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Mad Ants and Komets scoring points when it matters most WHAT: Fort Wayne Mad Ants and Fort Wayne Komets players, coaches, the Madame Ant Dancers and the Mad Ant mascot will bring gifts and cheer to patients at Lutheran Children's Hospital on consecutive days WHEN: 3 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 21 Mad Ants 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 22 Komets WHERE: Both visits will begin in Lutheran's South Lobby, located between Medical Office Building Two, 7910 W. Jefferson Blvd., and Medical Office Building One WHY: Being hos ... Read More

New procedure available for first time in northern Indiana Fort Wayne, Ind. (Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016) - The Lutheran Weight Management Center now offers a simpler, nonsurgical way to help achieve and maintain significant weight loss using a dual intragastric balloon. The procedure involves inserting two connected balloons into the patient's stomach using an endoscope and filling the balloons with saline to reduce the capacity of the stomach. "This outpatient procedure marks the beginning of a lifestyle chan ... Read More

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016) - This Friday at 2 p.m., Christmas bags packed full of gifts will be generously given to Lutheran Children's Hospital from Christ's Starfish Foundation. In preparation for Santa's visit to Lutheran Children's Hospital on Christmas morning, the gift bags are being delivered a little early so every pediatric patient in the hospital on or near Christmas day will receive a gift bag. "We do what we do in obedience to our Lord's call on our lives to help these children ... Read More

Fort Wayne, Ind. - Easter Seals Arc of Northeast Indiana and Lutheran Health Network today celebrated the opening of an on-site Lutheran Medical Group clinic at Easter Seals Arc. The clinic is part of a partnership designed to provide individuals with disabilities the right health care, at the right time, and at the right place. "Having a Lutheran Medical Group clinic at our facility gives our consumers increased access to care they need, when they need it, in a place where they are comfortable," Donna Elb ... Read More

Lutheran Air III will be based in Knox Knox, Ind. (Dec. 14, 2016) - To further expand patient access to critical and specialty care, a third Lutheran Air helicopter is being added to Lutheran Hospital's critical care transport fleet. Beginning Thursday, the home base for Lutheran Air III will be Starke County Airport in Knox. The helicopter will go into service at 7:30 a.m. CST. The Lutheran Air III crew will be stationed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in a new 1,500-square-foot office and its adjoining h ... Read More

Lutheran Air III will be based in Knox Knox, Ind. (Dec. 14, 2016) - To further expand patient access to critical and specialty care, a third Lutheran Air helicopter is being added to Lutheran Hospital's critical care transport fleet. Beginning Thursday, the home base for Lutheran Air III will be Starke County Airport in Knox. The helicopter will go into service at 7:30 a.m. CST. The arrival of Lutheran Air III in northwestern Indiana will provide patients, hospitals and first responders in the region with ... Read More

Peru, Ind. (Dec. 13, 2016) - Dukes Memorial Hospital will be hosting a ribbon cutting event on Dec. 13, 2016, to celebrate the completion of a $3.5 million renovation and expansion project that added an additional 1,175 square feet to the emergency department. The 8,550 square foot project, which broke in February 2016, was done in three phases with the emergency room remaining open and fully functional during the renovation. The expanded space offers many amenities, including a larger reception area, tria ... Read More

Pies in the face await administrators and physicians who came up short Fort Wayne, Ind. (Friday, Dec. 9, 2016) - A sweet ending to Lutheran Hospital's annual food drive for Community Harvest Food Bank is bound to make associates smile and administrators flinch. Lutheran's co-chief medical officers Geoff Randolph, M.D., and Matthew Sutter, M.D., will receive whipped cream pies in the face Monday at 10 a.m. as part of a friendly competition among the different floors of the hospital and its leadership team. ... Read More

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Friday, Dec. 2, 2016) - Lutheran Health Network officials today announced that Aaron Garofola, MBA, was chosen to become Dupont Hospital's chief executive officer after serving as its interim CEO since August. Previously, Garofola was CEO for Lutheran Health Network's Bluffton Regional Medical Center since 2012. "Aaron possesses a contagious enthusiasm," said Todd Rumsey, M.D., chairman of the board, Dupont Hospital. "My confidence really grew while working with him in what amounted to an ... Read More

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Nov. 18, 2016) - Lutheran Health Physicians, an alliance of Lutheran Health Network-owned physician practices, has been recognized with the 2015 UnitedHealthcare PATH Excellence in Patient Service Award for its commitment to improving health outcomes for patients enrolled in UnitedHealthcare's Medicare Advantage plans. Each affiliated group helped LHP earn the award by achieving performance metrics in the UnitedHealthcare PATH Program and successfully addressing care opportunities when tr ... Read More