Health Care

The Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network recently opened a new physical rehabilitation hospital, medical clinics and pharmacy at the former Wisconsin Heart Hospital facility in Wauwatosa.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee startup Pantherics Inc. has received a $255,841 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health.

The St. Louis-based Paula & Rodger Riney Foundation will provide $5.9 million to the Wauwatosa-based Medical College of Wisconsin to fund multiple myeloma research.

As chief executive officer of Children’s Wisconsin, Peggy Troy leads an organization with a mission to make Wisconsin’s kids the healthiest in the country. Accomplishing that mission, however, requires thinking about a child’s health in more ways than just regular check-ups or visits to urgent care or the emergency room.

Dr. John Boyd will be the next president and chief executive officer of Rogers Behavioral Health System with current president and CEO Pat Hammer announcing plans to retire.

The Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex at the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center in Wauwatosa will shut down for good on Sept. 9, after more than 40 years of operation.

Madison-based Immuto Scientific, a biotechnology company providing drug discovery services, is the recipient of a $2.5 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Milwaukee-based Health Payment Systems, Inc. (HPS) and PayMedix, a health care payment processing system, have named Brian Marsella as president.

West Allis-based Heritage Senior Living recently promoted Amanda Runnoe as its chief nursing officer.

Another Marquette University professor is getting a grant to help fund their research. Joseph Clark, associate professor of chemistry,...