The Fox Cities of Wisconsin includes Appleton, Neenah, and Menasha, as well as several outlying, growing towns. This entire area offers the charm, safety, and convenience of small town life, with the diversity and vitality of a metropolitan area. 

The population of the Fox Cities and surrounding areas reaches 1 million within a 60-mile radius. it is easy to get from here to there, generally within 20 minutes or less. The area economy is healthy, ensuring low unemployment.  Area residents enjoy the municipal necessities that make life safe and fun; great schools, plentiful parks, well-maintained recreational facilities, and strong fire and police protection.

The Fox Cities share a rich selection of cultural, recreational, religious, and educational facilities. The area is known for a strong school system.  Local churches, synagogues, and temples accommodate just about every religious faith. There are three major shopping malls as well as bustling, revitalized downtown areas.

AIRPORT
Outagamie Regional Airport located in Appleton and Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay offer modern facilities and convenient access to all the Midwest hubs.

LOCATION
Modern, interstate highway systems provide quick, easy access to larger metropolitan areas:

• Distance to Green Bay: 30 miles
• Distance to Milwaukee: 107 miles
• Distance to Madison: 106 miles
• Distance to Chicago, IL: 197 miles
• Distance to Minneapolis, MN: 285 miles

ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah: has overlooked the waters of Lake Winnebago for more than 100 years. Major programs for this progressive, 182 bed hospital include:

• Four time Solucient "Top 100 Hospital"
• ACS Level II Trauma Center that includes a dedicated Chest Pain Center, and 24/7 staffing with board certified emergency medicine physicians.
• Theda-Star- a helicopter-based response service for all of Northeastern Wisconsin.
• ThedaCare Hospitalist Program- 24/7 hospitalist coverage
• The Neuroscience Center, with comprehensive neurology and neurosurgery services, including a six-bed neurological intensive care unit.
• The Center of Rehabilitation Services offers treatment for trauma, stroke, orthopedic, and patients with neuromuscular conditions.
• The Eye Center offers patients the latest in laser correction surgery.
• The Alyward Surgery Center is an on-site outpatient surgery center with four surgical suites, two procedure rooms, and a cystoscopy room.
• Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit: 12 bed unit with  24/7 staffing and an inpatient psychiatrist hospitalist.  The unit is currently under construction and by Fall 2014 will have 19 beds with a dedicated "Psychiatric Intensive Care" area as well as detox beds.
• Also attached to Theda Clark is:The Children's Hospital of Wisconsin-Fox Valley.  Although not staffed by ThedaCare, there is a strong partnership.  Children's has a regional level III neonatal intensive care nursery whose affiliated medical staff includes a perinatologist, a pediatrician, and a neonatologist.

In addition to all of the above amenities, COLLABORATIVE CARE, ThedaCares propriety innovation of inpatient hospital care is employed at ThedaCare Regional Medical Centers in Appleton & Neenah:

• This model, involves a core care team, comprised of a nurse, physician and pharmacist (supported by therapists and other clinicians) working side-by-side to care for every patient from the moment of admission until discharge.
• This new, innovative, clinical model eliminates waste, defects, errors, and delays which returns caregivers to the bedside.  ThedaCare has received National Recognition for this "Hospital of the Future" model which is a sweeping reinvention of the hospital nursing unit.
• Since being introduced as a pilot, 14-bed unit at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center- Appleton (formerly Appleton Medical Center) in February 2007, Collaborative Care has: Reduced the cost of care by 28%, reduced lengths of stay by 21%, produced 100% compliance on nearly all quality measures, and improved top patient satisfaction scores to above 90%. 

• Kurt Bloomhuff, MD Medical School: Wayne State School of Medicine; Residency: St. Mary's Health Services (Michigan)
• Kimberly Berg, MD Medical School: University of Minnesota; Residency: University of Wisconsin - Fox Valley (Appleton)
• Dallas Bogner, MD Medical School: University of Iowa College of Medicine; Residency: Saint Anthony Family Medicine (Colorado)
• Scott Davis, MD Medical School: University of California School of Medicine; Residency: Middlesex Hospital (Connecticut)
• Jennifer Frank, MD Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine; Residency: Dewitt Army Community Hospital (Virginia)
• Megan Kane, DO Medical School: Des Moines University;  Residency: Broadlawns Medical Center (Iowa)
• Richard Klamm, MD Medical School: Loyola Univ of Chicago - Stritch School of Medicine;  Residency: Lutheran General Hospital (Illinois)
• Michelle Lopez, MD  Medical School: University of Texas Medical School; Residency: Valley Baptist Medical Center (Texas)
• Veronica Solis-Rohr, MD  Medical School: Universidad de Chile; Residency: St. Elizabeth Hospital (Chicago)
• Tess Rudolph, MD Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) Residency: UW Health Family Medicine (Appleton)
• Kristin Neilsen, APNP, CNM; Education: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh & University of Illnois at Chicago
• Kristin Ovadal, PA-C Education: University of Wisconsin - Madison