Health Care

Combined, Jeremy Knopow and Jennifer Harris have more than 40 years of experience designing products for companies such as Kohler Co., S.C. Johnson & Son and Procter & Gamble Co.

Sheboygan Falls-based Pine Haven Christian Communities hired Steve Hendrikse as the new residential center manager for its Giddings Avenue campus, where he will have primary responsibility of social services and management of clinical staff for the traditional assisted living section.

Milwaukee-based Physicians Realty Trust announced it has made $234 million in nine acquisitions of 23 properties in nine states since Jan. 1.

Slinger-based GeminiCares Inc. notified state officials that it will permanently end services at all 11 Wisconsin locations by May 31. As a result, 92 positions will be eliminated in West Bend and 11 in Slinger.

The Medical College of Wisconsin can now begin recruiting for its first class of 25 students at its new central Wisconsin campus. MCW-Central Wisconsin is scheduled to open in July 2016.

Cancer of the head and neck affects more than 52,000 people nationwide every year, according to the American Cancer Society, and it can take away things most people take for granted like speech, eating and appearance.

The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a five-year, $760,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to fund its Diversity Summer Health Research Program. The program aims to increase the number of underrepresented individuals pursuing careers in biomedical and health-related fields by offering students opportunities in stimulating, hands-on laboratory experiences supervised by MCW researchers.

The community is invited to attend a groundbreaking and blessing ceremony for the new Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center. The event is scheduled for Friday, April 17 at 2 p.m. at 930 West Historic Mitchell St. in Milwaukee.

The Milwaukee County Department of Family Care is partnering with the Wisconsin Statewide Health Information Network to improve care coordination and discharge planning for Family Care members admitted to hospitals and emergency rooms in Wisconsin.

Bill Sullivan has been selected to serve as the Interim Director of Beloit Regional Hospice (BRH).