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St. Peter’s Health Medical Group Welcomes New Pulmonologist Mollie Lane, MD and Nurse Practitioner Angela Axmann Grabinger, FNP-C, FNP-BC, RN, BSN

Pulmonologist Dr. Mollie Lane earned her Doctorate of Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine. She received her Master of Science in Health Care Leadership at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice and her Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences at Montana State University. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical ...

St. Peter’s Falcon Receives DAISY Awards for Extraordinary Nurses

St. Peter’s Health Registered Nurse Glenn Falcon received the DAISY Foundation Award for Extraordinary Nurses. DAISY Awardees are selected quarterly from nominations submitted by St. Peter’s patients and their family members. Falcon has been with St. Peter’s since 2020, working in Employee Health. Falcon received several nominations, one of which said, “Glenn is very kind to everyone he speaks to ...

Join us for a Virtual Community Forum on June 28

Join us for a virtual community forum on Tuesday, June 28 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. CEO Wade Johnson will host the online forum to share the latest from your local health system: Welcome new providers New services and technology And more WATCH THE FORUM ...

Building gold standard cancer care for our community

Growing our local cancer care team In February, St. Peter’s Cancer Care welcomed Medical Oncologist and Hematologist Dr. Elizabeth Bigger. Dr. Bigger is a triple board-certified medical oncologist and hematologist who joined our permanent, employed medical staff. St. Peter’s continues to actively recruit additional medical oncologists. B “We couldn’t be happier to welcome Dr. Bigger to our team. She immediately ...

Highly-trained trio brings expertise, enthusiasm to Helena

Medical Oncologist and Hematologist Dr. Elizabeth Bigger, Pediatric Hospitalist Dr. Meaghan Lafferty and Gastroenterologist Dr. Lauren Shea joined St. Peter’s in 2022. What drew you to the community and St. Peter’s? DR. BIGGER: My husband Pete is a snowboarder, and I’m a skier. We fell in love with the area during a recent trip to Wyoming—wide open space, the mountains ...

Health Matters: Summer safety tips from your local ambulance team

By Anna Peabody, AEMT Summer brings many changes to the Helena Valley. The increasing temperatures signal it’s time for school to be out and vacations in the sun with family and friends to begin. For local emergency response teams, summer brings not only sunshine, but also an increase in emergency calls due to recreational accidents. Some accidents are minor, while ...

Family Fun Fest is back in-person!

Family Fun Fest is Helena's premier health and wellness event for kids brought to you by St. Peter's Health and PacificSource Health Plans. This year's event will be held Saturday, August 13, from 8:30am - 12:00pm at Helena's Centennial Park and Great Northern Town Center. Children attending get a free t-shirt while supplies last! This free event is open to ...

St. Peter’s Health Medical Group Welcomes New Pediatric Hospitalist Meaghan Lafferty, MD and Nurse Practitioner, Amanda Evans, MSN, FNP-C

Pediatric Hospitalist Dr. Meaghan Lafferty earned her medical degree at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine and her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at Yale University. She completed her pediatric residency at Brenner’s Children Hospital at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and she is certified in General Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics. As a Pediatric Hospitalist ...

Health Matters: Hearing and its connection to our health

Hearing loss is like a silent predator, it sneaks up on you. It is usually very gradual and people, often times unknowingly, develop compensation strategies to deal with it. These strategies can include lip reading, avoidance of difficult situations and increasing the volume on their TV or radio. Unfortunately, these strategies will only take you so far. Hearing loss and ...