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Dr. Arthur and our children were delivered at
St. Catherine, so I trusted in their care. I knew a partial
hysterectomy was something I had to have done and it
had to be done at St. Catherine Hospital."
St. Catherine Hospital first opened its doors on April 22,
1928, in East Chicago. In the nine decades since, the hospital, built by business leaders, industrialists and the Poor
Handmaids of Jesus Christ, has been building a steady
list of accomplishments in patient safety and outstanding care. As part of the hospital's ongoing commitment to
excellence, the da Vinci® Surgical System was made available to patients in fall 2017.

"Surgeries assisted by robots
aren't only less invasive, they
are statistically proven to have
fewer complications."
"We're proud to be introducing new efficiencies that
enable our healthcare team to offer a first-class, minimallyinvasive surgical experience to a broad base of patients,"
says St. Catherine CEO Leo Correa.
"Surgeries assisted by robots aren't only less invasive,
they are statistically proven to have fewer complications,"
Arthur says. "From the console, physicians can perform
the operation effectively and precisely, translating to
superior quality."
Before Rivera's surgery, she read her recovery time
could be as long as 12 weeks. "What a difference three
little incisions can make," she says.
"The nurses were amazing from the time I went into
the surgery room through recovery," she recalls. "I felt
100 percent better right away, needed no pain medication
and I was ready to go back to work in just three weeks."
Enhanced robot-assisted surgical procedures now available at St. Catherine Hospital include soft tissue procedures and general surgery for prostate cancer, urologic
applications, total or partial kidney removal, gallbladder
removal, hernia repair, colon resection, colitis and gynecologic laparoscopic procedures.
Physicians who were first to use the da Vinci robotic
technology at St. Catherine Hospital in addition to Arthur

Gynecologist Kimberly Arthur, MD, uses the da Vinci Surgical
System for less invasive procedures at St. Catherine Hospital.

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New Surgical Options
For more information about advances in surgical
procedures and quality care at the hospitals of
Community Healthcare System, visit comhs.org.

include Teoman Demir, MD, Terrence Dempsey, MD, and
Russell Pellar, MD, all general surgeons.
"Now patients can achieve their best health following
surgery, with fewer complications and the convenience of
healing close to home," says Lori McBride, RN, director of
Surgical Services.
"This long history of quality care goes along with the greatness of St. Catherine Hospital and how we treat our patients,
our staff and our doctors," Correa says. "It reflects our part
in a bigger health system with strong commitment to excellence, now and into the future." ■

FALL 2018

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