BJC Media Coverage Recap: July 2025
July 2025
See below for the latest news coverage and stories from July 2025.
U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals
- RiverBender.com: BJC Health System Awarded 109 Recognitions for Clinical Excellence in U.S. News & World Report
- The Alton Telegraph: Top Regional Hospitals in St. Louis, Illinois Ranked by US News and World Report
- The Edwardsville Intelligencer: Top Regional Hospitals in St. Louis, Illinois Ranked by US News and World Report
- KMOV-CBS: U.S. Releases List of Best Hospitals
- KMOX-AM: U.S. News Rankings Announced
- Kansas City Star: Here Are the 5 Best Hospitals Around Kansas City in 2025 National Ranking
- Becker’s Hospital Review: US News’ Top Hospitals by State for 2025–26
BJC Health System Announces New CFO
- Kansas City Business Journal: BJC Health System Taps New CFO As Longtime Saint Luke’s Exec Retires – Chuck Robb, executive vice president, chief financial officer; and Scott Hawig, incoming executive vice president, chief financial officer
- St. Louis Business Journal: Successor Named for Retiring BJC Health System Finance Chief
- Ingram’s: BJC Health System Announces Scott Hawig as Next EVP, CFO
- Becker’s Hospital Review: BJC taps CFO from Froedtert ThedaCare
- KC Reporter: BJC Health System Appoints Scott Hawig as New Chief Financial Officer
Other
- The St. Louis American: Richard Liekweg, DEI, Health Equity Stalwart, Retiring From BJC Healthcare
- Becker’s Hospital Review: 148 Hospital and Health System CIOs To Know | 2025 – Jerry Fox, Chief Information and Digital Officer at BJC Health System
St. Louis Children's Hospital
- KTVI-FOX: Matthew Tkachuk Brings Stanley Cup to St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- KSDK-NBC: Matthew Tkachuk Returns to Children’s Hospital With the Stanley Cup
- KMOV-CBS: Matthew Tkachuk Brings Stanley Cup to St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- Miami Herald: A Jail Cell, Flanigan’s and Key West: A Look at the Panthers’ Stanley Cup Tour So Far
- South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Via Yahoo Sports: Stanley Cup Tour Continues As Matthew Tkachuk Pays Visit to St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Matthew Tkachuk Brings the Stanley Cup Back to St. Louis: ‘It’s What It’s All About’
- NHL: Tkachuk Locks Up Stanley Cup, Celebrates in St. Louis
- KSDK-NBC: From Coma to Calling: Priest Who Survived Devastating Car Crash Now Offers Hope to Young Patients
- St. Louis Business Journal: These are the St. Louis region's Most Influential Business Women 2025 – Trisha Lollo, president of St. Louis Children's Hospital
- St. Louis Business Journal: What the 2025 Most Influential Business Women Are Reading – Trisha Lollo, president of St. Louis Children's Hospital
- STL NPR: Health Leaders Warn of ‘Domino Effect’ From Medicaid Changes at St. Louis Roundtable – Ellie Harmon, director of government relations at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- KSDK-NBC: Why Back-to-School Physicals Matter Before Your Kid Returns to Class – Dr. Charlotte Albinson, BJC Medical Group Medical Director, Convenient Care and Virtual Care
- Spectrum News: Time To Get Physicals Done, Says BJC Healthcare – Dr. Charlotte Albinson, BJC Medical Group Medical Director, Convenient Care and Virtual Care
- KMOV-CBS: My Mom Club: Back to School Physicals – Dr. Ellen Nicastro, a Washington University Pediatrician at Monarch Pediatrics
- KMOV-CBS: My Mom Club: Summertime Safety – Brittany Kaiser, community education instructor for Safety Stop at St. Louis Children's Hospital
- Children’s Hospital Association: Hospitalized Kids Delight in Visits with Their Personal Pets - Valerie Lamping, volunteer services supervisor
- Everyday Health: Heart Disease and Heat: 7 Tips for Staying Safe in the Summer – Dr. Emily Cendrowski, cardiologist at BJC Medical Group in St. Louis
- KMOV-CBS: My Mom Club: Summer Skin Concerns – Dr. Ellen Nicastro, a Washington University pediatrician at Monarch Pediatrics
- KTVI-FOX: 7-Year-Old Having 10th Brain Surgery at St. Louis Children’s Hospital Hopes To Meet Taylor Swift
- KMOV-CBS: My Mom Club: Hot Car Safety – Brittany Kaiser, community education instructor for Safety Stop at St. Louis Children's Hospital
Heart and Vascular
- KMOV-CBS: Metro East Man Returns to Pickleball After Heart Attack – Lexie Mason, chest pain coordinator at Memorial Hospital Belleville
- Patient Story: Expert Care, Robotic Precision: Rodney’s Mitral Valve Repair Journey - Newsroom - Barnes-Jewish Hospital – Dr. Tsuyoshi Kaneko, WashU Medicine cardiothoracic surgeon
Neurology
- Health Central: Is MS a Connective Tissue Disease? Understanding the Overlap and Differences – Dr. Barry Singer, the director of the MS Center for Innovations in Care at Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Oncology
- Finger Clubbing: A Sign of Early-Stage Lung Cancer – Dr. Bryan Faller, director of cancer research at Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Women's and Maternity
- KSHB-NBC (KC): ‘He’s Just Such a Miracle to Us’: Toddler Defies All Odds After Undergoing Trailblazing Spina Bifida Surgery – Dr. Kathy Bligard, associate director of the Fetal Care Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- KMOV-CBS: Summer Heat and Expecting Moms – Dr. Megan Sauer, OB-GYN at BJC Medical Group
- Staff Story: Bridging Borders: A BJC Medical Group Doctor’s Mission to Restore Women’s Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – BJC HealthCare – Dr. Shannon Potter, OB-GYN with BJC Medical Group
- Patient Story: Surgery at the Fetal Care Center Offers Hope for Baby With Spina Bifida – BJC HealthCare – Dr. Jennifer Strahle, WashU Medicine fetal and pediatric neurosurgeon at The Fetal Care Center, Dr. Jesse Vrecenak, a WashU Medicine fetal and pediatric general surgeon and the Center’s surgical director, and Dr. Kathy Bligard, a WashU Medicine maternal-fetal medicine specialist and the associate director at the Center
Orthopedics
- KTVI-FOX: Preventing Summer and Sports Injuries – Dr. Aliasgar Dalal, a BJC Medical Group orthopedic surgeon
- Patient Story: Orthodontist Smiles Again After Shoulder Operation Stops Pain – BJC HealthCare – Dr. Alexander Aleem, WashU Medicine orthopedic surgeon at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
- Patient Story: Osseointegration Offers Hope to A Father of Three With Limb Loss - Newsroom - Barnes-Jewish Hospital – Dr. Ian English, WashU Medicine orthopedic surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and Dr. Christopher McAndrew, WashU Medicine orthopedic trauma surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
General
- Belleville News-Democrat: Belleville Hospital Unveils $25M Expanded ICU Unit – Deborah Graves, president of Memorial Hospital Belleville, and Brooke Beck, ICU manager at Memorial Hospital Belleville
- Spectrum News: BJC Healthcare Warns About Heat Illnesses After Seeing Uptick – Dr. Charlotte Albinson, medical director of BJC Medical Group, Convenient Care and Virtual Care
- KSDK-NBC: Camping Bug Bites and Injuries – Dr. Charlotte Albinson, medical director of BJC Medical Group, Convenient Care and Virtual Care
- KMOV: Preventing Summer Bug Bites and Injuries – Dr. Charlotte Albinson, medical director of BJC Medical Group, Convenient Care and Virtual Care
- Becker’s Hospital Review: How Barnes-Jewish Hospital Is Rethinking Pain & Nausea Management — 5 Takeaways – Rachel Wolfe, clinical pharmacy specialist supervisor for perioperative medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Spectrum News: St. Louis Science Center, With BJC, Boosting STEM Locally
- KSDK-NBC: BJC Helping Bring Free Yoga to Gateway Arch Park
- Ladue News: See medicine in action at the Saint Louis Science Center
- RiverBender.com: JC Community Cares Blood Drives Are Set
- KMOV-CBS: As Hospital Workforce Shortage Continues, Local Partnership Is Filling the Void With Purpose, Joy – Maggie Wolf, chief nursing officer at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, and Preston Brouillet, environmental services worker at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
- KSDK-NBC: Trump Budget Bill Threatens Medicaid for 750,000 in Missouri, Illinois, Estimates Say
Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute
KCTV: Saint Luke’s Patient Avoids Third Open Heart Surgery Thanks to Minimally Invasive Procedure – Dr. Anthony Magalski, cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
- TCTMD: Changes in Quality of Life Mirror TR Reductions After Tricuspid Procedures: Tri-QOL – Dr. Suzanne Arnold, cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
Saint Luke's Rehabilitation Institute
- KSHB: Henli the Facility Dog Making Positive Impact for Rehab Patients – Katie Maloy, occupational therapist, and Nathan List, physical therapist at Saint Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute