Sara Candler, physical therapist, Norton Brownsboro Hospital, and her husband, Dennis, found areas of concern with their health after an annual wellness exam. The exam was part of N Good Health, Norton Healthcare’s employee wellness program. Sara and Dennis have made significant lifestyle changes based on the results. “I truly don’t think we’d get a…
When Kenneth P. Hall, R.N., joined Norton Audubon Hospital’s 5 East cardiac telemetry unit in October 2011, little did he know how profound his impact would be there. Now, almost seven years later, Ken’s patients and colleagues do not know what they would do without him. Valentina M. Nikic, patient care associate, describes Ken this…
NPride, Norton Healthcare’s LGBTQ and allies’ employee resource group, celebrates Pride Month by recognizing a few of our notable employee members. The patient experience is important at Norton Healthcare. We value quality, safety and respect — with every patient, every time. A positive patient experience could lead to continued services, expanding of a patient’s network of…
“Respect every person” is one of Norton Healthcare’s values, the foundation for how our organization conducts itself as we provide care for our patients and create a positive culture for our employees. Our diversity and inclusion department is leading the charge to ensure that value is put into action. “Respect is a human expectation,” said…
NPride, Norton Healthcare’s LGBTQ and allies’ employee resource group, celebrates Pride Month by recognizing a few of our notable employee members. Nick Clark, manager in Norton Healthcare’s marketing and communications department, has been a champion of inclusion since joining the organization in 2014. He’s stepped up in a big way to promote LGBTQ equality at…
When treating others with compassion is a core part of your values, it hardly seems like something that warrants special thanks. At least that’s how a modest person like Mike Williams sees it. Mike, supervisor, respiratory therapy, Norton Audubon Hospital, was honored — yet surprised — to learn that a patient’s family had submitted a…
NPride, Norton Healthcare’s resource group for LGBTQ employees and allies, celebrates Pride Month by recognizing a few of our notable employee members. “I no longer live in the shadows,” said Lynnie Meyer, R.N., Ed.D., CFRE, senior vice president and chief development officer for Norton Healthcare. Lynnie is proud of the progress the LGBTQ community…
Rob Rogers, APRN, is an electrophysiology nurse practitioner with the Norton Heart & Vascular Institute Heart Rhythm Center. In his role as a heart specialist, he talks with patients about how to keep their heart healthy. But when he is not wearing a white coat, you may find him wearing a whistle and gym…
After five decades of caring for patients in the River City, Roy Meckler, M.D., has been dubbed Louisville’s “godfather of neurology.” Dr. Meckler specializes in treating multiple sclerosis (MS), a degenerative neurological disease. He no longer sees new patients but is fiercely loyal to the patients he has, some of whom have been in his…
NPride, Norton Healthcare’s resource group for LGBTQ employees and allies, celebrates Pride Month by recognizing a few of our notable employee members. Verity Owens, R.N., is a nurse at Norton Healthcare. She has been in a constant state of change for several years. She and her husband, Jasper, moved to a new city; she started…
As a cancer specialist and neuro-oncologist at Norton Cancer Institute, Renato V. LaRocca, M.D., diagnoses and treats high-grade brain tumors and other solid tumors. Last summer, he applied the same evidence-based approaches he uses to help patients to try and answer one of history’s most vexing questions: What really happened to legendary aviator Amelia Earhart?…
As a student at Western Kentucky University, Lindsey Robbins was quick to support her fellow classmates by giving blood. “Our sororities and fraternities used to make blood drives a competition, and even though I didn’t belong to the Greek life, I always gave and thought it was a great idea to turn something so important…