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Cardiology Health Forum – June 14th

Special topic: "Heart and Blood Vessel Health" Presenters: Cardiologists Dr. Andrew Michaels, Dr. Hugh Parker and Dr. James Schipper The St. Joseph Hospital Foundation and Redwood Memorial Foundation are hosting a free educational forum on ...

Blueprint for Excellence - SJH New Construction

Building Our Future Together There is perhaps nothing more precious than good health. And the health of those who live and work with us, who raise their families, or who visit here, is as precious as our own.

St. Joseph Hospital reaches capital campaign goal

St. Joseph Hospital has announced it has reached its $12.5 million first phase fundraising goal for its new medical expansion project, the Northeast Tower . The hospital crested the $12.5 mark earlier this week when a number of significant gifts were ...

A festive holiday gathering for rehab patients

More than 55 rehab patients past and present and their families gathered at St. Joseph Hospital’s General Hospital campus for the inpatient rehabilitation department’s annual holiday party on Tuesday, December 13. Visitors enjoyed talking with Santa ...

RMH & SJH Community Newsletter

In this issue... His Heart in the Right Hands - Mark Dias of Eureka gets treated at the Heart Institute of St. Joseph Hospital (cover story) Closer to an Opening - new tower at St. Joseph Hospital expects to open in the spring (cover) Humboldt ...

Hospital staff donate backpacks to kids

Over 100 children in Humboldt County started school this fall with new backpacks filled with school supplies thanks to donations from St. Joseph Hospital and Redwood Memorial Hospital staff, volunteers and physicians. Every year the hospitals hold a ...

Cardiac clinics now offered in Crescent City

Cardiologists Dr. Andrew Michaels, Dr. Hugh Parker and Dr. James Schipper, of Humboldt Medical Specialists – Cardiology, are now offering cardiac clinics in Crescent City. The clinics will be held once a month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1771 ...

Cancer patient donates painting to Evergreen Lodge

The Evergreen Lodge at St. Joseph Hospital is now home to an original painting of a local lighthouse thanks to a grateful cancer patient. Crescent City resident Maria Callahan, a talented painter, recently gifted a painting she created of a ...

Volunteers team to plant orchard in Rio Dell

More than 50 volunteers came out on Sunday, July 24th to help plant a fruit tree orchard at the Rio Dell Community Garden. Volunteers planted 19 fruit trees, 12 berry plants and vegetable starts, and installed deer fencing and an irrigation system at ...

St. Joseph Hospital Golf Classic raises over $125,000

Community members who attended the St. Joseph Hospital Foundation annual Golf Classic event scored a hole-in-one in late June, raising more than $125,000 for the hospital’s Northeast Tower expansion project. The hospital’s largest ...

Garden therapy a hit with patients

Patients who suffer injuries that require rehabilitation are often surprised that many of the therapies involve everyday activities like cooking and gardening. Now just in time for spring and summer, the Outpatient Rehab facility at St. Joseph ...

Knights donate to St. Joseph Hospital’s Northeast Tower

The Knights of Columbus recently donated $500 toward St. Joseph Hospital's Northeast Tower. Earlier this month, Grand Knight John Stopkowicz presented Laurie Watson-Stone, VP of Fund Development and PR/Marketing, with a check for $500 in front of the ...

Getting his voice back -- St. Joseph Hospital helps local physician’s assistant survive larynx cancer

Retired physician’s assistant Bob Cory is the first one to admit he likes to talk. The Ferndale resident spent 35 years seeing thousands of patients in Humboldt County. Always the one treating illnesses, Cory never thought he’d be on the other side, ...

Kris Kelly Health Information Center celebrates 15 years

This year, the Kris Kelly Health Information Center (KKHIC) at St. Joseph Hospital is celebrating a special milestone – the 15th anniversary of its opening. Since 1996, the KKHIC, which is a collaborative program with St. Joseph Health – Humboldt ...

Justice Department taps SART coordinator for national initiative

Nurse Cassie Burgess, coordinator of the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) at St. Joseph Hospital has been dedicating extra hours beyond her hospital duties for a worthy cause. A few years ago, Burgess, who has served as the SART coordinator at the ...

St. Joseph Hospital nurse pens second children’s novel

M.E. Roche, a St. Joseph Hospital nurse by day and young adult author by night, has penned a second novel in her series chronicling the adventures of student nurse Nora Brady. Roche’s first book, The Adventures of Nora Brady, Student Nurse: Mystery ...

Hospital announces free health coaching services

Retired physician’s assistant Bob Cory has opened a free health coaching service in Eureka for community residents in need of additional help understanding their medical situation. Cory, who spent 35 years as a physician’s assistant before retiring, ...

Cardiologist opens office to community

Community residents and hospital staff toured Dr. Andrew Michaels’ office during a holiday open house for the new cardiologist on Thursday evening. Dr. Michaels, who moved to Humboldt County earlier this fall, has joined Humboldt Medical Specialists ...

Local Non-Profit Organizations Receive Grants From St. Joseph Hospital To Support Wellness

Nine organizations in Humboldt County recently received Wellness and Prevention Initiative Grants from the St. Joseph Health (SJHS) Foundation on behalf of St. Joseph Hospital totalling more than $500,000. These diverse organizations were selected ...

St. Joseph Hospital welcomes new Interventional Cardiologist

St. Joseph Hospital is pleased to welcome Dr. Andrew Michaels, an Interventional Cardiologist, to Humboldt County. Dr. Michaels was most recently the Director of the Cath Lab and a tenured associate professor at the University of Utah. He graduated ...

Exterior of the new Northeast Tower officially revealed

Community members, St. Joseph Hospital volunteers and staff, donors and physicians gathered on Monday, October 11 to witness the official unveiling of the exterior of the new Northeast Tower in Eureka. Construction on the project is moving forward on ...

Evergreen Lodge marks 20th anniversary

The Evergreen Lodge , a low-cost housing facility for cancer patients at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, held a celebration to mark its 20th anniversary on Aug. 26. Members of the original Evergreen Lodge planning committee were joined by community ...

Sisters of St. Joseph celebrate 98 years in Humboldt County

On Tuesday, June 22, the Sisters of St. Joseph celebrated an important anniversary – 98 years since they arrived in Humboldt County to make a difference in the community. Now known as the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, the sisters, led by Mother ...

Nurses honored for ‘Excellence in Respiratory Care’

Two nurses at St. Joseph Hospital were recently honored at the 20th annual Critical Care Conference in April for "Excellence in Respiratory Care." The nurses, Myrna Dipert and JoAnne Hart, cared for respiratory therapist Valerie Vogel’s son when he ...

St. Joseph Hospital chosen to participate in national language collaborative

St. Joseph Hospital was recently chosen to participate in the Language Quality Improvement Collaborative (LQIC), placing our hospital on the frontlines of the effort to improve communications between health care providers and patients with limited ...
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