Dr. John Rugotzke of New Life Physical Therapy is pictured with a patient. Local experts in musculoskeletal care treating aches, pains, injuries, movement issues and more – New Life Physical Therapy provides hands-on physical therapy, customized exercises, education, urgent injury screenings and transparency with cost while also providing onsite services for employees at many industrial sites. Visit their website at newlifept.com.
Healthcare Divine Savior Healthcare has been dedicated to providing the highest level of care to Portage and the surrounding communities for over 100 years. Their comprehensive list of high-quality services and programs are available to patients close to home. Their experienced, compassionate physicians, nurses and staff are here to ensure availability of comprehensive medical services. Their state-of-the-art hospital and clinic is home to the Emergency Department,
Urgent Care, Surgery, Family Practice Physicians, Dialysis, Diagnostics, Laboratory, Rehab Department, Birthing Center and more for all of a family’s needs. Connected to the hospital via an underground tunnel is Tivoli, a welcoming and modern facility offering assisted living and skilled-nursing beds. New in 2016, The Wellness Center, located between the hospital and Tivoli and the new home of La Vita, is a medically integrated fitness center. Divine Savior Healthcare, offering an array of free and reduced-cost
screenings, education programming and exercise classes, also offers three regional clinic locations: the Portage Clinic, Pardeeville Clinic and Crossroads Clinic in Oxford. UW Health is composed of the academic medical facilities of University of Wisconsin–Madison, which includes the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, American Family Children’s Hospital, the UW Medical Foundation and the UW Hospital and Clinics. The 471-bed UW Hospital and Clinics in Madison is recognized among the finest academic medical centers in the nation and has established itself as a leader in pediatrics, ophthalmology, surgery, organ transplantation and cancer care through the UW Carbone Cancer Center – the state’s only comprehensive cancer center. In addition to these outstanding facilities, UW Health operates a number of community-based clinics in the region. The clinic in Portage is a conveniently located medical facility housing the allergy clinic, pulmonary clinic, rheumatology clinic, vascular surgery clinic, nephrology clinic, cardiology clinic, oncology clinic, hematology clinic, urology clinic as well as physicians providing family medicine. This clinic also provides laboratory and radiology services. UW Health expanded Med Flight services to Portage last summer, reducing response times as onboard physicians and nurses tend to patients with
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