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. ...
December 12, 2023
Saint Alphonsus Breaks Ground on Planned Medical Office Building in Caldwell
Saint Alphonsus Health System will officially kick off construction on a new 3-story, 63,000 square-foot medical office building in Caldwell, Idaho at a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, Novemb...
November 28, 2023
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...
October 19, 2023
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. ...
October 11, 2023
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...
October 2, 2023
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. ...
September 19, 2023
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 ...
September 17, 2023
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...
September 6, 2023
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...
September 5, 2023
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...
August 20, 2023
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...
August 1, 2023
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...
July 18, 2023
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...
June 29, 2023
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...
June 21, 2023
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 ...
June 19, 2023
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...
May 1, 2023
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...
April 16, 2023
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...
April 3, 2023
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. ...
March 5, 2023
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...
February 28, 2023
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...
February 27, 2023
Dr. Sophia Airhart Named Medical Director of Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Pulmonary Hypertension
Idaho’s Only Fellowship-Trained Advanced Heart Failure CardiologistIdaho’s only Fellowship-trained Advanced Heart Failure cardiologist has been named Medical Director of the Heart Failure, Mech...
January 31, 2023
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 ...
January 22, 2023
Tony Swart Named Vice President of Operations and Finance for Saint Alphonsus – Eastern Oregon
Tony Swart, Director of Finance for Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Baker City and the Saint Alphonsus Medical Group, has been named to a new role as Vice President of Operations and Fi...
January 9, 2023