Porter Regional Hospital

Porter Regional Hospital’s CareEXPRESS Urgent Care Centers are offering $25 sports physicals from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week at all three Porter County locations. CareEXPRESS Urgent Care Centers are located in Porter’s Chesterton Medical...

With the next few days slated to be the hottest we’ve seen in Northwest Indiana so far this summer, it’s a good opportunity to remind parents about the extreme dangers of leaving children in hot cars. Heatstroke, or hyperthermia, is the leading...

Now offering specialized treatment for chronic non-healing wounds in the heart of Valparaiso. With a recent move to the Valparaiso Medical Center on Roosevelt Road in Valparaiso, Porter’s Wound Care & Hyperbaric Center has gone beyond...

Porter Health Care System announced that its Engineering Department has achieved five years without a lost-time accident. This translates to 1,825 days without a recordable injury according to Porter’s Regional Executive Director for Facilities...

“I am particularly interested in diseases of the nose and sinuses.” A graduate of Boston University School of Medicine, Dr. Schwartz attended the State University of New York for his surgical internship and residency in otolaryngology-head and...

“Cardiovascular Health starts at the physician-patient relationship, making every day exciting as I work towards improving patient heart health and their quality of life.” Dr. Kommineni is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel...

“It pleases me when my patients progress toward good health.” Following in his father’s and his grandfather’s footsteps, Dr. Marchand attended the Ponce School of Medicine and Health Science in Puerto Rico. “I selected Grand Rapids Medical...

‘I knew the early signs of a heart attack, but ignored them. Time nearly ran out for me.’ Ken Roper was working on his heart health. He was running, watching his diet, minimizing sugar and eliminating soda. “I even mastered how to grill...

It's summertime, meaning cookouts, picnics, trips to the park and family vacations. All this extra time spent outdoors also means more exposure to bugs. From ants, ticks and spiders to bees and wasps, the potential to get bitten or stung by one of...

Porter Health Care System welcomes Vijaya Chapala, M.D., to its medical staff. Dr. Chapala, a board-certified Internal Medicine physician, is seeing new patients and joins Drs. Shane Bush, Kajal Patel and Candice Yu-Fleming in practice at Portage...