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St. Peter’s Health Medical Group Welcomes New Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Internal Medicine Specialist and Hospitalist

St. Peter’s Health Medical Group welcomes new Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon Dr. Patrick Curry, Internal Medicine Specialist Dr. Mark Ziats and Hospitalist Dr. Laurel Kittrell. Dr. Patrick Curry earned his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine, after earning his Bachelor of Arts Philosophy degree from the University of Scranton. He completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Thomas Jefferson ...

St. Peter’s Barrett and Redfern Receive DAISY Awards

St. Peter’s Health Registered Nurses Addy Barrett and Tana Redfern received DAISY Awards for Extraordinary Nurses. DAISY Awardees are selected quarterly from nominations submitted by St. Peter’s patients and their family members. Barrett has worked as a Registered Nurse in St. Peter’s Behavioral Health Unit since 2017. One of the patients who nominated her said she made them feel validated ...

St. Peter's Health Medical Group Welcomes New General Surgeon, Rheumatologist, and Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist

St. Peter's Health Medical Group welcomes General Surgeon Dr. Matthew Goldes, Rheumatologist Dr. Kent Blakely, and Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist Dr. Matthew Miller to the St. Peter's Health medical staff. A Helena native, Dr. Goldes earned his medical degree from University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle after earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from the ...

St. Peter's Health Dr. Coil and Rock Receive BEE Awards

St. Peter's Health presented a BEE Award to Emergency Physician Dr. Andy Coil and Executive Assistance Caitlin Rock. A companion to the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, St. Peter's presents BEE Awards to any exceptional general or professional St. Peter's staff member nominated by patients, family members and/or colleagues. The staff member who nominated Dr. Coil was experiencing post-traumatic stress ...

St. Peter's Pratt Receives DAISY Award

St. Peter's Health Registered Nurse Kelsey Pratt 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. Pratt is a labor and delivery nurse. She received several nominations, one of which said, "Kelsey was nothing but kind and supportive while our little one was being born ...

St. Peter’s Maddock and Crowley Named to Helena’s 20 Under 40

Congratulations to the St. Peter's team members honored this year as part of the Helena Independent Record's 20 Under 40. Sarah Maddock, RNC, BSN, Interim Manager of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Sarah grew up in Helena and attended Carroll College’s Nursing program. She was a member of the first Carroll College women’s soccer team to make an appearance at ...

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 ...

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 ...