Faces of Sanford Health Archives - Sanford Health News

Clinical educator volunteers to help in tough spots

Specialist traveled cross-country to respond to COVID-19 community outbreaks

Mick Garry ⋅ 7 min read

Elise Citrowske, in telephone headset, smiles at her desk.

Connection Center keeps families updated during pandemic

Erin Mairose ⋅ 4 min read

Three workers in harinets and face masks load trays for meal delivery

Dietary teams at Good Samaritan Society adapt during COVID

Aubrey Gilbert ⋅ 5 min read

Luke Simmons, standing in full PPE and his work uniform, poses with his dad Jerry (seated and in face mask).

Father and son connect at Good Samaritan Sioux Falls Village

Aubrey Gilbert ⋅ 6 min read

Father and daughter doctors and OB/GYNs pose in scrubs in a Sanford Health hospital room.

Father, daughter share a career in medicine with Sanford

Mick Garry ⋅ 7 min read

Sanford employees step up as medical interpreters

Bilingual health workers filled a community need as COVID-19 hit Worthington

Simon Floss ⋅ 7 min read

High school students suit up in PPE to watch a simulated surgery, while medical personnel explain their roles during a Sanford MedX class

Sanford MedX gives teens close look at hospital roles

Program introduces the wide variety of jobs available in health care field

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 15 min read

COVID-19 patient in a wheelchair leaves hospital with nurses in full PPE

Bismarck man shares COVID journey after 29-day hospital stay

Ken Sambor reunited with two nurses and raised $3K for COVID-19 response fund

Jon Berg ⋅ 5 min read

stent graft

Collaboration helps Sanford Health test new technology

NYU, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins and other systems help trial aortic stent graft

Carson Walker ⋅ 13 min read

Social distancing and senior care during COVID-19: Joan Coleman shows her iPad screen to her family outside her window. Birthday balloons and banners decorate her room.

Care, birthday party go ‘above and beyond’ at SF Village

Family faces physical distance but social closeness during pandemic

Courtney Collen ⋅ 5 min read

Sanford oncologist helps ease patient worry during pandemic

When navigating a patient's cancer journey, Dr. Nurkic "treats them like family"

Simon Floss ⋅ 5 min read

A man's hands hold a tablet in this illustration for a telemedicine story

Director of 10 clinics driven to improve care for patients

Reaching out to patients helped lift video visits, depression care in pandemic

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 13 min read

A woman plays guitar for a young patient at Sanford Medical Center Fargo for music therapy

Music therapy a calling for Sanford Health’s Anna Mitchell

Combining talent and caregiving, 'private concerts' offer patients moments of calm

Mick Garry ⋅ 9 min read

A portrait of Brett Wigglesworth

F-M Ambulance leader wins national achievement award

Brett Wigglesworth's commitment to patients earns him Star of Life Award

Simon Floss ⋅ 6 min read

A nurse with a mask sits outside in a chair facing an interviewer in another chair

Good Samaritan Society caregivers: ‘Everything has changed’

Staff at Sioux Falls Village love residents and hurt for their families

Courtney Collen ⋅ 6 min read

From the front lines: Health care hero Molly DeSpiegler, RN

Simon Floss ⋅ 7 min read

Taking cancer survivorship care to the next level, for all

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 14 min read

Tracing memories in Sanford Health’s 125-year mission

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 17 min read

Sanford Health’s history of service to patients, community

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 12 min read

SPUR program exceeds student’s expectations

Angie Vognild ⋅ 5 min read