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How to recognize your hunger signals

By Joan Kortbein, CD, CDE, RD, Gundersen Nutrition TherapyFind Healthy RecipesIn this fast-paced and multi-tasking world, it's easy to ignore or even be unaware of your body's hunger and fullness cues.It can become easy to grab something to eat out of habit rather than following your body's signals, and unintentionally eat more or less than what your body needs throughout your day.Here are some things you can do to try and help listen to your bod ...

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Health and nutritional benefits of pumpkins

By Nancy Ernst, CD, CDE, RD, Gundersen Nutrition TherapyFind Healthy RecipesFall is a great season to enjoy the colors of the trees and the peak colors of fall vegetables. Rich orange, yellow, red and dark green vegetables, each with its own great flavor and color.For example, vegetables, like pumpkins, carrots and sweet potatoes are packed with important antioxidants and carotenoids.CarotenoidsCarotenoids are natural plant compounds that give or ...

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Crowley honored with statewide rural health award

Tom Crowley, a Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and Clinics stalwart, is being recognized for his long-time dedication to rural healthcare with the 2023 Minnesota Community Star award. ...

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Gundersen Winona Campus opens May 18

Gundersen Health System brings expanded care to thousands of people when it opens its state-of-the-art new Winona Campus on Monday, May 18. The new 90,000-square-foot facility at 1122 W. Hwy. 61 brings specialty care closer to home for Winona area residents. The first phase of services began Dec. 2 with Urgent Care, Laboratory, Imaging and Infusion. "It is wonderful to reach the culmination of our plans to open a new facility to bet ...

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Viterbo president joins Gundersen Board of Trustees

Service to others and the community guides Glena Temple, PhD, president of Viterbo University, the newest member of the Gundersen Health System Board of Trustees. "One of my favorite ways to spend a Saturday morning is weeding at the organic garden run by the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration or cleaning facilities at a local non-profit," Temple says. "La Crosse is inspiration ...

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Gundersen’s medical education earn top award

From left to right, Dr. Michael Dolan, Gudersen Medical Foundation; Dr. Greg Thompson, Gundersen Medical Foundation; Dr. William McDade, Chair, ACGME Awards Committee; Dr. Richard Levin, President and CEO of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation; and seated is Dr. DeWitt C. Baldwin, Jr. ACGME Scholar in Residence and the person for whom the award is named. Gundersen Medical Foundation’s Medi ...

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Area organizations partner to assess community health needs

Area organizations are working together in partnership to help improve the health of their communities, and the region. Partnering organizations include: Gundersen Boscobel Area Hospital and Clinics, Grant Regional Health Center, Crossing Rivers Health, Grant and Crawford County UW Extension, Aging and Disability Resource Centers, and Grant and Crawford County Health Departments. The group conducted a community health needs assessment (CHN ...

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New Gundersen HR VP leads with people-first focus

New Gundersen HR VP leads with people-first focus Shannon Mulligan will tell you success can often be found in the three “P’s.” “People. Purpose. Possibility. Connecting these incredibly important elements is key to creating the experiences we want for everyone the organization serves – employees, consumers, and the community. With a focus on people and alignment to a clear purpo ...

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Hospital Foundation funds recumbent cycle for Cardiopulmonary Rehab

Gundersen Boscobel Cardiopulmonary Rehab's new Matrix recumbent cycle. In January, Nora Munson, Director of Cardiopulmonary Rehab, submitted a grant application to the Boscobel Area Hospital and Clinics (BAHC) Foundation for a recumbent cycle made by Matrix. Soon after, the BAHC Foundation Board approved the request and the new cycle was purchased and available for use by Cardiopulmonary Rehab patients. "We are very fortunate to ha ...

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Patient Caring Baskets newest addition to Gundersen Boscobel chemotherapy room

Cancer survivor Patsy Pippen of Boscobel Since 2015, Gundersen Boscobel Area Hospital and Clinics has had a room dedicated to offering chemotherapy to patients in a private, comfortable setting. Over the years, there has been an effort to continually making improvements to that room to increase each patient's level of comfort. The newest such addition is called a Patient Caring Basket, an idea suggested by cancer survivor Patsy ...

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Strive to Thrive: A program of transformation and empowerment

Strive to Thrive, an innovative eight-week exercise and wellness program, helps empower adults who have visited Emergency Services due to depression or anxiety. More about this community partnership. ...

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Gundersen, Bellin anticipate merger closing Nov. 30, start of operations Dec. 1.

Gundersen Health System and Bellin Health have announced they plan to begin combined operations on Dec. 1. ...

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Gundersen receives $1.5 million for Cancer Research

Gundersen Medical Foundation is pleased to announce that Mrs. Betty Kabara has made an extraordinary gift of $1.5 million to the Kabara Cancer Research Institute. Established in 2008 with an initial $1 million endowment gift from Mrs. Kabara and her late husband, Dr. Jon Kabara, the Kabara Cancer Research Institute’s mission is to investigate and develop new therapeutic approaches for ...

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NICU nurse helps youngest patients celebrate first Halloween

Last year, nurses in the NICU decided to have a little fun with their little patients by having a Halloween costume party. What they noticed, though, was that not every baby had a costume. ...

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Stephen Shapiro, MD, selected to lead Gundersen Medical Foundation

Every day, Gundersen Medical Foundation and Gundersen Health System work together to provide unparalleled patient care and experience through medical research, community health outreach, innovative programming, and development of generous financial contributions from many people in the communities we serve.Stephen Shapiro, MD, FACS, will soon lead these efforts. Dr. Shapiro has accepted the role of chief medical foundation officer. In addition to ...

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Project SEARCH gets financial support via Gundersen Medical Foundation

For the third year, Gundersen Medical Foundation will present a check for $20,000 to the Project SEARCH program at Gundersen Region Emplify Health. ...