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Midwest Medical Edition Midwest Medical Edition PAGE 8 he South Dakota Medical community may not have the highest number of providers but it is one of the largest geographically. That can make it challenging to feel cohesive. For more than 12 years now, MED has helped healthcare professionals from one end of this wide region to the other stay informed, engaged, and connected to each other. In this issue, we are excited to to once again intro duce you to some colleagues and programs you may not yet know about, along with all of the latest news and information and upcoming fall events. Wherever you are in the region, we'd love to help spread the word about what you are up to. Send your news and announcements to news@midwestmedicaledition.com and we'll share them in this publication, on our website, in our region-specific digital newsletters, and across social media. It's what we do best! (So you can do what you do best.) Warmly, Steff & Alex CONTENTS FROM US TO YOU On the Cover T Inside THIS ISSUE VOLUME 13, NO. 6 ■ SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2022 2022 ADVERTISING DEADLINES ISSUE DUE JAN/FEB Dec 10 MARCH Feb 10 APRIL/MAY March 10 JUNE May 10 JULY/AUG June 10 SEP/OCT August 10 NOVEMBER Oct 10 DECEMBER Nov 10 CONTACT INFORMATION STEFFANIE LISTON-HOLTROP VP Sales & Marketing 605-366-1479 Steff@MidwestMedicalEdition.com ALEX STRAUSS Editor in Chief 605-759-3295 Alex@ MidwestMedicalEdition.com WEBSITE MidwestMedicalEdition.com MAILING ADDRESS PO Box 90646, Sioux Falls, SD 57109 Publisher / MED MAGAZINE, LLC Sioux Falls, South Dakota Vice President Sales & Marketing STEFFANIE LISTON-HOLTROP Editor in Chief / ALEX STRAUSS Staff Writer / KIM LEE Graphic Design / CORBO DESIGN Web Design / SAMPSON HOUSE Digital Media Director / ALYSSA MCGINNIS NEXT ISSUE Editorial contributions due October 5 Ads due October 10 PAGE 6 | This Month Online Orthopedic changes in Watertown, combating teen tobacco use in SD, area DAISY Awards, and upcoming fall events PAGE 10 | [Sponsored] Dr. Sundeep Alapati joins Sanford Health Head and neck surgical oncologist Sundeep Alapati, DO, performs some of the most complicated and complex operations in medicine PAGE 12 | NEWS & NOTES New providers, grants, and distinctions for area institutions PAGE 15 | USD School of Health Sciences Success Spotlight: Justin Thurman, PA PAGE 20 | [Sponsored] Dr. Chandler Kasuske Joins Siouxland Obstetrics & Gynecology, PC Homegrown Siouxland physician will join her mother in practice this fall. ■ By Kim Lee PAGE 22 | [Sponsored] Bone Marrow Transplants Available in Fargo ACCEPTEDCHALLENGE USD Stands Ready to Meet Growing Healthcare Workforce Demands ■ By Alex Strauss The University of South Dakota School of Health Sciences expands in Vermillion and consolidates in Sioux Falls with new buildings and programs to help meet SD's healthcare needs. 4 On the Cover: USD School of Health Sciences students representing nursing, dental hygiene, medical laboratory science, the health sciences major, occupational therapy, and physical therapy stand in front of the new School of Health Sciences building on USD’s Vermillion campus. Photo courtesy USD.
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ON AUGUST 1, Glacial Lakes Orthopaedics, an independent practice of three physicians in Watertown, became part of Prairie Lakes Healthcare System. PLHS says the move allows Prairie Lakes Orthope dics to offer a more complete orthopedic journey for patients from surgery to rehabilitation and“Ourbeyond.relationship with Glacial Lakes Orthopaedics dates back 20 years,” says PLHS Interim CEO Paul Macek. “Over the last year or so, we realized that the potential for providing a broader scope of orthopedic care to our service area would be enhanced by us working even closer together.”
There are operational advantages, as well. Glacial Lakes was already located onsite at Prairie Lakes. Macek says becoming one organiza tion increases their ability to work seamlessly with other providers, referral sources, and payers, as well as integrate the EHR systems, for greater efficiencies.“Thisgives us the opportu nity to collaborate with our rehabilitation departments, our strength and conditioning coach, and our athletic trainers we have in local schools,” says Laurie Fieber, MSN, RN, Interim Vice President of Clinical Services.. “It’s great to be able to put them all under one umbrella.”“Itisinteresting and posi tive that both the surgery group and Prairie Lakes had contemplated this move for some time,” says Macek. “This is a natural extension of our relationship.”
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“Team-based teaching and learning are foundational to the way we provide education here,” agrees School of Health Sciences Dean Haifa Abou Samra. “The framework we use is that graduates need to have two types of skills. They need tech skills specific to their profession. Nursing needs to have the skills to be a nurse, PT students need to have PT skills, etc.
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“Making these kinds of programs accessible to as many students as possible is critical because a large majority of students who graduate from a South Dakota university stay in South Dakota to work,” says Rave. Even out-of-state students, once they get a taste of South Dakota’s high quality of life, often decide to put down roots here. “Once they become an integral part of a smaller community, especially in the healthcare space, many of them stay there their whole lives,” says Rave.”I think it’s always better to have our graduates stay in state.”
South Dakota’s public universities are working hard to address the problem, as evidenced by new and accel erated nursing programs and facilities on both sides of the state. For its part, the University of South Dakota has recently expanded and transformed spaces for its School of Health Sciences pro grams in both Vermillion and Sioux Falls. Rave calls the moves “an important and exciting piece of the larger puzzle.”
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“Students in the USD School of Health Sciences and the Sanford School of Medicine learn, study and practice as coordinated teams.”
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“But there are also cross-func tional skills that all professions need. They are extremely important for the success of the graduate because they are related to patient safety and quality.”
Abou Samra points to the fact that 70 percent of medical errors occur because of a breakdown in communication within the medical team. Team-based training, she says, can help prevent that.
BUILT FOR THE FUTURE School of Health Sciences students hone their team-based skills in two primary buildings — the new, dedicated SHS building on the
“We continually look for ways to grow and change as the needs of our citizens change, especially in our rural communities,” says USD President Sheila K. Gestring of the recent expansions. Gestring says communities–both big and small–are increasingly rely ing on a collaborative, team-based approach to healthcare that is both highly patient-centered and tech nology-savvy. The new buildings and the programs they will house are designed to ensure that USD health sciences graduates can shine in both“USDareas.replicates modern hospi tal and clinic environments and teaches an interprofessional deliv ery of healthcare,” says Gestring.
W ELL BEFORE THE PANDEMIC triggered a mass exodus of healthcare workers, South Dakota’s clinics and hospitals were already suffering from major workforce shortages, especially of nurses. Now, it’s worse.“We range anywhere from 1200 to 1600 nurses short today to staff our facilities,” says Tim Rave, a member of the South Dakota Board of Regents and President & CEO of the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organi zations.”Workforce shortages are a problem in any profession, but in healthcare, if there is not someone there to take care of you when you are sick or injured, that’s a serious problem.”
And it is not just nurses. Physicians, physician assistants, physical and occupational therapists, social workers, public health experts, techs of all kinds, and support staff are all in shortRavesupply.says
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USD’s medical simulation centers in Vermillion and Sioux Falls will also see upgrades. The Nursing Center for Simulation and Inter professional Development, located in the Lee Medical Building, has recently been remodeled and expanded. There are also plans to expand and add a surgical suite and simulated ICU at The Parry Center for Clinical Skills and Simulation on the USD Sanford School of Med icine’s Sioux Falls campus, Future expansion of the Sioux Falls simulation center is just one of the things USD hopes to make possible by consolidating the health sciences programs in the new space.
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In addition to the baccalaureate in nursing and the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in Nurse Anesthesia, the USD-SF building will house the Master of Public Health, the Master of Social Work, and USD’s new CRNA program, as well as all Sioux Falls-based nursing classes and a nursing skills lab. The Center for the Prevention of Child Mal treatment and the Center for Rural Health Improvement will also share the“Thesebuilding.new spaces are transfor mative in nature,” says Abou Samra. “They will not only accom modate more students, but they will transform how we educate, allowing for even more collabora tion and even better technology. This is the future of healthcare.”
“We know that health is not only determined by biology, but also by environmental and psychosocial factors and students need to under stand all of these when they’re working with patients to produce the best outcomes,” says Abou Samra. ❖ BY ALEX STRAUSS
To that end, USD encourages all students to take part in service proj ects, such as the free Vermillion Community Clinic, a student-run clinic created this year in collabo ration with the Sanford School of Medicine and Sanford Health.
As important as it is to produce more healthcare workers for the state of South Dakota, Abou Samra says the School of Health Sciences is equally focused on making sure those workers will also be compas sionate caregivers and good citizens.“Weare constantly trying to find new ways to engage students in the communities so they will stay and practice,” she says. “It is not enough just to provide good healthcare and plenty of people to fill the jobs. We also want to make sure that our graduates are also humanistic.”
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Midwest Medical Edition SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 9 Vermillion campus, and the recently -transformed University of South Dakota-Sioux Falls building (for merly the Community College for Sioux Falls). Both facilities are state-of-the-art and are designed to efficiently facilitate collaborative learning, accommodate larger class sizes, and offer true-to-life-clinical environments.Thethree-story, 45,000 squarefoot SHS building in Vermillion is connected to the Andrew E. Lee Memorial Medicine and Science Building. It houses the dental hygiene, nursing, physician assis tant, addiction counseling and prevention, and medical laboratory science programs, as well as under graduate programs in public health, health sciences, and social work. The dental hygiene, PA, and addic tion counseling programs are the only ones in the state. Among the advantages in this building are high-end microscopes that allow students to download and share images, a new lab for practicing procedures, and cliniclike exam rooms equipped with audiovisual equipment to record interactions between students and their “patients”.
“I’m really looking forward to being at a health system that does the little things,” Dr. Alapati said. “I think it makes it easier to practice medicine and a lot easier to care for patients.”
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DR. SUNDEEP ALAPATI JOINS SANFORD HEALTH
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A fter practicing medicine in other parts of the country, Sundeep Alapati, DO, has joined Sanford Health as a head and neck surgical oncologist at Sanford Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic in Sioux Falls. He is optimistic about Sanford Health and all it has to offer.
Before moving to South Dakota, Sanford Health was the only thing Dr. Alapati knew about the state.
There are many moving parts in Dr. Alapati’s role as a head and neck surgeon, including some of the most complicated and complex operations in medicine.“Theyrequire a lot of skill and planning and a lot of support, such as nursing, speech therapy and physical therapy,” he said.
“I started six months before COVID-19, which presented many challenges. However, I was extremely busy, and that helped me grow,” he stated.Besides hands-on care, Dr. Alapati has authored multiple book chapters and published numerous journal articles in his fields of expertise. He has also given presentations related to head and neck cancer at several national and international conferences.
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“I got to see a lot of interesting things from people from all over the world being as diverse as it was,” stated Dr. Alapati. “I got to participate in great research projects as well and my mentors were world renowned.”
“I started building that as part of my practice and found I enjoyed it,” stated Dr. Alapati. “I found it to be very rewarding because you can help people quickly.”
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Besides treating patients who have head and neck cancer, Dr. Alapati has developed a strong inter est in helping those with thyroid disease.“It’s almost essentially always curable,” he said. “You really get to think about the quality of life and avoiding surgery and overtreatment. Patients who would have had a major surgery 20 years ago, we’re not doing those anymore. We’re focused on avoiding procedures that could be potentially debilitating.”
“As a physician, you’re happiest when your patients are happy and doing well,” Dr. Alapati said. “I just want them to have the best possible outcomes they can, including treat ment outcomes, mitigation of side effects and the ability to go back to their normal life after they’ve been diagnosed with a potentially debilitating disease.” ❖
After New York, Dr. Alapati went to his hometown of Huntsville, Ala bama, and started a head and neck surgery program.
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In addition to his work with thy roid conditions, Dr. Alapati also helps patients who experience sleep apnea.
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Dr. Alapati brings a wealth of experience and wisdom to his role as a head and neck surgeon, including a fellowship in head and neck surgical oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. “It was a great comprehensive experience and probably the most amazing place I’ve ever been,” Dr. Alapati stated. “I learned a lot there and took a lot of those teachings to the rest of my career.” During his residency in otolaryn gology/head and neck surgery at St. John Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, he saw a lot of complicated head and neck cases. “I thought about going into oncol ogy before residency, and that kind of confirmed my interest,” he said. After his fellowship, Dr. Alapati served as the director of head and neck surgery at the Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. During that time, he also served as an assis tant professor of otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
“The reputation is fantastic,” stated Dr. Alapati. “I come from a family of physicians. My father worked as a travel ER physician and worked at various Sanford hospitals. He said it was the best hospital system he worked for in his 40-year career.”
To refer a patient to Dr. Alapati, call the Sanford Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic at (605) 328-8200.
Whatever the situation, Dr. Alapati takes a scientific approach that focuses on each individual’s needs and circumstances. He finds it beneficial to be on the same cultural level as his patients, focusing on what’s going on with them and how they’ll handle treat ment. This insight helps him tailor their treatment plans.
Five Avera hospitals have been named 5-star facilities by CMS. They include: a Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center, Sioux Falls a Avera St. Luke’s Hospital, Aberdeen a Avera Queen of Peace Hospital, Mitchell a Avera Heart Hospital, Sioux Falls a Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton The overall star rating summarizes quality information, including mortality, safety, readmis sions, patient experience and overall effectiveness and efficiency of care. The five top performing Avera sites consistently exceeded national and state scores.
Avel eCare has entered into a new strategic partnership with the Indian Health Service to deliver telemedicine services to more than 145,000 American Indians and Alaska Natives in the rural Midwest health network for the next five years. The arrangement also expands the existing program to include sexual assault medical forensic exams (eSANE) and psychiatric support for emergency departments in the Great Plains Area.
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Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center announces appointments to its Board of Trustees for its new fiscal year which began July 1. Benjamin Solomon, MD, joins as a new board member. Tom Biegler is the new board chair and Pat Costello is vice chair. Jennifer Bunkers continues as philanthropy council chair and Jared Friedman, MD, continues as chief of the medical staff. Avera Health, JDRF, and The Helmsley Charitable Trust recently partnered to create the eCare School Health T1D Demonstration Project to study the impact of virtual school nursing services in medically communities.underserved
Sioux Falls physician Luis Rojas, MD, has been named chair of the Avera Health Board of Directors. Rojas has been with Avera since 2007 and has helped bring leading-edge procedures including robotic surgery to Avera, as well as cancer research trials. He previously served on the Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center Board of Trustees and is a graduate of the Avera Physician Academy. Sr. Penny Bingham continues to serve as vice chair and Wayne Kindle, EdD, superintendent of the Yankton School District, also joined the board.
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The expanded Kirby Place, a hospitality house for patients and families near the campus of Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center, is now open. With a 6,500 square-foot addition, this project connected two existing buildings – a welcome center and an inn. Kirby Place now offers a total of 25 hotel-like rooms with amenities including refrigerators, TVs, recliners, handicap-accessible bathrooms and spacious closets. Guests have access to shared kitchen and laundry space. The hospitality campus hosts an estimated 7,000 guests each year.
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Sanford Health is one of two health systems to join a new consortium aimed at safely and ethically making de-identified clinical data available to AI developers in healthcare. The data platform for this was developed by Dandelion Health, Inc. The goal is to enable the broader industry to build novel AI products, from aiding and automating medical decisions, to improving diagnostics and drug development. Sharp HealthCare in San Diego is the second health system partnering with Dandelion. For the third consecutive time, the National Association of Occupational Health Professionals has certified Sanford Health’s Occupational Medicine program, attesting that all eight Sanford OccMed facilities are providing the nation’s highest standard of care in occupational medicine.
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SANDRA OGUNREMI Sandra Ogunremi has been promoted to Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Monument Health. Ogunremi holds a Doctorate in Health Administration from Central Michigan University. She is Certified in Cultural Intelligence, Certified in Diversity Management with the American Hospital Associa tion’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity and is a Cornell-Certified Diversity Practitioner. Ogunremi has been with Monument Health since 2008, most recently as Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Spiritual Care Services.
Sanford Health has named Brad Schipper president of operations for Sanford’s virtual care initiative. Schipper received his Master of Healthcare Administration from the University of Minnesota, is a LEAN Six Sigma facilitator, and is president of the board of Eastern South Dakota Red Cross. He has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare administration and operations including previously serving as Sanford Health’s vice president of operations in Sioux Falls. We are excited to begin this new partnership on January 1, 2023. As the healthcare needs of Siouxland continue to grow, CNOS welcomes new members to our team to ensure the specialty services our patients require are convenient, comprehensive and close to home. TO 605-217-2667, 7.
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A quality improvement project led by a team of nurses and a pharmacist at Sanford Children’s Hospital in the NICU determined that smart pump technology can eliminate ruptured or damaged catheter lines in some of the youngest and smallest patients. The project, “Use of a Smart Pump and Dedicated Medication Line to Reduce Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Damage,” was published in Advances in Neonatal Care, a leading nursing journal.
In the two decades since he earned his BS at the University of South Dakota, PA-C Justin Thurman has seen the School of Health Sciences’ Physician Assistant Studies program from both sides.
Thurman says his time at USD did more than prepare him for practice; It also helped prepare him to be a leader.
Thurman has served as Medical Staff President at the VA as well as President of the SD Academy of Physician Assistants.“USDhelped me connect with the SDAPA early on, which helps you learn about local laws, etc.,” says Thurman. “I think that can really help springboard some students into leadership roles if that is something they want. That kind of preparation really can’t be measured.”
Jeremy Cauwels, MD, chief physician at Sanford Health, has been named a University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine 2022 Distinguished Alumni in the area of Early Achievement. Dr. Cauwels joined Sanford Health as a hospitalist in Sioux Falls in 2006, was promoted to director of the group, and eventually became Sanford USD Medical Center’s chief of staff. According to the University of Iowa, Cauwels is being recognized for his work redefining the patient experience through compassionate leadership and unwavering advocacy.
“I remember taking gross anatomy classes with medical students and pharmacology classes with OTs and PTs,” says Thurman, who has worked at the VA Hospital in Fort Meade since 2005. “At the time, it was interesting, but I honestly don’t think you really appreciate the value of that kind of exposure until you get out into the workforce. Then you start to realize how it makes you a better advocate for your patients.”
Today, Thurman is also a preceptor for the school, mentoring and helping to train three to four USD PA students at a time in six week rotations. Under his guidance, students experience hands-on patient care including things like applying casts, giving injections, and assisting in surgery. “As a preceptor, I can see how much better prepared the USD students are than students from some other programs,” says Thurman. “They really know their anatomy and physiology. It is clear that they have had a more in-depth classroom experience.”
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SIOUXLAND OLUSOLA (SHOLA) and VANESSA OGUNDIPE Olusola (Shola) Ogundipe, MD, MBA, and Vanessa Ogundipe, MD have joined the team at MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center. Dr. Shola Ogundipe trained in infectious disease at the Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak and Oakland University-William Beaumont Medical School in Michigan. He also received training in internal medicine at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Michigan. His wife, Dr. Vanessa Ogundipe is a geriatric medicine specialist. She did her residency in internal medicine at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital and completed a fellowship in geriatric medicine at the University of Michigan.
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KENNEYPATRICK Kenney,Patrick DO, MA, FACS, is the new medical director of robotic surgery at MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center. Dr. Kenney, a veteran with 16 years of experience in the Army, attended the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio and Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu. He attended USC Medical Center in LA County and did his general surgery residency at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena. Dr. Kenney has performed more than 750 robotic cases since 2012.
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Dr. El Baba completed his heart failure specialty at the University of Iowa and his electrophysiology fellowships at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. El Baba is passionate about electrophysiology, heart failure, AFIB and arrhythmias. He is skilled at performing procedures including WATCHMAN, Micra pacemakers, and other cardiac devices.
Happenings around the region 16 MidwestMedicalEdition.com Mohammed El Baba, MD, and Kuldeep Bharat Shah, MD, FACC, recently joined the team at MercyOne Siouxland Heart and Vascular Center as full-time electrophysiologists.
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Dr. Shah completed his internal medicine residency at Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia. He then completed a cardiology fellowship at West Virginia University and an EP fellowship at Beaumont Hospital in Michigan. Dr. Shah performs major proce dures including Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) ablations, pacemakers, cardiac resynchronization therapy and leadless pacemakers. We're your partner in driving injury prevention.
FREZZAELDO Eldo Frezza, MD, beenFACS,MBA,hasnamed Chief Medical Officer at UnityPoint Health – Sioux City. Dr. Frezza earned his medical degree from the University of Padua School of Medicine in Italy. He completed his general surgery residencies at the Morristown Memorial Hospital in New Jersey, and Staten Island University Hospital in New York and earned his MBA at Texas Tech Rawls School of Business. Dr. Frezza.has more than ten years of experience in executive leadership roles. He comes to UnityPoint most recently from Nashville, Tennessee where he served as the Chief of Utilization Management and Medical Director of Surgery for Nashville General Hospital.
UnityPoint Health–Sioux City pulled out all the stops on a Saturday in June for the first annual First Responder Extravaganza at the Sergeant Bluff Recreation Complex. More than two hundred first responders and their families showed up to enjoy free food, beverages, inflatables and a concert.
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MARTINW.DOUGLAS Douglas W. Martin, FAADEP,FACOEM,MD, FAAFP, Medical Director for UnityPoint Health–St Luke’s EnvironmentaloftheinstalledMedicine,OccupationalhasbeenasPresidentofAmericanCollegeOccupationalandMedicine, the nation’s largest medical society dedicated to promoting the health of workers through preventive medicine, clinical care, research, and education. He was installed at the 106th annual membership meeting earlier this year in Salt Lake City.
UnityPoint Health–St. Luke’s Center for Sleep Disorders will begin using the Inspire Sleep Device to treat qualified patients with obstructive sleep apnea. The FDA-approved device is implanted just under the skin and stimulates a nerve that helps to move the tongue and jaw slightly to keep the airway from being obstructed during sleep. Inspire may be an alternative for qualified patients who fail with C-PAP.
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Lexy Eggert, Chief Development and Strategy Officer for Horizon Health Care, a Federally Qualified Health Center serving 22 communities in South Dakota, was recently recognized as one of ten 2022 Rising Stars by the Society of Health Care Strategy & Market Development. Eggert started with Horizon Health Care in 2015 as Public Relations and Marketing Manager and is now responsible for the strategic planning and business development of the organization as well as guiding marketing and communication.
The USD Department of Psychology will receive $1.3 million in government funding over the next three years to train psychology students to provide behavioral health services in community-based primary care settings in high-need areas in South Dakota. Students and their clinical supervisors with focus on Substance Use Disorders, Opioid Use Disorders, integration of behavioral health services with primary care, interdisciplinary settings, telehealth, and resilience for mental health providers.
John OHolleran, MD, FACS, has joined the team at UnityPoint Clinic® General Surgery. Dr. OHolleran received his medical degree from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in Omaha and completed his general surgery residency at Exempla Healthcare/St. Joseph Hospital in Denver. He is a generalboard-certifiedsurgeonandis a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Happenings around the region 18 MidwestMedicalEdition.com has been named the new Vice President, Medical Director for UnityPoint Health–Sioux City. Dr. Pallone currently provides care to patients at UnityPoint Clinic community.providersandforoperationalwillInIowaCertificatePhysicianHeMedicine–Marketplace.FamilyhascompletedtheBusinessLeaderthroughtheHospitalAssociation.thisnewrole,Dr.Palloneprovideclinicalandoversightover30physiciansadvancedpracticeintheSiouxCity
Yellow Rose Week, the primary source of funding for the Suzanne Jacobson Memorial Fund, a service of the Prairie Lakes Healthcare Foundation, raised over $30,000.00 in June through donations and the sales of yellow roses, decals, and yard signs. The SJMF provides grants to people with life-threatening illnesses who are in financial need due to their medical crisis. One hundred percent of funds raised go to individuals.
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Spencer Hospital in Spencer, Iowa was recently awarded accreditation by the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality, a national accreditation organization sanctioned by CMS. In past years, Spencer Hospital was surveyed by the Iowa Department of Inspections & Appeals. Hospital leadership chose to seek CIHQ accreditation, which in addition to requiring more frequent inspection visits, outinely provides education and consultation regarding best healthcare practices.
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Sioux Falls doctors Patrick Kelly, Angelo Santos, Gregory Nissen, and Benjamin Jorgensen opened their own regional vascular clinic in Sioux Falls in August. The four have partnered together for several years. The new Dakota Vascular is located on Elmwood Avenue south of the Center for Active Generations. They will continue to provide monthly outreach to communities throughout eastern South Dakota, southwest Minnesota, and northwest Iowa.
On September 22, twelve community leaders from across South Dakota will take off from Bell Fourche on a 437-mile run to raise awareness and funds for suicide prevention. Runners involved in the inaugural 437 Project will arrive in Sioux Falls three days later. All funds raised will benefit the Helpline Center, the only accredited suicide crisis center in the state of South Dakota. It serves thousands of people each year by organizing local agency volunteers, and offering hope to individuals with thoughts of Visitsuicide.the437project.org for more details.
Also of utmost importance, Dr. Kasuske says, are the relationships with her patients, and that’s why Siouxland OBGYN is a perfect fit for her.
DR. CHANDLER KASUSKE Joins Siouxland Obstetrics to Provide
A native of the area—she grew up in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota—Dr. Kasuske looks forward to immersing herself in the community once again. “Siouxland is my home,” she says. “I grew up in this community and love the diversity of cultures that compose it. There is a great health care community that I can’t wait to join.”
Patients familiar with Siouxland OBGYN may know that Dr. Kasuske will be practicing alongside her mother, Dr. Tauhni Hunt, at the practice. Dr. Hunt is a well-known OBGYN in the area, as she has provided care at Siouxland OBGYN for 26 years; a factor Dr. Kasuske took into consideration when deciding where she would practice.
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iouxland Obstetrics & Gynecology, PC, in Sioux City, Iowa, strives to provide high quality comprehensive and consid erate women’s healthcare with exceptional expertise andWorkingcompassion.personally, collectively, and collaboratively, Siouxland’s health professionals guide and empower women with their health and well-being through every stage of life, including complete gynecological care such as annual exams, reproductive health, menopause and postmenopausal care.
Strengthening its staff of women’s caregivers, Siouxland will add a homegrown physician to its team this fall: Dr. Chandler Kasuske will begin her practice with Siouxland Obstetrics & Gynecology, PC, on Sept. 6, 2022.
“My mom was a huge influence for me,” Dr. Kasuske explains. “I’ve seen her
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Fresh off her residency at the University of Kansas – Wichita and eager to begin work, Dr. Kasuske will provide a wide variety of women’s health services, including preventive pap screens and monitoring, sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening, contraception, acute gynecological concerns and all prenatal care.“I look forward to helping women with education and understanding their bodies,” she says. “So many women come in with preconceived notions so keeping up communications and management of their care is crucial. I’m excited to help women walk the path through their concerns of general women’s health and to optimize their health care.”
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“I like the environment Siouxland OBGYN has bestowed,” she says. “The nurses, medical assistants and physicians all work cohesively and that’s a big part of patient care, and it’s important that I practice similarly to my partners.
What I really like about private practice is forming relationships with patients. Established relationships and long term treatment plans and monitoring adds a level of trust and communication that significantly improves health care.”
practice degreebothwhereofandValleytogether.”medicineDr.KasuskeattendedDakotaHighSchooltheUniversitySouthDakota,shereceivedabachelor’sinbiology and psychology and a medical degree. Her residency after gradu ating from the USD Sanford School of Medicine in 2018 was at the University of Kansas — Wichita, in June 2022. Dr. Kasuske is currently board eligible through the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology. She is certified in Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, has Nexplanon Certifica tion and is a Neonatal Resuscitation Program Provider.
“I have always been fascinated by women’s health,” says Dr. Kasuske. “The most appealing part of this specialty is the continuity of care throughout a women’s lifetime, helping women navigate the start of their menstrual cycles, pregnan cies and through menopause. It is a great combination of routine preventative care and addressing acute concerns. What I love about OB care is that we get to see a little of everything. It really opens up to a lot of different management options. You can make your practice anything you want it to be. “My passion for obstetrics and gynecology and ability to help patients is what motivates me,” she continues. “It is very rewarding to make a difference in someone’s health and experiences.” Dr. Kasuske and her husband, Tyler, make their home in Dakota Dunes. Tyler is a land surveyor for an engineering company and the couple has been married for six years. They have a two-and-a-halfyear-old daughter, Finnley, and newborn Reece Oliver. The family is rounded out by two cats and two dogs.In her free time, Dr. Kasuske enjoys spending time with her family and boating, as well as read ing a variety of genres. She also enjoys relaxing beach vacations in the Caribbean and skiing in the mountains of Colorado. ❖ Dr. Kasuske is accepting new patient appointments now. Make an appointment today by calling 712-277-3141.
Siouxland Obstetrics and Gynecology also works in cooperation with local hospitals to provide healthcare for women of all ages in the surrounding communities with outreach services in communities including Cherokee, Ida Grove, and Storm Lake, Iowa.
Midwest Medical Edition SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 21 both working in her field and at home. I’ve seen her have a success ful work-life balance, which is big factor. I saw that you can have it all. Watching her as I grew up high lighted that anything is possible in the medical field, as long as you have the right support system and right expectations, even though it is a demanding field.” When it came to choosing a specialty, Dr. Kasuske didn’t choose OBGYN only because her mother works in the field. In fact, she tried to work against the bias of any influ ence that may have presented. “With my mom being an OBGYN, I had early exposure to the field,” says Dr. Kasuske. “My mom remained as neutral as possible because she wanted to make sure she was not the sole influence on what I chose to do. She always provided excellent advice and never pushed or tried to sway me into OBGYN. I explored my options in medical school, but every rotation I did kept pulling me toward women’s health. I figured that was what I was meant to Aboutdo.”following in her mother’s footsteps, Dr. Kasuske says, “It means a lot to follow in my mom’s footsteps. Her patients highly respect her. She has a reputation that’s a lot to live up to, but I really feel that with my training I’ll be able to follow in her shoes and add something to the practice as well. My mom and I are both excited to
Patients experience the difference in care at the Sanford Roger Maris Cancer Center, and so do the providers.“Beingable to work in the cancer center and watch ing people become so overjoyed at what we’re able to do for patients – it’s a fun thing to be a part of,” said Dr. Maliske. Visit sanfordhealth.org to refer a patient to Sanford Health’s bone marrow transplant program. Call (701) 234-6161 to learn more.
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Sanford Health currently offers autologous trans plants. For an autologous transplant, a patient’s healthy stem cells are harvested to be transplanted back after Allogenicchemotherapy.transplants will be available later this year. CAR-T cell therapy will be available in 2023. Allo genic transplants use healthy stem cells from a donor, and CAR-T-cell therapy uses genetically modified T-cells to target cancer cells.
Seth Maliske, MD, is a hematologist and bone marrow transplant physician at the Sanford Roger Maris Cancer Center. He witnessed the start of the new transplant program and has seen its effects firsthand.“Having a stem cell transplant program here in Fargo brings a lot of joy, energy and motivation to keep excelling, doing better and bringing more technology to Fargo,” he said.
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T HE SANFORD ROGER MARIS CANCER CENTER IN FARGO now offers a bone marrow trans plant program to patients across the Upper Midwest. This program is the first of its kind in the state of North Dakota. Bone marrow transplants, also known as stem cell transplants, are an important treatment option for patients with blood cancers such as leukemia, lym phoma, myeloma and other immune and blood conditions affecting bone marrow. These transplants help patients whose stem cells have been damaged by disease or high doses of chemotherapy. The treatment replaces damaged or unhealthy cells with healthy ones.
The program makes a difference for patients like Kathy Score, who was first diagnosed with cancer in 2018.“When I was trying to decide where I should have my stem cell transplant, Dr. Maliske visited me in the hospital and explained everything. I felt very confident in him,” Score said. She chose Sanford Health for her transplant. By receiving care in Fargo, Score was able to stay close to her family and didn’t have to travel far for her treatments.Shealso benefited from integrated team care. Throughout her cancer journey, she worked with a variety of providers dedicated to keeping her com fortable, including a nutritionist, physical therapist and staff members providing massages and leading meditation.“Thoseextra services make it not just a medical thing,” she said. “They add all these services that people need to feel more human, more comfortable and more like they matter.”
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