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Hospital foundation names two to board

04 / 30 / 2007

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APPLETON, Wis. – The St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation has named two Appleton physicians to three-year terms on its board of directors.

Dr. Howard Kidd, Fox Valley Neonatology, is medical director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Kidd was integral in the development of the St. Elizabeth Hospital NICU in 2002. Kidd earned his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, and completed his pediatric residency at Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago.

Dr. Deborah Scuglik, a psychiatrist with Affinity Medical Group, focuses her practice on mental health issues with children and adolescents. She received her medical degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and completed her residency as chief resident in psychiatry at Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minn. She is board-certified in child and adolescent psychiatry and addiction medicine.

The St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation is dedicated to living out the healing ministry of Christ with a special emphasis on those in need, by generating, stewarding and distributing funds to enhance the quality of Affinity Health System’s services and programs, and other community health care initiatives in Outagamie and Calumet counties, and northern Winnebago County.

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For the Editor:
Affinity Health System, a Catholic mission-oriented regional health care network, is a partnership of Ministry Health Care and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare. Affinity Health System is the Fox Valley’s third largest employer, according to the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and is ranked 24 among the top 100 integrated health care networks nationwide (Verispan 2008). Both St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton and Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh rank among the top 1 percent among hospitals nationwide in terms of quality and efficiency, as determined by the 2007 Premier | CareScience Select practice National Quality Award. Network Health Plan has achieved Excellent accreditation status from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the highest possible level. It is ranked 37th among the 250 rated health plans in the nation in terms of customer satisfaction and clinical performance, according to the U.S. News and World Report/NCQA Best Health Plans in America listing. Members of Affinity include Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Health Foundation, Oshkosh; St. Elizabeth Hospital and the St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation, Appleton; Affinity Medical Group, a regional network of 23 family practice and specialty clinics in 13 communities; Calumet Medical Center, Chilton; Network Health Plan, Menasha; and Affinity Occupational Health.