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Together Again Caregiver Feature

Together Again

In our spring 2021 issue, we introduced you to Katie Young, a young woman who was celebrating her college graduation at a bowling alley when her heart stopped beating. You […]

Provider Spotlight: Keena Byrd-Moro, DNP Doctor Profiles

Provider Spotlight: Keena Byrd-Moro, DNP

My Role  I am a Nurse Practitioner in general surgery in Spearfish. I work primarily with Andrew VanOsdol, M.D., in our accredited Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence program. I am […]

A Look Inside Caregiver Feature

A Look Inside

From the outside looking in, it may look like Radiologic Technologist Robert Schroeder and his fellow caregivers have a straightforward job — creating high-quality X-ray images for physicians and their […]

Physician Profile: Robert Santa-Cruz, M.D. Doctor Profiles

Physician Profile: Robert Santa-Cruz, M.D.

My Role  First and foremost, I am a urologist who provides care to my patients. I am also the director of the Monument Health Robotics Program, which gives me the […]

Cover Story: Rodeo For All Health & Wellness

Cover Story: Rodeo For All

When eight-year-old Rayne Rucker entered the Central States Fair on August 23 for Monument Health’s Special Rodeo, she knew just what she wanted to do: everything!  By the time Rayne […]

A Family of Care Caregiver Feature

A Family of Care

For Lito and Lucita Casilang and their daughter Sandra Gruenig, Rapid City is very different from their native Philippines 7,500 miles away. The food, the culture, the weather — especially […]

An Epidemic of Loneliness Health & Wellness

An Epidemic of Loneliness

In 1999, Britney Spears sang the words, “My loneliness is killing me…” Those lyrics weren’t meant to be taken literally, but Britney was ahead of her time — new evidence […]

A New Rhythm Doctor Profiles

A New Rhythm

The Heart and Vascular Institute (HVI) at Monument Health recently became one of the first hospitals in the U.S. to perform an innovative new procedure treating an uncommon form of […]

Little Tattoos, Big Impact Health & Wellness

Little Tattoos, Big Impact

Hang around a tattoo shop for a while and you’ll see all kinds of art pass through the door. Rose tattoos with a loved one’s name, cosmic planetscapes, geometric patterns […]

Signed, Sealed, Delivered Patient Stories

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

For most people, a hospital stay isn’t a great time in their life. It can be scary and uncomfortable, often coming as an unpleasant surprise. However, there are things that […]

More Than Medicine Caregiver Feature

More Than Medicine

In the early 1990s, two health care challenges were emerging in western South Dakota. First, the number of new family physicians practicing medicine in rural areas was not keeping up […]

My Space: Samantha Chilstrom Caregiver Feature

My Space: Samantha Chilstrom

For parents, those opportunities are fleeting and bittersweet, as one day those moments will be gone.  But that’s not the case for the child care aides at the Monument Health […]