Cardiologist joins Franciscan in Dyer, Crown Point
Dr. Asad J. Torabi, an interventional cardiologist, is now part of the Franciscan Physician Network and is accepting new patients in Dyer and
Crown Point, according to a release.
Torabi attended medical school and completed his residency and fellowship at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis,
the release said. His clinical interests include coronary artery disease, aortic valve stenosis, mitral regurgitation, structural heart disease and sports cardiology.
He is accepting patients at Franciscan Physician Network Cardiology Dyer, 2150 Gettler St., Suite 400 and Franciscan Physician Network
Cardiology Crown Point, 12750 St. Francis Drive, Suite 320. Call 219-865-0893 (Dyer) or 219-662-0077 (Crown Point).
Merrillville committee eyes data centers
The Town of Merrillville is forming a new committee tasked with studying data centers, their impact on communities and their potential benefits, according to a release.
The creation of the Merrillville Data Center Citizen Advisory Committee will allow residents to verify information about data centers, helping the community become more informed about these emerging developments, the release said.
Interested Merrillville residents should visit the town website for the application
Northwest Health – Porter earns heart designation
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has designated Northwest Health – Porter as a HeartCare Center of excellence, according to a release.
ACC bestows this designation on hospitals for their ongoing commitment to comprehensive, high-quality culture and cardiovascular care. Northwest Health – Porter was awarded the HeartCARE Center National Distinction of Excellence in July based on meeting accreditation criteria, and through their ongoing performance registry reporting, the release said.
Hospitals with the HeartCARE Center designation have long demonstrated their commitment to consistent, high-quality cardiovascular care through comprehensive process improvement, disease and procedure-specific accreditations, professional excellence, and community engagement, the release said.
Organization lauds IUN program
Excelencia in Education, a national organization focused on accelerating Latino student success in higher education, announced
four baccalaureate programs across the United States – including one Indiana University Northwest program – as a finalist for the 2024
Examples of Excelencia, according to a release.
Pedagogical Interest Groups (PIGs), the IUN program, was created in 2016 to improve Latino student success by addressing decreasing
retention and graduation rates and increasing DFW rates (students who finish a course with a D, F or withdrew), the release said.
By analyzing and implementing modern, evidence-based and culturally informed pedagogies, faculty were able to enhance their teaching
practices, introduce summer bridge programs, offer first-year seminars, create cohort models and redesign curricula.
Professors involved in PIGs saw drastically lower DFW rates, higher grades overall and reduced achievement gaps for all students, the release said. IUNt and the other finalists were selected through a review of 103 program submissions representing colleges, universities and community-based organizations across 20 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Franciscan Health Dyer, Munster donate school supplies
Local Catholic school students needing a little help with school supplies are getting a boost to start the school year off right thanks
to a generous donation from Franciscan Health Dyer and Franciscan Health Munster, according to a release.
The Mission Committee of the two hospitals hosted a school supply and cereal drive in July aimed at assisting local Catholic school students
in need. Franciscan Health employees and members of the public donated backpacks, school supplies and boxes of dry cereal for breakfasts
before school to benefit the students.
The donations — which filled two vans — will benefit Catholic school K-12 students attending St. John Bosco School in Hammond, St. Casimir
School in Hammond, St. Stanislaus School in East Chicago, Bishop Noll Institute in Hammond and St. Thomas More School in Munster, the
release said.
Northwest Health offers diabetes seminar
To learn how to prevent diabetes and the complications it causes, diabetes educator Clarise Largen will present a free HealthyU wellness
seminar, Diabetes: Prevent it, Delay it, Put it into Remission from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Aug. 29 at the Healthcare Foundation of La Porte, 140
E. Shore Parkway, La Porte.
During her talk, Largen will explain actions that can be taken to stop type 2 diabetes from progressing, according to a release. A question-and-answer session will follow. To register, visit NWHinfo.com/DiabetesNews.