BJC Media Coverage Recap: July 2025

July 2025

See below for the latest news coverage and stories from July 2025.

U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals

• RiverBender.com: BJC Health System Awarded 109 Recognitions for Clinical Excellence in U.S. News & World Report
• The Alton Telegraph: Top Regional Hospitals in St. Louis, Illinois Ranked by US News and World Report
• The Edwardsville Intelligencer: Top Regional Hospitals in St. Louis, Illinois Ranked by US News and World Report
• KMOV-CBS: U.S. Releases List of Best Hospitals
• KMOX-AM: U.S. News Rankings Announced
• Kansas City Star: Here Are the 5 Best Hospitals Around Kansas City in 2025 National Ranking
• Becker’s Hospital Review: US News’ Top Hospitals by State for 2025–26

BJC Health System Announces New CFO

• Kansas City Business Journal: BJC Health System Taps New CFO As Longtime Saint Luke’s Exec Retires –Chuck Robb, executive vice president, chief financial officer; and Scott Hawig, incoming executive vice president, chief financial officer
• St. Louis Business Journal: Successor Named for Retiring BJC Health System Finance Chief
• Ingram’s: BJC Health System Announces Scott Hawig as Next EVP, CFO
• Becker’s Hospital Review: BJC taps CFO from Froedtert ThedaCare
• KC Reporter: BJC Health System Appoints Scott Hawig as New Chief Financial Officer

Other

• The St. Louis American: Richard Liekweg, DEI, Health Equity Stalwart, Retiring From BJC Healthcare
• Becker’s Hospital Review: 148 Hospital and Health System CIOs To Know | 2025 – Jerry Fox, Chief Information and Digital Officer at BJC Health System

St. Louis Children's Hospital

• KTVI-FOX: Matthew Tkachuk Brings Stanley Cup to St. Louis Children’s Hospital
• KSDK-NBC: Matthew Tkachuk Returns to Children’s Hospital With the Stanley Cup
• KMOV-CBS: Matthew Tkachuk Brings Stanley Cup to St. Louis Children’s Hospital
• Miami Herald: A Jail Cell, Flanigan’s and Key West: A Look at the Panthers’ Stanley Cup Tour So Far
• South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Via Yahoo Sports: Stanley Cup Tour Continues As Matthew Tkachuk Pays Visit to St. Louis Children’s Hospital
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Matthew Tkachuk Brings the Stanley Cup Back to St. Louis: ‘It’s What It’s All About’
• NHL: Tkachuk Locks Up Stanley Cup, Celebrates in St. Louis
• KSDK-NBC: From Coma to Calling: Priest Who Survived Devastating Car Crash Now Offers Hope to Young Patients
• St. Louis Business Journal: These are the St. Louis region's Most Influential Business Women 2025 – Trisha Lollo, president of St. Louis Children's Hospital
• St. Louis Business Journal: What the 2025 Most Influential Business Women Are Reading – Trisha Lollo, president of St. Louis Children's Hospital
• STL NPR: Health Leaders Warn of ‘Domino Effect’ From Medicaid Changes at St. Louis Roundtable – Ellie Harmon, director of government relations at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
• KSDK-NBC: Why Back-to-School Physicals Matter Before Your Kid Returns to Class – Dr. Charlotte Albinson, BJC Medical Group Medical Director, Convenient Care and Virtual Care
• Spectrum News: Time To Get Physicals Done, Says BJC Healthcare – Dr. Charlotte Albinson, BJC Medical Group Medical Director, Convenient Care and Virtual Care
• KMOV-CBS: My Mom Club: Back to School Physicals – Dr. Ellen Nicastro, a Washington University Pediatrician at Monarch Pediatrics
• KMOV-CBS: My Mom Club: Summertime Safety – Brittany Kaiser, community education instructor for Safety Stop at St. Louis Children's Hospital
• Children’s Hospital Association: Hospitalized Kids Delight in Visits with Their Personal Pets - Valerie Lamping, volunteer services supervisor
• Everyday Health: Heart Disease and Heat: 7 Tips for Staying Safe in the Summer – Dr. Emily Cendrowski, cardiologist at BJC Medical Group in St. Louis
• KMOV-CBS: My Mom Club: Summer Skin Concerns – Dr. Ellen Nicastro, a Washington University pediatrician at Monarch Pediatrics
• KTVI-FOX: 7-Year-Old Having 10th Brain Surgery at St. Louis Children’s Hospital Hopes To Meet Taylor Swift
• KMOV-CBS: My Mom Club: Hot Car Safety – Brittany Kaiser, community education instructor for Safety Stop at St. Louis Children's Hospital

Heart and Vascular

• KMOV-CBS: Metro East Man Returns to Pickleball After Heart Attack – Lexie Mason, chest pain coordinator at Memorial Hospital Belleville
• Patient Story: Expert Care, Robotic Precision: Rodney’s Mitral Valve Repair Journey - Newsroom - Barnes-Jewish Hospital – Dr. Tsuyoshi Kaneko, WashU Medicine cardiothoracic surgeon

Neurology

• Health Central: Is MS a Connective Tissue Disease? Understanding the Overlap and Differences – Dr. Barry Singer, the director of the MS Center for Innovations in Care at Missouri Baptist Medical Center

Oncology

• Finger Clubbing: A Sign of Early-Stage Lung Cancer – Dr. Bryan Faller, director of cancer research at Missouri Baptist Medical Center

Women's and Maternity

• KSHB-NBC (KC): ‘He’s Just Such a Miracle to Us’: Toddler Defies All Odds After Undergoing Trailblazing Spina Bifida Surgery – Dr. Kathy Bligard, associate director of the Fetal Care Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
• KMOV-CBS: Summer Heat and Expecting Moms – Dr. Megan Sauer, OB-GYN at BJC Medical Group
• Patient Story: Surgery at the Fetal Care Center Offers Hope for Baby With Spina Bifida – BJC HealthCare– Dr. Jennifer Strahle, WashU Medicine fetal and pediatric neurosurgeon at The Fetal Care Center, Dr. Jesse Vrecenak, a WashU Medicine fetal and pediatric general surgeon and the Center’s surgical director, and Dr. Kathy Bligard, a WashU Medicine maternal-fetal medicine specialist and the associate director at the Center

Orthopedics

• KTVI-FOX: Preventing Summer and Sports Injuries – Dr. Aliasgar Dalal, a BJC Medical Group orthopedic surgeon
• Patient Story: Orthodontist Smiles Again After Shoulder Operation Stops Pain – BJC HealthCare –Dr. Alexander Aleem, WashU Medicine orthopedic surgeon at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
• Patient Story: Osseointegration Offers Hope to A Father of Three With Limb Loss - Newsroom - Barnes-Jewish Hospital– Dr. Ian English, WashU Medicine orthopedic surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and Dr. Christopher McAndrew, WashU Medicine orthopedic trauma surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital

General

• Belleville News-Democrat: Belleville Hospital Unveils $25M Expanded ICU Unit – Deborah Graves, president of Memorial Hospital Belleville, and Brooke Beck, ICU manager at Memorial Hospital Belleville
  • MSN: Here’s a First Look at Belleville Hospital’s New $25M Intensive Care Unit
• Spectrum News: BJC Healthcare Warns About Heat Illnesses After Seeing Uptick – Dr. Charlotte Albinson, medical director of BJC Medical Group, Convenient Care and Virtual Care
• KSDK-NBC: Camping Bug Bites and Injuries – Dr. Charlotte Albinson, medical director of BJC Medical Group, Convenient Care and Virtual Care
• KMOV: Preventing Summer Bug Bites and Injuries – Dr. Charlotte Albinson, medical director of BJC Medical Group, Convenient Care and Virtual Care
• Becker’s Hospital Review: How Barnes-Jewish Hospital Is Rethinking Pain & Nausea Management — 5 Takeaways – Rachel Wolfe, clinical pharmacy specialist supervisor for perioperative medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
• Spectrum News: St. Louis Science Center, With BJC, Boosting STEM Locally
• KSDK-NBC: BJC Helping Bring Free Yoga to Gateway Arch Park
• Ladue News: See medicine in action at the Saint Louis Science Center
• RiverBender.com: JC Community Cares Blood Drives Are Set
• KMOV-CBS: As Hospital Workforce Shortage Continues, Local Partnership Is Filling the Void With Purpose, Joy – Maggie Wolf, chief nursing officer at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, and Preston Brouillet, environmental services worker at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
• KSDK-NBC: Trump Budget Bill Threatens Medicaid for 750,000 in Missouri, Illinois, Estimates Say

Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute

• KCTV: Saint Luke’s Patient Avoids Third Open Heart Surgery Thanks to Minimally Invasive Procedure – Dr. Anthony Magalski, cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
• KCTV: Saint Luke's Brings Food As Medicine Everyday Program to Wonderscope Children's Museum– Grace Webb, registered dietitian with Saint Luke’s Food As Medicine Everyday program
• TCTMD: Changes in Quality of Life Mirror TR Reductions After Tricuspid Procedures: Tri-QOL – Dr. Suzanne Arnold, cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute

Saint Luke's Cancer Institute

• FOX 4: Saint Luke's Urologist Talks Prostate Cancer Screening and Prevention
• Patient Story: Fairway Man Becomes First Saint Luke’s Patient to Receive Targeted Radiation Therapy – Dr. Benjamin Kulow, colon and rectal surgeon with Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute, Dr. Marc Roth, medical director of gastrointestinal oncology at Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute, and Dr. Anthony Loskutov, interventional radiologist at Saint Luke’s

Saint Luke's Rehabilitation Institute

• KSHB: Henli the Facility Dog Making Positive Impact for Rehab Patients – Katie Maloy, occupational therapist, and Nathan List, physical therapist at Saint Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute

Pain Management

• KSHB: Fentanyl Fight Sees Progress, But New Dangers Emerge for Young Children – Dr. Jennifer Elliott, chair of Saint Luke's Opioid Stewardship Program and medical director of Saint Luke's Pain Management Clinic

Quality Improvement

• Clarivate: Predictive Analytics for Early Detection of Sepsis in Emergency Department Patients – Erin McBeth, director of quality improvement at Saint Luke’s, and Dr. Carl Dirks, chief medical information officer of BJC West Region

General

• KMBC & KCTV: Experts Share Hot Car Safety Tips During Summer Peak – Courtney Kisor and Shellie Barnett, certified child passenger safety technicians at Saint Luke’s East Hospital
• Health News You Can Use: Car Seat and Hot Car Safety – Courtney Kisor and Shellie Barnett, certified child passenger safety technicians at Saint Luke’s East Hospital
• FOX4: KC2026 Prepping for World Cup Heat Amid Extreme Heat Warning – Dr. Staci Reintjes, emergency medicine physician at Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
• FOX4 & KSHB: Physician Shares Tips For Firework Safety Ahead of Holiday Weekend – Dr. Greg Tanquary, emergency medicine physician at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
• KSHB: KCFD Reports Busy Fourth of July Weekend, Fewer Injuries Than Expected
• Staff Story: Compassion in Action: One PT’s Call to Global Service – Alison Boles, physical therapist at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
• Patient Story: Mistake Turned Mission: One Trauma Survivor Finds Purpose in Recovery

Critical Access Hospitals

• The Iola Register: New Wheelchair a Boon for Hospital’s Specialty Clinic - Christi Mersman, nurse manager at Allen County Regional Hospital’s specialty clinic
• The Iola Register: Speaker: It Takes More Than Meds in the Battle of the Bulge – Dr. Sam Wilcox, family and obesity medicine physician at Allen County Regional Hospital
• Lorrinda Suddith Named Hedrick Medical Center Employee of Quarter – Second Quarter 2025 – Lorrinda Suddith, registered nurse at Hedrick Medical Center
• Mosquitos, Ticks, and Trouble: How to Survive the Summer – Dr. Jessica Snyder, family medicine physician at Saint Luke's Mercer County Clinic
• Staying Social: How to Form Friendships as an Older Adult