? Is there a lot that hospital staff has to do? TD: The first one went really well. DLSH does a great job of getting everything set up ahead of time. It is a very seamless process from our point of view. As soon as the baby is born and the placenta is delivered, it goes directly into the placenta basin and we hand that off to the technician in a sterile manner. They take care of the rest. Everyone involved with the delivery is aware ahead of time that this is going to happen, so there is not a big impact to our workflow at all.
MED: How and where does the donation process start? Is the hospital involved in that? TD: The conversation starts in the physician's office well before delivery. Patients and physicians can discuss it if they know they are going to be doing a C-section. The office collects information from the patient and sends it to DLSH. DLSH stays in contact with the patient and with us at the hospital and they just show up the morning of the C-section to do the collection. If, for some reason, the placenta has to be kept for cultures or tests, they simply don't take it.
MED: We have heard that a single donation can produce enough tissue to help 20 to 40 people. How many donations do you expect to come from RCH? MED: What prompted RCH to sign on to the birth tissue donation program?
TD: We do about 40 C-sections a month but only
TD: The first time I heard about the many uses for
we anticipate being able to collect around 10 per
birth tissue was when Marcy Dimond of Dakota Lions
month. We do not typically get to talk with the
Sight and Health came and met with us in August. It
patients ahead of time, but the one patient I know of
was new information for me, but the minute that we
was very happy and excited to be involved. I think
heard about it, we were thrilled to be a part of using
the more people understand how important and
this tissue that would normally be discarded to help
valuable this is, the more they are going to be willing
so many people. Research is not new to Monument.
to do it. There is no negative impact for mother or
Our team is very accepting of doing new things like
baby. It really is a win-win for everyone. ❖
about 20 of those are scheduled ahead of time. So
this because they see the value. The day our staff met with Marcy was the day of our first donation.
❱ Learn more about the many uses of birth tissue collected by Dakota Lions Sight and Health on our website.
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Avera held its 16th Quality Congress in Sioux Falls in August where four Avera employees received Avera Caring Spirit Awards. Carrie Heine, an RN in the ICU at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, received the Avera Caring Spirit Award in the Compassion category. Jessica Macedo, Laundry Aide at Hegg Health Center Avera in Rock Valley, Iowa, received the Avera Caring Spirit Award in the Hospitality category. Avera Caring Spirit Awards in the Stewardship category went to Sara Henderson, VP of Supply Chain for Avera Health, and Mike Black, Assistant VP, Clinical Laboratories, Avera McKennan. Avera is moving to a $17 per hour system-wide minimum pay rate. The $50+ million investment also includes appreciation gifts, pay increases of at least $2 per hour for current employees, on-call pay increases, cash payments for employee referrals, cost reductions and no premium increase for health insurance, 40 hours of paid time off front-loaded for new hires, and a new employee discount program.
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Avera Health is requiring all of its physicians, employees, and volunteers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 1. This policy also applies to students rotating in Avera facilities, contract workers, and vendors. Employees who receive a medical or religious exemption will be required to wear appropriate personal protective equipment and comply with regular COVID-19 testing and other preventive measures.
Stephanie Lahr, MD, Chief Information Officer and Chief Medical Information Officer, was among the inaugural winners of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s HIMSS Changemaker in Health Award in 2021. The award recognizes active leadership, efforts to create transformational changes and ongoing commitment to improve health and healthcare through the power of information and technology. Monument Health has announced plans to build an urgent care clinic in Box Elder, one of the fastest growing cities in South Dakota. In the 2020 Census, Box Elder’s population was 11,764, up nearly 50 percent from the 2010 Census. The new clinic, which will also provide family medicine and primary care services, will be built on two acres near the planned Liberty Plaza mixed use development. It will be Monument Health’s third free-standing urgent care clinic in the area.
Monument Health is requiring all physicians and caregivers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 1. Monument Health joins more than 170 other healthcare systems across the country, including Sanford Health and Avera Health, requiring full vaccination. Among Monument Health’s hospitalized COVID-19 patients, approximately 82 percent are unvaccinated. Among those receiving ICU-level care, 91 percent are unvaccinated.
Three Monument Health caregivers developed a webinar for the South Dakota Fall Prevention Coalition's Fall Prevention Awareness Week in September. Laura Holland, CNA, Patient Care Champion Supervisor, Christina Zweber, MSN, RN, Clinical Nurse Manager, and Dusty Magelky, DPT, Supervisor of Rehabilitation Services presented Monument Health’s fall prevention initiatives and innovative approaches using collaboration, data and evidence-based practices.
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IRONY SADE Irony Sade, MD, received a Preceptor of the Year award from the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Clinical Affairs Department. ICOM’s third-year students on clinical rotations nominate and select one award recipient at each of the school’s core sites. Dr. Sade was unanimously voted Rapid City Hospital’s Preceptor of the Year by his students. Monument Health has raised its minimum starting wage to $15.50 an hour. This pay increase impacts more than 50 job roles, and more than 360 caregivers. Monument Health also approved higher earnings through a supplemental pay differential for certain caregivers who have picked up additional shifts during the pandemic. Monument Health said it might extend the eight-week program depending on patient volumes. Monument Health Rapid City Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Silver Get With The Guidelines– Stroke Quality Achievement Award for 2020. Recipient hospitals have reached an aggressive goal of treating patients with 85 percent or higher compliance to core standard levels of care as outlined by the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association for one calendar year.
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SANFORD Sanford Health has been recognized by Forbes as the Best Employer in both South Dakota and North Dakota. Forbes partnered with Statista, a market research company, to survey 80,000 Americans who work at businesses with at least 500 employees. Respondents were asked to rate their employers on a variety of criteria, including safety of work environment, competitiveness of compensation, and opportunities for advancement. The full list of best employers in each state can be found on the Forbes website. Sanford Health has announced an additional $350 million philanthropic gift to facilitate the creation of its new virtual care center to support telemedicine services in rural areas. The additional investment follows a $300 million initiative announced in March that included a significant expansion of graduate medical education and an investment in community health and wellness with 18 new sports fields at the Sanford Sports Complex. Sanford Heart Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Gold Get With The Guidelines– Heart Failure Quality Achievement Award. Each year, program participants apply for the award by demonstrating how their organization has committed to providing quality care for heart failure patients to help them manage their heart failure once at home.
The Pioneer Memorial Laboratory team (L-R): Kalsey Larsen, Beth Towne, Allison Carithers, MaryJo Strehlo, and Tracy Roth (Director).
The South Dakota Health Department recently cited no deficiencies at Pioneer Memorial Hospital and Health Services’ Laboratory. The state evaluates labs for compliance with quality and safety standards as well as compliance with the regulations of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). A comprehensive menu of clinical laboratory testing includes all areas of Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, and Microbiology.
STACEY SORLIEN Stacey Sorlien is the new Public Relations and Marketing Manager at Pioneer Memorial Hospital & Health Services. Prior to joining Pioneer Memorial, Sorlien was the Director of Programs and Communication for the South Dakota Pork Producers Council for the past 13 ½ years. One of Sorlien's goals in her new position is to increase awareness of hospital services among residents of Viborg and surrounding communities. U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals for 2021-2022 ranked Sanford Medical Center Fargo the No. 1 hospital in North Dakota and Sanford USD Medical Center the No. 1 hospital in South Dakota. Sanford USD Medical Center received high-performing rankings in three adult specialty areas, including gastroenterology and gastroenterology surgery, orthopedics, and pulmonology & lung surgery. Sanford USD Medical Center is also rated high-performing in 14 procedures and conditions. Sanford Heart Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Gold Get With The Guidelines–Heart Failure Quality Achievement Award. Each year, program participants apply for the award by demonstrating how their organization has committed to providing quality care for heart failure patients to help them manage their heart failure once at home.
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Sanford USD Medical Center has passed the Anticoagulation Forum’s assessment test and may now be considered an “Anticoagulation Center of Excellence.” The Anticoagulation Centers of Excellence program helps healthcare professionals provide the highest level of care and achieve the best possible outcomes for patients on antithrombotic medications. Sanford can hold the Center of Excellence designation for 3 years.
SIOUXLAND STEPHEN PALLONE Family physician Stephen Pallone, MD, has joined UnityPoint Clinic Family Medicine – Sunnybrook. Pallone earned his medical degree at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Before joining UnityPoint Clinic, Dr. Pallone was Family Medicine faculty at Siouxland Medical Education Foundation. He is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine, as well as American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology-Psychiatry.
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COREY SNIDER UnityPoint Health–St. Luke’s has received three performance achievement awards for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks. The awards include the 2021 Mission: Lifeline Gold – NSTEMI, 2021 Get with the Guidelines–Heart Failure Gold Plus with Honor Roll and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll, and the 2021 Chest Pain – MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement award.
KARI WINKLEPLECK Kari Winklepleck is the new president of the foundation at UnityPoint Health – Sioux City. Winklepleck will oversee the operations of the foundation and the Children’s Miracle Network at UnityPoint Health–St. Luke’s. Winklepleck holds a Master of Science in Nonprofit Management & Philanthropy from Bay Path University, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Corporate Communications from Morningside University. She has eighteen years of experience in fundraising.
Corey Snider is the new chief operating officer at UnityPoint Health–Sioux City. Snider will oversee hospital operations, providing leadership and strategic direction to the organization. Snider holds a Master of Healthcare Administration, as well as a BS in Health Administration, from Indiana University. His in-depth knowledge of the operations, combined with his expertise in hospital operations, physician alignment, and strategic planning, will serve the organization well in building on the region’s growth, access, and quality initiatives.
The Siouxland Miracle Riders raised $42,000 in September for NICU patients at UnityPoint Health–St. Luke's in September. The funds were raised through the Siouxland Community Foundation’s Siouxland Riders for Kids Fund to benefit the UnityPoint Health–St. Luke’s Children’s Miracle Network. This year, the funds raised by the Miracle Riders will go toward the purchase of NicView monitors for the NICU at St. Luke's. The cameras offer 24/7 video streaming for families with newborns in the NICU.
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A third Ronald McDonald Family Kitchen has opened at UnityPoint Health–St. Luke’sLabor and Delivery department. The first Kitchen opened just outside the NICU in 2006. In 2019, the second Ronald McDonald Family Kitchen opened in UnityPoint Health–St. Luke’s Pediatric Department. This third kitchen on the second floor will serve the families in the antepartum area waiting to welcome their new additions. It was made possible with funding from Siouxland OBGYN and CF Industries. MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center has opened a Geriatric Behavioral Health Care unit. While adult behavioral services have long been offered at MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center, an inpatient geriatric behavioral health care unit has been previously unavailable in the Siouxland area. The MercyOne Siouxland Geriatric Behavioral Health Care unit is the only inpatient geropsychiatric unit in Western Iowa.
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MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center has again been recognized by the American Heart Association with its highest honors for heart care including the Gold Plus Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure Quality Achievement Award, the Gold Plus Mission: Lifeline STEMI Receiving Quality Achievement Award, and the Gold Mission: Lifeline NSTEMI Quality Achievement Award. In addition, MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center received recognition from U.S. News & World Report as a high performing medical center for heart attack, heart failure and kidney failure care.
MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center has been ranked as the most racially inclusive hospital in Iowa. The 2021 Lown Institute Hospitals Index racial inclusivity metric measures how well more than 3,200 U.S. hospitals serve people of color in their surrounding community.T o create the rankings, the Institute assessed how well the demographics of a hospital’s Medicare patients matched the demographics of the hospital’s surrounding communities. Data is based on Medicare claims from 2018 and the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey from 2018.
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The physicians of Tri-State Specialists, LLP, in Sioux City will join CNOS, PC, of Dakota Dunes starting in January. The alignment will integrate the operations and services of both organizations and will bring new specialties to CNOS. CNOS recently welcomed three new physicians:
MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center recently unveiled its newly-renovated wound center and additional hyperbaric oxygen chamber. MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center has the only advanced wound care center in the region and is also the only area hospital to offer hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the most serious wounds. MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center’s updated wound center also included improvements to the waiting area and additional privacy for patients, changing areas and privacy doors.
JOSH LOCKER Dr. Josh Locker earned his Bachelor's degree at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, and his medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City. Dr. Locker completed his Orthopaedic Surgery
Residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He completed his Sports Medicine Fellowship at the University of Missouri Kansas City in Leawood, Kansas. Dr. Locker is licensed in Iowa, South Dakota, and is board eligible with the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
ELIJAH MILLER Dr. Elijah Miller grew up in Holstein, Iowa and earned his medical degree from Lincoln Memorial University–DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harrogate, Tennessee. He completed his Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at
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Kansas City University in Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Miller is licensed in Iowa and is Board Eligible in Orthopaedic Surgery. He specializes in joint replacement, sports medicine, and fracture care.
JUSTIN DEANS Dr. Justin Deans is originally from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and earned his medical degree at the Touro University Nevada in Henderson, Nevada. Dr. Deans completed his Orthopaedic Surgery Internship at Larkin Community Hospital in Florida, and his residency at Doctors Medical Center in California. He completed his
Adult Reconstruction Fellowship at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. Dr. Deans is licensed in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota and is board-eligible with the American Osteopathic Board of Orthopedic Surgery.
CNOS physician Dr. Steven Meyer finally got to formally accept the Humanitarian Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Dr. Meyer initially received the award in 2020 but the annual conference was cancelled. Dr. Meyer won the award for his work helping children in Tanzania. He attended a formal presentation and spoke at this year's annual conference in San Diego in August.
INDEPENDENTS LANCE DOEDEN Dr. Lance Doeden has joined the Interventional Pain Department at Rapid City Medical Center. Dr. Doeden grew up in Fargo and received his undergraduate degree at North Dakota State University. He went to medical school at the University of North Dakota and did his residency and fellowship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Double board-certified in anesthesiology and interventional pain, Dr. Doeden says his biggest hope for his patients is to improve pain, function, and quality of life without medication.
SPENCER STEFFEN Family physician Spencer Steffen, MD, has joined Rapid City Medical Center’s Westside Family Clinic. Dr. Steffen grew up on a horse property in Crofton, Nebraska. He earned his MD at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine and completed his family medicine residency in Lincoln, Nebraska. Dr. Steffen is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, a member of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, the Catholic Medical Association, and the Wilderness Medical Society.
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Yankton Medical Clinic, PC, Ambulatory Surgery Center has been accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Ambulatory healthcare organizations seeking AAAHC accreditation undergo an extensive selfassessment and onsite survey by AAAHC surveyors. More than 6,100 ambulatory healthcare organizations across the United States are currently accredited by AAAHC.
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ANGELA JERE Brenda Rueb has been named the chief operating officer and Angela Jere as the chief financial officer at Yankton Medical Clinic, PC. Brenda Rueb most recently served as the director of external operations at YMC. She holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of South Dakota. Angela Jere received a BS in Business Administration and a Master of Professional Accountancy from USD and is a certified public accountant.
Brett Mathers, DO, has joined the Huron Regional Medical Center staff as both an inpatient and outpatient internal medicine specialist. Dr. Mathers earned his DO at Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine in and completed his internal medicine residency at Canyon Vista Medical Center. He also completed an MA in Biomedical Science from Midwestern University and is a former professional chef. Dr. Mathers will see patients at the Tschetter & Hohm Clinic, which is owned by HRMC.
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HRMC's new MRI scanner being installed in October
HRMC is the first facility in the region to offer a fast, helium-free digital broadband MRI scanner with a larger bore to accommodate patients of varying size, age and physical condition. The newly-installed Philips Ingenia AmbitionX 1.5T has a 70 cm bore which is more open and less confining than older 60 cm MRI systems. The revolutionary system delivers superb image resolution and 50% faster exams.
Dermatology care is now available in the HRMC Specialty Clinic. Jeffrey Smith, MD, a board-certified dermatologist, began seeing patients in Huron in September. A graduate of the Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Dr. Smith completed his residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. For the past five years, he’s worked at Prairie Lakes Dermatology Clinic in Watertown. Dr. Smith and physician assistant Abby Gietzen will alternate seeing patients in the HRMC Specialty Clinic on the fourth Monday of each month.
TATIANA LOPEZ Huron native Tatiana Lopez, RN, has been promoted to director of the medical/ surgical/ICU units at HRMC. Prior to joining HRMC last November as an emergency room nurse, Lopez worked as a nurse at the St. Cloud Hospital in Minnesota. She earned her LPN and Associate of Science Degree in Nursing from St. Cloud Technical and Community College. In her new role, she plans, organizes, directs, coordinates and evaluates the activities of medical, surgical and ICU nursing services at HRMC.
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Ann Van Winkle and Lanah Reimer, mammography technicians, at the control panel in HRMC’s new 3D mammography suite.
3D mammography is now available at Huron Regional Medical Center. HRMC’s new GE Senographe Pristina also includes a 3D biopsy platform. Within 15 minutes, the technologist can have the biopsy platform set up so a physician can locate the area of concern and perform the biopsy right in the mammography suite. Haley Coss has joined HRMC as director of Pro Rehab. Prior to joining HRMC, Coss was the Northeast Regional Manager for Horizon Health Care in Huron and Aberdeen. She is currently working on an MBA in Healthcare Administration from American Military University. Prior to working in healthcare, Coss spent 12 years as a Human Intelligence Collector for the Federal Government.
ALEX LUNNEBORG Family medicine physician assistant Alex Lunneborg has joined Vermillion Medical Clinic. Lunneborg earned his BS in Radiologic Technology from Presentation College in Aberdeen, South Dakota and his MS in physician assistant studies at the University of South Dakota. During his time at USD, Lunneborg completed some of his required rotations at the Vermillion Medical Clinic as a student. He will work some daytime hours at the clinic as well as some Convenient Care hours.
SARA JORGENSON Sara Jorgenson, Wound Care Nurse with Prairie Lakes Wound Care in Watertown, successfully passed a Wound Care Specialist examination. As a Wound Care Specialist, Jorgenson has a master level of knowledge in wound care and management. Jorgenson is a key resource for other providers helping patients manage and heal wounds. As a Wound Care Specialist, Jorgenson is responsible to stay up-to-date on latest practices. She is a source of information for various disciplines and organizations to promote the best possible outcomes for patients needing wound care.
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TYLER TURBAK Tyler Turbak, Doctor of Physical Therapy with Prairie Lakes Rehabilitation Services, completed a certification as a Clinical Specialist in Orthopedic Physical Therapy. After completing the certification exam, Turbak also attended an expert clinic on Personalized Blood Flow Restriction Rehabilitation (P-BFR) this summer. P-BFR is ideal for an individual who is unable to tolerate the recommended amount of resistance or duration of exercise that is required to progress through rehabilitation.
Omaha Children’s Hospital & Medical Center celebrated the opening of its new Hubbard Center for Children in August. The nine-story Hubbard Center for Children nearly doubles Children’s physical capacity, creating space for expanded programs and enhanced services to improve pediatric healthcare. It will be home to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Fetal Care Center, Cardiac Care Unit, and Hematology/Oncology Unit. It offers enhanced surgical space, expanded Radiology and Emergency Departments and a new rooftop helipad. The project ended on time and on budget, costing $410 million.
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The Child Health Research Institute (CHRI), a collaboration between University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, has announced that Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD, will serve as CHRI’s executive director and Vice President of Research at Children’s. Dr. Anderson Berry has served as CHRI’s interim executive director since September 2019 and is also the Division Chief of Neonatology at Children’s and a professor of Neonatology in the Department of Pediatrics at UNMC.
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