The 2025 wheat harvest recently wrapped up in western Kansas. My parents both taught school, but much of my childhood was spent with them farming as well. As a boy, wheat harvest meant picnics in the cab of an old truck, early morning trips to get parts, greasing the many fittings, fueling up our old Gleaner combine one 5-gallon can…
New Senior Development Coordinator Julie Rider Julie Rider has joined the HaysMed Foundation as the new Senior Development Coordinator. She is passionate about healthcare in our region and very familiar with the activities of the Foundation after serving 3 terms on the board in various roles from officer to active committee volunteer. “I’m excited to join the HaysMed Foundation team…
Members of the Paul & Virginia Miller Society, along with friends of the HaysMed Foundation, gathered for a special luncheon in June.
The Schmidt Foundation, Glassman Corporation (Joe and Linda Glassman), the Hadley Foundation, Gary and Mary Ann Shorman, and Women Who Lead came together to support HaysMed Associates in a meaningful way through the Thank You HaysMed event. Their generosity provided HaysMed Associates with a meal from local food truck vendors and a chance to win prizes. “There’s so much positive…
We respectfully recognize the names of family members, friends, and HaysMed Associates who have been honored or memorialized through contributions to the HaysMed Foundation from April 1 – June 30, 2025.
The completion of the Hybrid Operating Room (OR) is a momentous occasion that sets a new standard in cardiovascular care for all the communities served by HaysMed’s DeBakey Heart Institute. The Hybrid OR blends the advanced imaging of a cardiac catheterization lab and a traditional cardiac OR to address conditions that were previously only treatable with open-heart surgery. HaysMed is…
The HaysMed Foundation is pleased to announce new officers and members of the Foundation Board of Directors. The 2025 officers are Christopher Brungardt, President; Eric Wagner, Vice President; Mike Pollock, Treasurer; and Jennifer Teget, Secretary. The officers were elected for a one-year term. The Board elected Mike Briney and John Garvert to their first three-year term. Other members of the…
Imagine waking up one morning to find out that 11 days had simply vanished – not just for you but for everyone around you. It sounds like something straight out of a ‘Twilight Zone’ episode, but for residents of Great Britain and her colonies in September of 1752 it was a reality. Folks across the eastern seaboard of the modern-day…
Recent studies and national events have shown there is an increasing prevalence of violence towards healthcare workers. Emergency Department nurses are particularly vulnerable to workplace violence with up 70% reporting having experienced physical and/or verbal assault. HaysMed is no exception to this disturbing trend. Guests at the HaysMed Foundation Benefit Gala funded the purchase of a nurse distress system that…
Joe and Linda Glassman and the Glassman Corporation are the 2025 recipients of the prestigious Don and Chris Bickle Philanthropy Award. They have been at the leading edge of decades of innovation and advocacy at HaysMed with generous support for Thank You HaysMed Day, our cardiology, diabetes, and hospice patients, special projects, the Associate Golf Tournament, and much more. As…