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September is National Suicide Prevention Month. This September, organizations and people from across our community are coming together to host free activities, training opportunities and more to support people affected by suicide and raise awareness. For a full list of activities, visit https://lcsuicideprevention.org/. St. Peter’s Health is hosting a series of free mental health training/education opportunities during We Speak Mental...
From the Helena Independent Record: St. Peter’s Health is beginning a $9 million renovation that will increase the number of operating rooms and provide a new robot-assisted surgical program. Four phases of renovations are expected to last the next year and a half. Construction will up the number of operating rooms from five to six, offer expanded space and new...
Approximately 500 Montanans are diagnosed with colorectal cancer each year. Between 2006 and 2010, approximately 180 deaths per year were attributed to colorectal cancer, which was the fourth most common cause of death from cancer in Montana....
Volunteers sew handmade stockings gifted to hospitalized community members and newborns during the month of December St. Peter’s Hospital Association “Arlene Mathews Sock Sew” volunteers are celebrating 69 years of making handmade stockings for those who are hospitalized at St. Peter’s Health and babies born in the month of December at the Regional Medical Center (hospital). The tradition was started...
Physician Assistant Andrew Koopman earned his Masters of Science Physician Assistant degree from Rocky Mountain College after earning his Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry at Carroll University. He is certified through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. As a hospitalist, Andrew cares for patients hospitalized at St. Peter’s....
Still remembered. Still loved. Still missed. The annual Light a Life fundraiser and celebration will return to our traditional in-person event on December 8, 2022. We are thrilled to gather again to honor the memories of loved ones missed during the Holiday Season. For almost 30 years, St. Peter’s Health Hospice has been Helena’s only nonprofit hospice program, offering services...
Dr. Clarence "Jaron" Brunson earned his Medical Degree at Saba University School of Medicine in Saba, Netherlands-Antilles. He completed his residency at the Family Medicine Residency of Idaho. Prior to joining St. Peter’s Health, Dr. Brunson worked as a physician and Chief Medical Officer at the Community Health Center of Central Wyoming. He is a board certified member of the...
As we look to other health systems in the East and South, we’re seeing a significant uptick in adult and pediatric hospitalizations due to common illnesses such as influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), rhinovirus and COVID-19. While we haven’t yet seen a drastic increase in those numbers locally, we are preparing for what we think will could be a rough...
Physician Assistant Adrienne Bull earned her Master of Physician Assistant Studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, after completing her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Montana State University. She has prior experience in rural family medicine and neurosurgery. Adrienne is certified by the National Commission for the Certification of Physician Assistants. She is accepting new patients at the...
St. Peter’s Health Medical Group welcomes new Hospitalist Dr. Kathryn Hurlbut and Family Medicine Nurse Practitioners Airica Rishavy and Alison Amy. Dr. Kathryn Hurlbut earned her Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, after earning her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Neuroscience Biomedical Studies at Montana State University. She is board certified with...