SwedishAmerican Welcomes New Interventional Cardiologist, Mazen Hadid, MD SwedishAmerican, a division of UW Health is pleased to introduce its new interventional cardiologist, Mazen Hadid, MD. Dr. Hadid is board certified in cardiovascular medicine and is board eligible in interventional cardiology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and has a special interest in coronary intervention, cardiogenic shock, … Read More
SwedishAmerican Welcomes Andrea Mehlbaum, APN
Rockford Vascular Surgery at SwedishAmerican is pleased to welcome Andrea Mehlbaum, APN. As an advanced practice nurse, Andrea will partner with Rockford Vascular providers to enhance vascular services in both the clinic and hospital setting. Andrea received a bachelor of science in nursing from Winona State University and recently completed a master of science degree in nursing from Concordia University … Read More
SwedishAmerican Health System, Aunt Martha’s Launches Hospital-based, Integrated Care Partnership
SwedishAmerican Health System, Aunt Martha’s Launches Hospital-based, Integrated Care Partnership Collaboration aims to address gap between access and availability of primary care, mental health services, and obstetrics care Rockford, IL – August 2, 2017: Aunt Martha’s Health & Wellness, one of Illinois’ largest community health centers and most experienced providers of integrated mental health and primary care services, … Read More
Beloit Health System and Stateline Family YMCA Partner
Beloit Health System and Stateline Family YMCA Partner to Create Sports Medicine Facility Beloit Health System (BHS) is proud to announce the creation of Beloit Health System Sports Medicine YMCA, a sports medicine and physical therapy facility to be located within the new Stateline Family YMCA Ironworks branch on 3rd street in Beloit. Creation of the Sports Medicine facility at … Read More
Foundation Pro-Am Prepares for 32 Years of Swinging Success
Foundation Pro-Am Prepares for 32 Years of Swinging Success Beloit Health System’s 32nd Foundation Pro-Am fundraising event is scheduled for Monday, July 31st at the Beloit Club. This year’s proceeds will help fund the most advanced cardiovascular services and cardiac care made possible through the construction of the new Hendricks Family Heart Hospital opened this June. One of the many … Read More
Blackhawk Bank Promotes Rivord To Teller Supervisor For New Banking Center
Laura Rivord has been promoted to the position of Teller Supervisor for Blackhawk Bank’s new full-service banking center in Janesville, which is slated to open later this year. Rivord joined Blackhawk Bank 5 years ago and has advanced through positions of greater responsibility in the Personal Banking Division, where she has played a key role in delivering high quality client service. Laura’s … Read More
SwedishAmerican Awards 15 Scholarships to Associates’ Children
SwedishAmerican Awards 15 Scholarships to Associates’ Children As college tuition costs continue to rise, the good news is that SwedishAmerican is here to ease some of the burden through our Associates’ Children Scholarship Program, which recently provided 15 one-year $1,000 scholarships to children of SwedishAmerican associates. To be considered for the scholarship, each applicant submitted an application, written essay, … Read More
SM&SF Club Events to Raise Money for SwedishAmerican Regional Cancer Center
This weekend, the SM&SF Club Park (7625 Kishwaukee Road) is hosting a Steak Fry and Kick-In for Cancer event to raise money for local area hospitals and hospice centers, including the SwedishAmerican Regional Cancer Center. This family-friendly event, supported by the SwedishAmerican Foundation, will take place over two days, Saturday, July 15 and Sunday, July 16. Event details are listed … Read More
SwedishAmerican Installs Pharmaceutical Waste Management System to Reduce Groundwater Contamination & Drug Diversion
SwedishAmerican is pleased to announce it is one of the first hospitals in Illinois to install the CsRx Full Service by Stericycle, a waste stream management system to help keep controlled substance pharmaceutical waste from entering public water supplies and from getting into the wrong hands by properly segregating and disposing it. SwedishAmerican is the only hospital in Rockford to … Read More
SwedishAmerican Holds Trauma Disaster Drill to Train Employees
SwedishAmerican Holds Trauma Disaster Drill to Train Employees SwedishAmerican Hospital conducted a construction site collapse trauma disaster drill exercise in the Emergency Department on Friday, July 7. The scenario was based on a large 6-story old factory that collapsed during a construction restoration project in downtown Rockford. Multiple workers were struck by debris, fell from a significant height or … Read More