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2023 Year in Review: Top Stories from HH Health

Written on January 4, 2024. Posted in News, Featured News.

Welcome to a recap of the year’s most impactful moments at Huntsville Hospital Health System. From a milestone aortic valve procedure to strategic alignments to new pups at Canines for Coping, join us as we delve into some of biggest stories that shaped our system in 2023. Let’s get started! ...

HH Physical Therapist Helped a Little Boy Learn to Walk Again — Now She’s His Mom

Written on October 23, 2023. Posted in News, Featured News.

“Every kid is one caring adult away from being a success story.” Megan Zimmerman loves that quote from motivational speaker Josh Shipp, and she has tried to be that caring adult throughout her nine-year career as a licensed physical therapist at Huntsville Hospital Pediatric Therapy &...

TOC pediatric nurse practitioner Elizabeth Schwarze and Mother Baby RN Ashley Noles (pictured), along with Congressman Dale Strong, used their CPR training to revive 31-year-old Kyle Browne (pictured right)

Saving Officer Browne

Written on August 29, 2023. Posted in News, Featured News.

After finishing her morning workout at Orangetheory Fitness on July 29, Elizabeth Schwarze hopped into her SUV and took what became a very fortunate shortcut through the new Clift Farm development. Elizabeth, a pediatric orthopedic nurse practitioner at The Orthopaedic Center (TOC) in Huntsville,...

LPN Launch graduates seated at their graduation ceremony

HH Health set to welcome 19 LPN Launch graduates

Written on August 9, 2023. Posted in News, Featured News.

The ongoing national nursing shortage just got some much-needed relief thanks to a unique partnership between Huntsville Hospital and Drake State Community & Technical College. The first 19 graduates of LPN Launch, a new training program for Licensed Practical Nurses, marked their transition...

10 year old Sue Campbell of Huntsville smiles with Huntsville Hospital trauma surgeon Dr. Rony Najjar

Huntsville Hospital’s oldest trauma patient turns 105

Written on July 25, 2023. Posted in News, Featured News.

At 105 years and counting, Sue Campbell of Huntsville is near the top of the list of Alabama’s oldest residents. Despite being blessed with good genes, Sue’s family says she wouldn’t have made it this far without the help of Huntsville Hospital trauma surgeon Dr. Rony Najjar. Rewind to April...

Why did the turtle cross the road?

Written on July 13, 2023. Posted in News, Featured News.

Kale the Sea Turtle’s life was going swimmingly until 2019. That’s when Kale was hooked by a fisherman in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay. The hook was so deeply embedded that he needed surgery, then another. The wound never fully healed, leaving Kale prone to infections. In 2020, Kale...

Nationally-recognized stroke care - American Heart Association 2023 Get with the Guidelines Gold Plus, Stroke award

Stroke care earns national recognition

Written on July 12, 2023. Posted in News, Featured News.

Huntsville Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s 2023 Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring that stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines. The...

Rolling ribbon cutting at Lincoln Medical Center with employees

Celebrating One Year as HH Lincoln Health

Written on July 1, 2023. Posted in News, Featured News.

A Message from the President of HH Lincoln Health This has been a year unlike any other for our Health System. Since joining Huntsville Hospital Health System to become HH Lincoln Health on July 1, 2022, we have been working hard to expand our services, update our facilities and attract...

Marshall Medical Center new patient bed tower and entrance to hospital

MMC Celebrates Opening of $61M Bed Tower and Entrance

Written on June 26, 2023. Posted in News, Featured News.

Area residents got a glimpse into the future of health care during the grand opening of a $61.3 million Patient Tower that replaces all patient rooms and converts the north end of Marshall Medical South into a spacious, modern new entrance. Marking the occasion with a ribbon-cutting were the Marshall...

Huntsville Hospital Urgent Care Now Open in Athens

Written on June 22, 2023. Posted in News, Featured News.

Huntsville Hospital Urgent Care has added a new location in fast-growing Limestone County. HH Urgent Care-Athens opened recently in the Eastside Junction shopping center at 22175 Highway 72, next door to Chicken Salad Chick. It is open seven days a week for urgent care, family care and...

Huntsville Hospital's Community Health Initiative 2023 Grant Recipients

HH’s Community Health Initiative awards $600K to 10 local agencies

Written on June 14, 2023. Posted in News, Featured News.

For the 27th year in a row, Huntsville Hospital’s Community Health Initiative (CHI) is providing vital financial support to local not-for-profit agencies working to improve lives in Madison County. During a June 14 ceremony at Stovehouse, CHI presented health grants totaling $600,000 to...

Helen Keller’s Buchanan Named to UNA Board of Directors

Written on May 24, 2023. Posted in Featured News, News.

Helen Keller Hospital President Kyle Buchanan has been appointed to the University of North Alabama (UNA) Board of Trustees by Gov. Kay Ivey. A Tuscumbia native, Kyle has held numerous leadership roles with HH Health since 2009 including Vice President of Operations at Helen Keller Hospital,...