Fairview Health Services

Your heart is in good hands at M Health Fairview St. John’s Hospital, ranked #1 in the Twin Cities for Cardiology in 2025 by Healthgrades. This puts St. John’s, located in Maplewood, Minn., in the top 10% of cardiac specialty programs in the nation. The hospital also earned HealthGrades’ Coronary Intervention Excellence Award and is a five-star recipient for heart failure treatment. “Our cardiology team is focused on delivering exceptional care to patients in our community,” said Will Nicholson, MD, vice president of medical affairs at St. John’s. “That means top quality, full-spectrum cardiology care is now available closer to home for everybody here in the east metro area.” But St. John’s isn’t the only leading hospital in the M Health Fairview system. Southdale Hospital, in Edina, is #3 in the Twin Cities in 2025, according to HealthGrades. Ridges Hospital and University of Minnesota Medical Center were also honored. Read more here: https://mhfv.care/3CqHXiI

We are thrilled to share our health system has been recognized on Becker's Healthcare’s list of “100 Great Neuro and Spine Programs.” Our neuro experts provide access to the latest breakthrough treatments while our comprehensive rehabilitation team ensures the best outcomes and quality of life for patients. Join us in congratulating our teams for making this possible. Learn more: https://mhfv.care/4arIT35 #HealthcareExcellence | #Neurologist

Ahna Logan, RN and care coordinator, is a constant source of support and guidance for families with children born with cleft lip or palate. When Kennedy and Kyle Johnson learned their daughter Kallihan (aka Kalli) would be born with a cleft lip, Logan and our cleft care team gave them hope.  The family’s journey started before Kalli was born, when her cleft lip was detected during a routine ultrasound. The family turned to our Cleft Lip and Palate Program to help them find the best path forward for Kalli. This included surgery to repair her cleft lip when she was 3 months old.   Logan was with them every step of the way. “We really want them to be prepared,” Logan said. “I want them to feel they have the resources they need.” This attentiveness continued after Kalli’s surgery. Logan quick responses to the family’s questions helped put them at ease.   “I don’t think we’d be able to be so calm, cool, and collected if we didn’t have such great nurses and doctors,” Kalli’s parents said.  Read their story: https://mhfv.care/4hfiKa0

Carolynn came to Minnesota for a fresh start. After she was hospitalized with a serious illness, she faced another obstacle: recovering without a home. Through our partnership with Our Saviour's Community Services, Carolynn had access to a unique respite care program for people who are unsheltered after a hospital stay. The program provided Carolynn with a safe place to heal, get daily meals, and receive onsite medical care while she prepared to move to a place of her own. Our health system has partnered with Our Saviour’s since 2022 to help patients recover and give them a better chance of staying out of the hospital and emergency department.  “The bridge of being at [Our Savior’s], it gave me something. It gave me hope.” Read Carolynn's story: https://mhfv.care/40bHg4M

Fair Table, our health system’s food is medicine program, means more just providing healthy food. It is a community of local farmers, distributors, doctors, and care teams all working together to make sure people experiencing food insecurity have access to nutritious food and other resources to help them get healthy – and stay healthy. “A patient or family that’s struggling with food insecurity, the stress that puts across that family is huge,” said James Letts, MD, a family medicine physician. “So to be able to have a concrete way to lift that stress is just transformative.” Discover our mission here. 🍎 https://mhfv.care/4hcAMcP

We’re proud to announce that more than 60 M Health Fairview physicians were recognized by Minnesota Monthly this year as “Top Doctors for Women.” Building trust and empathy with our patients is the foundation of healthcare. “For women, it means recognizing their unique health needs, listening to their concerns, and treating them with respect,” said Jaya Kumar, MD, MBA, internist, nephrologist, and chief medical officer with Fairview Health Services. Check to see if your doctor made the list: https://mhfv.care/3PtXYaw #WomensHealth | #HealthcareExcellence

Richard Ostlund has played a pivotal role shaping Fairview Health Services as a member of the Fairview Board of Directors for more than a decade. Now, his distinguished tenure on our board – which includes serving as board chair since 2019 – has concluded. Congratulations and a profound ‘thank you’ to Ostlund for his service! Ostlund has decades of experience as an attorney, as director of multiple companies, and a national author for the American Bar Association (ABA) on fiduciary duties. During his time on our board, he helped guide the organization through many transformative moments, including forging new strategic partnerships, navigating a global pandemic and its associated challenges, and steering Fairview back to financial stability and profitability in 2024. “It has been an incredible honor to serve on the board of Fairview and work closely with my fellow board members – from across Minnesota and the nation, all with specialized skills – to advocate for our patients, doctors, nurses, and all team-members in our complex, $7 billion dollar health system,” said Ostlund. “Together, we’ve achieved remarkable milestones that will shape the future of healthcare in Minnesota, while guiding Fairview's return to financial health following the pandemic.”

The ball dropped, and baby Vincent arrived! Born at 7:10 a.m. on Jan. 1 at M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital, he was one of the first New Year’s babies born in our health system in 2025. Parents Madalyn Thill and Jacob Bourgoin are thrilled to welcome their New Year’s bundle and we couldn’t be more excited to be part of celebrating their growing family. Join us in welcoming Vincent and mark the beginning of a wonderful new year! 🎇

Earlier this month, students at Hastings High School got hands-on training for responding to serious injuries during a “Stop the Bleed” training course. Michael Doering, system director of trauma services for M Health Fairview, partnered with Dakota County to help lead the training. “If we can help teach just a few people to recognize and stop bleeding, then we can help save lives,” he said. Students learn practical skills, such as packing wounds and applying tourniquets, applicable to everyday scenarios like kitchen accidents or sports injuries, to more dangerous crises.   “I feel safer,” said one student who took the training. “I feel like if I’m out and about and somebody needs help, I can actually save them.”  Watch the full story: https://mhfv.care/3Wo0wLt

Oh baby! Here are the most popular baby names of 2024, as chosen by families who trusted our health system this year for their delivery: 💙 Top names for boys: Theodore is the winner! 🩷 Top name for girls: Olivia claimed the crown! We know every birth is a milestone for families. This year, our care teams welcomed over 12,600 newborns across our seven M Health Fairview Birthplaces and two birth centers in Minnesota. See the full list of top baby names here. ➡️ https://mhfv.care/3DyxvGf