Faces of Sanford Health Archives - Sanford Health News

Dr. Bruce Gardner, who invented the Safety Foley Urinary Catheter.

Doctor’s invention aims to reduce injuries from catheters

Quick-release catheter would improve safety for hospital patients

Carson Walker ⋅ 8 min read

A Good Samaritan Society resident gets loaded into an ambulance.

Greg Santa Maria: ‘Emergency management defines me’

Jared Leighton ⋅ 18 min read

Sanford Health Dr. Michael Sand with his sleep apnea brace.

Sleep apnea brace offers comfortable alternate to CPAP mask

Carson Walker ⋅ 4 min read

Dave Rowe sitting at a table facing Dale Drew on the opposite end

Vietnam DJ serves up music and memories at Sanford Vets Club

Mick Garry ⋅ 9 min read

Innovation: Tim Miller with one of his movable monitor stands that was made from a discarded IV pole.

Sanford Health technician is go-to innovator

Carson Walker ⋅ 10 min read

Gene Hoyme sits with his arm on a table smiling at an off-camera interviewer

Pediatric geneticist Gene Hoyme’s influence spans globe

S.D. native helped Sanford in pediatrics, research, Imagenetics, World Clinic

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 28 min read

Ethan Erickson sits in a wheelchair petting a fish.

Cancer patient, 12, gets one last fishing trip — at hospital

Sanford Health and state agency quickly pulled off surprise for boy & family

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 19 min read

Carol Cressman sitting at a table and smiling

Carol Cressman: ‘Sanford Health believes in kids’

Pediatrics director appreciates her roles in Castle of Care, flight nursing

Jared Leighton ⋅ 11 min read

Denise Kaeslin, a breast cancer survivor and supporter of Sanford Health's survivorship program, stands in front of a cornfield ready to be harvested.

Taking cancer survivorship care to the next level, for all

Inclusive care for cancer survivors is part of $1.8 million CDC grant

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 14 min read

Theresa Larson: The root of nursing is serving

30-year RN now helps next generation of nurses as a leader and liaison

Jared Leighton ⋅ 10 min read

Jan Germundson stands next to Ashton Hanson, who received a kidney from Germundson, in his hospital room.

Hometown boy’s plight moves NICU nurse to donate kidney

Jan Germundson didn't know Ashton Hanson, but she felt called to help young teen

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 22 min read

Phil Samuelson stands arms crossed in front of the Good Samaritan Society National Campus pond

Philip Samuelson: ‘Making the care transition stronger’

As regional VP, he pulls campuses together to provide care across the lifespan

Jared Leighton ⋅ 10 min read

Three individuals in a operating room setting

Artificial intelligence may help spot cancer in image scans

Sanford Health radiologists developing AI solution for oncology

Carson Walker ⋅ 5 min read

Scientist L-J Pilaz wears a lab coat, seated at a lab bench at Sanford Research.

Brain researcher L-J Pilaz is ‘like a discovery junkie’

New addition to Sanford Research looks at neural stem cells' role in development

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 10 min read

Tracy Kaeslin smiles while talking to an off-camera interviewer

Sanford nursing leader draws on 20 years in Air Force

Tracy Kaeslin's supervised doctors, techs — and transformed a chapel into an ICU

Mick Garry ⋅ 7 min read

Kevin Lampe is steward of ‘a community gem’

Jared Leighton ⋅ 10 min read

Nate Schema: ‘Living out my faith at work’

Jared Leighton ⋅ 8 min read

Sanford Health’s history of service to patients, community

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 12 min read

Finding the path to Sanford Research

Angie Vognild ⋅ 5 min read

New Sanford Health: A conversation with Kelby Krabbenhoft

Jacqueline Palfy ⋅ 15 min read