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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Rebecca Bahrman, LPN
November 30, 2020Rebecca Bahrman, Senior Clinical LPN at UP Health System — Lakewood Family Medicine in Harvey. What is your official title?Senior Clinical LPN at UP Health System — Lakewood. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?I want to prevent disease before it starts and help keep our community healthy. What’s a typical day like for you? What…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Denise Elizondo
November 19, 2020Denise Elizondo, Linen Director at UP Health System — Marquette. What is your official title?Linen Director at UP Health System — Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?I moved to Marquette in 2007 and immediately fell in love with this community and the way this hospital cares for our community. When I was able to jump…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Rachel Grim
November 13, 2020Rachel Grim is a Special Procedure Radiographer at UP Health System — Marquette. What is your official title?I am a Special Procedure Radiographer at UP Health System — Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?I was inspired by the chance to work with and take care of others. What’s a typical day like for you? What is it…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Ryan D’Angelo Budloo, MD MS
November 06, 2020What is your official title?I am a Premier Hospitalist at UP Health System — Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?I have always enjoyed people and science. If you combine those things with a desire to problem solve and an affinity for coffee, you end up in healthcare. What’s a typical day like for you? What is it like working…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Brandon Ogle
October 29, 2020Brandon Ogle, Respiratory Therapist at UP Health System — Marquette. What is your official title?I am a Respiratory Therapist at UP Health System — Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?I rounded in Respiratory Therapy in a course in high school and I have been hooked ever since. What’s a typical day like…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Therese Wood
October 26, 2020What is your official title?I am a Care Aide-Unit Clerk at UP Health System – Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?I love helping people. When I was in high school I would get off the bus at the nursing home to help my grandma who had Alzheimer’s. That was the start of me wanting to help others as a career. What’s a…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Sarah Parkinson
October 17, 2020Sarah Parkinson is the Outpatient Clinical Director for Cancer Care and Infusion Services What is your official title?Outpatient Clinical Director – Cancer Care and Infusion ServicesWhat was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?I had amazing family support who aided in molding that innate need to help. There wasn’t an “ah-ha” moment that…
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Retired paramedic, Bruce, thankful for emergency care at UPHS — Marquette
October 14, 2020Bruce Gustafson, retired paramedic, stands in front of the emergency room entrance. For over 30 years, Bruce Gustafson supported people during their most vulnerable moments. As a paramedic, he was drawn to a career dedicated to helping people get the immediate care they needed. “Being a paramedic made me realize how much our community depends on us,” he…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Kristana Adams
October 09, 2020Kristana Adams is a Retail Manager for Food and Nutrition Servicesat UP Health System – Marquette What is your official title?Retail Manager for Food and Nutrition Services at UP Health System – Marquette What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?I’ve been in management and customer service roles for over 20 years. The opportunity presented…
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UPHS – Marquette Hero Spotlight | Joseph “Bill” Graham
October 02, 2020Joseph “Bill” Graham is a Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (CRRN)for UP Health System – Marquette What is your official title?Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (CRRN) What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?Healthcare was always a field I was interested in, but I didn’t pursue a career in healthcare until later in…
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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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