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UPHS – Marquette Hero Spotlight | Bronwyn Roell, RN
September 25, 2020Bronwyn Roell, RN | Hospital Supervisor for UPHS – Marquette What is your official title?Hospital Supervisor for UPHS – Marquette What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?When I was in high school, I found I really liked the healthcare fields, and my mother suggested I look into nursing. The college I applied to was directly into the…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Kimberly LaForais
September 18, 2020Kimberly LaForais is a Patient Experience and Recipient Rights Advisor at UPHS-Marquette. What is your official title?Patient Experience and Recipient Rights Advisor What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?When I was a child my grandfather sustained a stroke, which greatly impacted his ability to communicate verbally. Fast forward, when I was a…
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UPHS — Marquette Hero Spotlight | Colleen Granato
August 31, 2020What is your official title? I am a Registered Nurse for the Outpatient Surgery and Prep and Recovery Unit at UPHS-Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare? I never remember wanting to do anything else. When I was really young I was visiting my aunt, who is a nurse, and I was unable to get home due to a snowstorm. She had to bring me to…
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How UPHS – Marquette helped Mark Evans regain his active lifestyle
August 24, 2020Mark Evans underwent a hip replacement to alleviate the previous debilitating pain he was experiencing. Now, he can resume his favorite outdoor activities. Mark Evans can always recall having a high threshold for pain. He admits it’s part stubbornness and was simply a trait that developed due to the environment he grew up in. So when he fractured his hip in a high…
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UPHS – Marquette Heroes | Audrey Treado
August 21, 2020What is your official title? I am the new Clinical Educator for UPHS-Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare? When I was 12 years old, I broke my arm. In the emergency room, I needed an IV for conscious sedation due to the medical team needing to reset my arm. I learned going through this…
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UPHS – Marquette Heroes | Steinunn Franz
August 14, 2020What is your official title? Manager of Clinical and Business Informatics. Basically, I’m the manager of the application software for IT. What was your inspiration for getting into IT? I’ve always worked with computers since high school, and I went to Northern Michigan University and worked in their computer lab and went to college for an office information…
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UPHS – Marquette Heroes | Lindsey Reichel, RN
August 07, 2020What is your official title? Registered Nurse and Clinical Director of the sixth floor Medical Surgical Oncology. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare? I went into nursing by accident. I was in a Biology program at NMU, I was entering my final semester and was approached by the school of nursing if I would be interested in entering the BSN program. At…
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UPHS – Marquette Heroes | Breann Ackerly, RN
July 31, 2020What is your official title? Registered Nurse for the Patient Cardiac Unit. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare? I wanted to help care of my community. I enjoyed the sciences of it when I was in school, so it seemed like a perfect fit. Since elementary school, I wanted to be a doctor and then I discovered that nursing was the best field for me with…
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UPHS – Marquette Heroes | Julie Kaznowski, RT
July 24, 2020What is your official title? Registered Respiratory Therapist. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare? I’m a caretaker and I like to take care of people and help people. When my children started high school, I went back to school at Northern Michigan and chose the field. Northern’s Respiratory Therapy program was a big…
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UPHS – Marquette Heroes | Amy Vilona, RN
July 17, 2020What is your official title? Registered Nurse in Pre-Admission Testing. How did you end up in this department? I was lucky enough to be able to get into an opening when there was one, and I love being here. I plan to be here forever. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare? When I was a senior in high school, I was in a nurse…
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UPHS – Marquette Heroes | Robin Mackie
July 10, 2020What is your official title? Plant Operations Coordinator What is Plant Ops’ role in the functionality of the hospital? In short, the Plant Ops team keeps both the new facility and old facility running 24 hours/day. We have an incredible team of talented, high performers that maintain our facilities with skill and efficiency. Anything that has to do with…
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Dr. Dexter Clark named new faculty member
July 06, 2020Marquette, Mich. –The Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program is pleased to welcome Dr. Dexter Clark, DO, as its newest faculty member. Clark will begin his new position as an assistant director on July 6, 2020. His role will include patient care at the outpatient clinic…
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UPHS – Marquette Heroes | Britney Ekdahl
July 02, 2020What is your official title? Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department. What was your inspiration for getting into health care? I went into healthcare because I thought I’d be an OB nurse; I always loved babies and I wanted to help in that aspect. But then I went to school and gained interest in the emergency room. I like the fast-paced environment and how…
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Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program Welcomes New Residents
July 01, 2020Marquette, Mich – The Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program is pleased to welcome our new incoming residents beginning July 1, 2020. The residency program is a community-based program through UP Health System – Marquette, affiliated with Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. “We have a great group of new residents this year,”…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Jill Burbey
June 26, 2020What is your official title? Cytotechnologist What was your inspiration for getting into health care? I’ve always wanted to help people. When I was in the 3rd grade, my class attended a field trip to our hospital’s lab. I remember thinking how amazing it was seeing all of the instruments and how they worked behind the scenes, to help patients. I left…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Julie Nemacheck
June 19, 2020What is your official title?Patient-Centered and Medical Home Coordinator; and I just finished a special assignment at the Teal Lake Medical Clinic. What was it like organizing the Teal Lake Testing Center?The day-to-day activity was reassuring and educating the public on COVID-19 symptoms and how to protect themselves, and whether testing was appropriate and the best…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Amy Larsen
June 12, 2020What is your official title? Food Service Worker. How did you come into this position? I have been here at the hospital for three years, but I have probably close to 30 years of experience in foodservice. I really like it a lot. It’s never the same, with some days being challenging and some not as much, but I like the interaction with people, and food, because…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Patience Sager, MS, RN
June 05, 2020What is your official title? I am a clinical educator. How did you come into this position? Two years ago in June, I was asked to shadow as an educator to see if I’d like it; I was a floor nurse at the time. I did some shadowing, some orientation shadowing and decided it was a good role for me. What was your motivating factor to pursue healthcare? I…
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UPHS – Marquette Celebrates First Anniversary at New Facility
June 03, 2020MARQUETTE – June 3, 2020 – UP Health System–Marquette is celebrating the first anniversary of the opening of the new facility. Just one year ago yesterday on June 2, 2019, UPHS–Marquette officially opened the new hospital at 850 W. Baraga Ave. Patients were transferred safely and all services were transitioned to the new building. The more than…
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UPHS – Marquette Heroes: Shannon Pace-Lacar, RN
May 29, 2020What is your official title? I am an RN in the NICU. How did you come into this position? I had done a rotation in nursing school and loved it. I was fortunate where I started work in a different state, I called that manager of the NICU and asked for a chance, knowing it was what I wanted to do with my career. My manager at the time allowed me that opportunity, and 26…
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