2015 November Issue
Memorial Network continues to grow with new hospital slated to open in April
By BLAIR GLAUBER The Memorial Network brings together Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Memorial Medical Group, Memorial Care Center, and, coming soon, Memorial Hospital East in Shiloh. “Our goal is to provide patients with a complete network of quality care — from physicians to the latest services and technology — right here in the Metro…
Read MoreGateway Regional delivers convenience, accessibility through outreach centers
By ALAN J. ORTBALS Tremendous change is occurring in the health-care industry and one of the biggest is the move to decentralized care. Patients demand it and technology makes it possible. Gateway Regional Medical Center, for example, has been opening a variety of health-care centers and spreading its footprint throughout Southwestern Illinois. It now boasts…
Read MoreNew technique puts Alton Memorial hip replacement patients on feet same day
By ALAN J. ORTBALS If you think that having your hip replaced and going home the same day could only occur in a science fiction movie, you’d be wrong. Patients are doing just that at Alton Memorial Hospital. Dr. John Stirton, M.D. is medical director of the total Joint Replacement Center at Alton Memorial. A…
Read MoreRyan Goodwin, Community Bank President, First Mid-Illinois Bank & Trust
Spotlight on Southwestern Illinois: Banking and Finance Ryan Goodwin, Community Bank President, First Mid-Illinois Bank & Trust By KATE GENO As the new community bank president for First Mid-Illinois banking centers in Highland and Maryville, Ryan Goodwin is looking forward to applying what he has learned throughout the course of his career…
Read MoreTom Davey, Market President, Centrue Bank, Fairview Heights
Spotlight on Southwestern Illinois: Banking and Finance Tom Davey, Market President, Centrue Bank, Fairview Heights By MELISSA CROCKETT MESKE “Treat people the way you want to be treated.” This has been the guiding mantra each day of Tom Davey’s 30-year career in banking as well as in his everyday life, and it…
Read MoreDavid Hopkins, Senior Vice President, First Bank, O’Fallon, Ill.
Spotlight on Southwestern Illinois: Banking and Finance David Hopkins, Senior Vice President, First Bank, O’Fallon, Ill. By MELISSA CROCKETT MESKE In 1991, David Hopkins became a member of the family at First Bank and has been involved in all areas of community banking ever since. As senior vice president at this financial…
Read MoreDarryl Collins, Regional Retail Banking Director, Commerce Bank
Spotlight on Southwestern Illinois: Banking and Finance Darryl Collins, Regional Retail Banking Director, Commerce Bank By KATE GENO Recently promoted to regional retail banking director for Commerce Bank, Darryl Collins is lending his insight and 27 years of experience to banking center staff in central and southern Missouri, the St. Louis Metro,…
Read MoreChad Abernathy, Senior Vice President/Chief Retail Officer, First Clover Leaf Bank, Edwardsville
Spotlight on Southwestern Illinois: Banking and Finance Chad Abernathy, Senior Vice President/Chief Retail Officer, First Clover Leaf Bank, Edwardsville By MELISSA CROCKETT MESKE For the last 14 years, Chad Abernathy has been fortunate enough to be in his ideal job. “I just adore First Clover Leaf Bank,” Abernathy said, “As a…
Read MoreMulti-million-dollar office complex launches in Columbia
By DENNIS GRUBAUGH COLUMBIA — If constructing a $12 million building takes vision, then a local partnership has view to spare as work begins atop a bluff overlooking St. Louis. Work is now underway on 11 South, a medical and office development that represents the first of potentially four buildings in a complex planned at…
Read MoreHighland’s Gigabit Challenge evolving into area’s first ‘hackathon’
By DENNIS GRUBAUGH HIGHLAND — Like ever-changing technology, the second annual Highland Gigabit Challenge is evolving with the times, this year focusing on what will become Southwestern Illinois’ first “hackathon.” Last year’s inaugural event, which honored three start-ups, involved a business plan competition. This year’s has taken a few twists on the road to a…
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