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As Sallie Wickens boarded the LifeFlight helicopter in Climax Springs, Missouri, in June 2012, she had no idea it would be the last leg of a journey that started when she was 5 years old.

Like most high school seniors, Samsson Destahun was more interested in sports than health care. Hear how a school project may have saved his life and given him more interest in health care at the same time.

First-time expecting mom and patient advocate Barbara Willis, 42, developed numbness in her right arm, blindness in her left eye, and a headache that felt like lightning on her face. The sudden changes in symptoms led her to seek emergency care, on Nov. 22, 2025, at her local hospital.

All eyes were on Dana Boucher, 67, after he received his first dose of LUTATHERA®, a targeted radiation treatment, to treat his neuroendocrine cancer.

Learn more about how the Saint Luke’s Charles and Barbara Duboc Cardio Health and Wellness Center's program works.

Amelia McPherson’s nursing career at Saint Luke’s is just getting started—after working for four years at the on-site daycare, she recently enrolled in Saint Luke’s Nursing Assistant Academy.

After a serious crash in rural Missouri, Mark Carr felt at ease in the hands of the Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City trauma team.

Saint Luke's is seeing success with a voucher program in collaboration with Kanbe’s Markets, a nonprofit organization that provides access to fresh, affordable, and healthy foods to help reduce food insecurity.

With the 2024 Paris Olympics days away, the Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City chose to honor the patriotic and highly-anticipated event, as well as the hospital’s 135 years of delivering “gold standard” care, with its own mini celebration.

On the day after Andrew Widman returned home from Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City with his new heart, his wife, Vicki, drove him to the DMV. There he ordered a personalized license plate that read simply “745.” It’s a number that’s particularly close to his heart.