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A journey from tiny college in Missouri to large research team in SD

Variety of experiences helped her find her research specialty

Future researcher and doctor finds lab close to home

After her mission trip to Ecuador, Sanford Health employee hopes to return with a team of medical professionals.

Her advice to new nurses: "Treat every patient just like you would treat your grandmother or someone else you are close to.”

This story begins with the call many of us can relate to. An elderly mother has not been seen or heard from in a couple days. Fearing the worst, a friend contacts her son and he tells the police to break in the door. They find an 86 year old woman on the floor of […]

"My kids and I have watched it quite a bit and they have always said I should go on the show."

Letter from one of her care givers provided inspiration. "I get to see patients over and over again and establish that connection."

“Rather than living in a bubble in one facility, you see the world is a much bigger place."

Walter Frank, M.D., was a pioneer of cardiology at Sanford Health in Bismarck, North Dakota. He joined what was then Bismarck Hospital in 1979 and over the next 34 years helped establish the first modern catheterization lab as well as nuclear cardiology, cardiac rehabilitation and other lifesaving heart programs. “It was a lot of work, […]