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UPHS - Bell Heroes | Jason Hamlin, MLT
October 18, 2024
What is your role at UPHS – Bell? I am a medical lab technician at UP Health System – Bell. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare? I enjoy science and also helping people. Working in the laboratory is perfect as I get to talk and interact with patients while also helping...
read moreUPHS – Portage Heroes | Becca Oger, CCHT
October 18, 2024
What is your role at UP Health System – Portage? I am a certified clinical hemodialysis technician. What’s a typical day like for you? What is it like working in this field? I have always been passionate about caring for and helping people. My inspiration to work in healthcare started in high school...
read moreUPHS – Marquette Heroes | Kyra Gravelyn
October 17, 2024
What is your role at UPHS – Marquette? I am a clinic office clerk in Outpatient Behavioral Health at UP Health System – Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare? My inspiration for getting into healthcare was my grandparents. Both my grandma and my grandpa worked their whole lives with the...
read moreHard Work and Resiliency: Barb’s Story of Getting Back to an Active Life with Knee Replacement Surgery
October 17, 2024
A successful treatment of chronic knee pain with UP Health System – Portage Orthopedic and Total Joint Surgeon Andre Oulai, MD.
read moreLung Cancer Screening | What You Should Know
October 17, 2024
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the United States and the most common cause of cancer-related death. While many things contribute to your risk of developing lung cancer—such as your genes, your family history of cancer, and exposure to carcinogenic substances like asbestos—cigarette smoking is the number...
read moreUP Health System – Portage Welcomes Houghton Native Valerie Taglione, MD, to its Team of Hospitalists
October 15, 2024
UP Health System – Portage (UPHS – Portage) is pleased to announce physician Valerie Taglione, MD, has joined its medical staff as a hospitalist. Board-certified in family medicine and specializing in hospital medicine, Dr. Taglione will manage the care of ill, injured and recovering patients throughout their hospital stay. A Houghton...
read moreUP Health System – Marquette Heroes | Kris McCoy
October 11, 2024
What is your role at UPHS – Marquette? I am the director of the Revenue Cycle department at UP Health System – Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare? I actually wanted to be a nurse, but it turns out I couldn't handle the bodily fluids part! What’s a typical day...
read moreUP Health System – Marquette Welcomes Upper Peninsula Native Jessica Pruente, MD, to Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
October 8, 2024
UP Health System – Marquette (UPHS – Marquette), a Duke Lifepoint hospital, is pleased to announce physician Jessica Pruente, MD, has joined its medical staff at UP Health System – Marquette | Pediatric Specialty Clinic. As a board-certified physician, Dr. Pruente provides rehabilitation services to children (all ages) with disabilities,...
read moreUPHS – Marquette Heroes | Katie Baumann
October 3, 2024
What is your role at UPHS – Marquette? I am the plant operations coordinator at UP Health System – Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare? After twenty years in retail, logistics and operations management, and a few years in human resources leadership, I found myself wanting to try something that...
read moreUP Health System – Marquette Announces the Opening of New Medical Office Building
October 3, 2024
UP Health System – Marquette (UPHS – Marquette) is excited to announce the opening of its new Medical Office Building at 1400 W. Washington St., Marquette, MI 49855. This modern facility will house three essential services: Outpatient Behavioral Health, the UP Regional Blood Center, and the UP Bariatric Institute. All...
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