Major gift and expansion for Norton Healthcare heart services
Today Norton Healthcare held a celebration to honor the Norton Heart & Vascular Institute team. During the event, local businessman G. Hunt Rounsavall, a long-standing member of the Norton Healthcare board of trustees and major […]
View more‘MedChat’ podcast episode 12 on DEA provider compliance and safeguards
Episode 12 of the “MedChat” podcast is provided in two parts to address provider compliance with guidelines of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), as well as other safeguards when prescribing controlled substances. Part One of […]
View moreAdvocating for cancer patients and helping them get quality care
For Deborah Pirtle, R.N., cancer is personal. Deborah lost her brother to head and neck cancer when he was only 50 years old. According to Deborah, that experience gave her a unique perspective, because it […]
View moreNorton Medical Group welcomes these new providers as of February 1, 2020
Shastine M. Sharp, M.D. Norton Community Medical Associates – Barret Medical degree: University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines Residency: Family medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Good Samaritan Hospital, Hershey, Pennsylvania Scott […]
View moreSave the date for the 2020 Behavioral Medicine Symposium
Providers looking to learn innovative therapies and best practices in the diagnosis and delivery of behavioral health services can plan to attend the 2020 Behavioral Medicine Symposium. Sessions will be Friday, June 19, 2020, from […]
View moreErle H. Austin III, M.D., reflects on Norton Children’s Heart Institute growth
By Erica Coghill The newly opened Jennifer Lawrence Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at Norton Children’s Hospital was made possible by gifts to the Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation and is specifically for cardiac patients. It […]
View moreFinding a path to medicine as a pediatric leukemia patient
Bradley Wilson’s journey to medical school started in the Norton Children’s Hospital emergency department when he was 13. Unable to walk, losing consciousness and with his skin grayish, Bradley was rushed by his parents to […]
View moreBehind the scenes of the Jennifer Lawrence Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
The Jennifer Lawrence Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at Norton Children’s Hospital started taking its first patients this month. The new unit is part of Norton Healthcare’s $78.3 million investment to renovate several areas of […]
View moreAdults born with heart defects need specialized care
As many as 1 million U.S. children and 1.4 million U.S. adults are living with congenital heart defects — abnormalities in the heart that are present at birth. Some defects are mild, and some so […]
View moreLouisville neurosurgeon named among ‘20 People to Know in Health Care’
David A. Sun, M.D., PhD., neurosurgeon and executive medical director of Norton Neuroscience Institute has been named among Louisville Business First’s 20 People to Know in Health Care. Dr. Sun, who also is the co-director […]
View moreSouthern Indiana firefighter ‘feels 100%’ after Ebstein anomaly cone procedure
Luke Coward, a Southern Indiana firefighter born with Ebstein anomaly of the tricuspid valve, never felt limited by the condition. From the time he was diagnosed at 18 months old, he maintained an active childhood […]
View moreFor D. Sean Stewart, M.D., career a journey of the heart
Sean Stewart, M.D., interventional cardiologist with Norton Heart & Vascular Institute, treats all his patients the way he would want someone to treat his family members. Especially his grandfather. Dr. Stewart, the son of a […]
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