News Archives 2023
Statement from Saint Alphonsus Health System on Trauma Center Certification Status
As the region’s primary acute care Level II Trauma Center, Saint Alphonsus takes our commitment and responsibility to ensure the safety and well-being of our community seriously. ...
Saint Alphonsus Breaks Ground on Planned Medical Office Building in Caldwell
Saint Alphonsus Health System will officially kick off construction on a new 4-story, 54,800 square-foot medical office building in Caldwell, Idaho at a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesda...
Saint Alphonsus Conference Partners with Rural First Responders to Improve Emergency Capabilities
Ski and Mountain Trauma Conference Returns to Sun Valley November 1-3 At a time when many rural emergency medical service agencies in Idaho and throughout the region...
Statement from Saint Alphonsus Health System on Support for Women’s Health
As a Catholic health care system, Saint Alphonsus Health System believes the physician-patient relationship is a sacred trust, especially the relationship between an Obstetric (OB) physici...
Brooke Thrasher Named Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer for Saint Alphonsus Health System
Brooke Thrasher has been named Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Saint Alphonsus Health System by Odette Bolano, President and CEO, Trinity Health West Region. ...
Saint Alphonsus Pioneers Technology for Pacemaker Patients
High-Tech Laser Allows for Safer Removal of Cardiac Leads Up to three million Americans live with pacemakers – tiny battery-powered devices implanted in the chest o...
Trinity Health West Region CEO Odette C. Bolano to Retire in June 2024
Trinity Health announced today that Chief Executive Officer of the West Region and President of Saint Alphonsus Health System, Odette C. Bolano, FACHE, MHA, BSN, will retire in June 2024. ...
Dr. David Zarkou Named Executive Medical Director for the Saint Alphonsus Medical Group
Dr. David Zarkou, DPM, has been named Executive Medical Director, Specialty Care, at Saint Alphonsus Medical Group. As Executive Medical Director, Dr. Zarkou works ...
Stacy Meyr, DC Named President of the Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance
Stacy Meyr, DC has been named President of the Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance, Saint Alphonsus Health System President and CEO Odette Bolano announced today. Meyr replaces Dr. Charles Ch...
Echocardiography Programs at all Four Saint Alphonsus Hospitals Earn National Reaccreditation
The echocardiography programs at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, and Saint Alphonsus Medical Centers in Nampa, Ontario and Baker City have earned reaccreditation by the I...
Saint Alphonsus Surgeons Complete 50th Case Using Pioneering Technology
Device Helps Doctors Treat Atrial Fibrillation While Performing Other Heart Procedures Saint Alphonsus Medical Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery Dr. Robert Saeid Fa...
Kathryn Traughber Named Regional Director of Laboratory Services at Saint Alphonsus Health System
Kathryn (Katie) Traughber, MS, MLS (ASCP) has been named Regional Director of Laboratory Services for the Saint Alphonsus Health System. She brings 20 years of progressive laboratory expe...
Saint Alphonsus Hospitals Open COVID-19 Memorial Gardens
Idaho and Oregon Gardens Honor Healthcare Workers, COVID Patients Saint Alphonsus Health System will unveil COVID-19 Memorial Gardens at its hospitals in Boise and N...
Hydrate to Beat the Summer Heat!
Saint Alphonsus ER Doctor Offers Tips to Avoid Heat-Related Health Problems After an unusually cooler and wetter spring and early summer, near triple-digit temperatu...
Saint Alphonsus Names Kristen Kishline Chief Human Resources Officer, Director of HR Business Partnerships
Will Focus on Human Resource Strategies for Nampa Hospital, Medical Group Kristen Kishline has been named Chief Human Resource Officer, Director of HR Business Partn...
Lauren Smith Named Chief Nursing Officer for Saint Alphonsus Health System and Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
Lauren Smith, MSN, RN has been named Chief Nursing Officer for both Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise and the four-hospital Saint Alphonsus Health System, with hospitals in ...
Saint Alphonsus Announces Leadership Changes at Nampa Hospital
Clint Child Named President, Misti Leavitt CNO/VP of Operations Clint Child, DNP, MBA, RN, CENP has been named President at Saint Alphonsus Me...
Saint Alphonsus – Nampa Earns Level II Stroke Center Designation
State Designation Reflects Increased Level of Stroke Care in Nampa Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Nampa has been designated as a Level II Stroke Center by the St...
Saint Alphonsus Colorectal Surgeon Performs 500th Robotic Procedure
Dr. Sheev Dattani Achieves Milestone in Colon and Rectal Surgeries Saint Alphonsus minimally invasive and robotically-trained Colorectal Surgeon Dr. Sheev Dattani ha...
Saint Alphonsus Supports Initiative to Boost Number of Doctors in Rural Idaho
Health System Makes Scholarship Donation to The Primary Care Initiative Idaho ranks 45th in the nation for the number of primary care physicians per 100,000 people. ...
Dr. Michael Twomey Named Executive Medical Director, Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance
Michael Twomey, MD has been named Executive Medical Director for the Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance, Alliance President Dr. Charles Chodroff announced today. Dr. Tw...
Saint Alphonsus Celebrates Opening of Idaho’s Only Neuro, Surgical, Trauma ICU
Hospital Named Multidisciplinary Team of Distinction by National Organization Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center today celebrated the opening of the first advan...
Dr. Sophia Airhart Named Medical Director of Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Pulmonary Hypertension
Idaho’s Only Fellowship-Trained Advanced Heart Failure Cardiologist Idaho’s only Fellowship-trained Advanced Heart Failure cardiologist has been named Medical Di...
Saint Alphonsus Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Programs Earn National Accreditation by Industry Leader
The cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation programs at Saint Alphonsus have been recertified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). This ...