Primary location is Appleton, WI, - outreach care is provided in the rural communities throughout Northeast, WI

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 one point to another, 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/police protection.

The Fox Cities share a rich selection of cultural, recreational, religious, and educational facilities. The area is known for a very strong school system.  Local churches, synagogues, and temples accommodate just about every religious faith. There are three major shopping malls as well as a bustling, revitalized downtown area, assuring shoppers that they can "shop 'til they drop".

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 - Appleton :  This 160 bed hospital, top area medical facility, is breaking new ground and records with its key programs and services.

• Named four times as a Solucient "Top 100 Hospital".
• The Emergency Department is staffed by board certified physicians.
• ThedaCare Hospitalist Program- 24/7 hospitalist coverage
• The Appleton Heart Institute has been a leader for more than 20 years in the prevention, diagnosis, medical/surgical treatments, and rehabilitation-currently conducts more than 300 open-heart procedures annually.
• The ThedaCare Cancer Institute and the Martha Siekman Cancer Center offer excellent oncology services for patients who require inpatient or out-patient therapy as well as ongoing support services.
• The Groth Surgery Center is a state-of-the-art outpatient surgery center complete with seven surgical suites.

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 Behavioral Health Inpatient Unit- 12 bed unit with 24/7 staffing and an inpatient hospitalist. The unit is currently under construction and by Fall 2014 will have 19 beds with a dedicated psychiatric "Intensive Care Area" and detox beds.
• 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.
• 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, ThedaCare's propriety innovation of inpatient hospital care is employed at both 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.

Matthias Weiss, MD: Medical School: University of Freiburg Faculty of Medicine (Germany), Internship & Residency: Gundersen Lutheran (LaCrosse, WI), Fellowship: Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)

Nelida Sjak-Shie, MD: Medical School: Washington University - St. Louis, Internship & Residency: University of Florida College of Medicine (Gainesville), Fellowship: UCLA Medical Center (California)

Vijay Chaudhary, M: Medical School: University College of Medical Sciences-New Dehli, India. MPH: University of Alabama Medical Center (Birmingham), Internship & Residency: University of North Dakota Medical Education Center (Fargo), Fellowship: Michigan State University (East Lansing)