associate profile

Laurie Horgan started working in Onaga Dietary in August 2020. Her mother, Donna Bates, lives at Redbud Plaza Assisted Living. She is also an avid water skier and a volunteer with Warriors Adaptive Watersports. Laurie recently took time to answer some questions.

What is the adaptive ski program, and where is it located?

Warriors Adaptive Watersports, is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that provides recreational watersports events for persons with physical...

Carol Perry is an LPN in the Onaga clinic. She has worked at CHCS for almost 30 years. She started as a nurses aide on the acute floor in 1991, then graduated from nursing school in 1995.

Carol also makes soap with her sister, Gail Wege. Their business is called Route Step Farm. Gail retired from the military as a Lieutenant Colonel after a 20-year career and moved back to the Onaga area with her family. Gail started making soap as a birthday present...

Clara Niehues is celebrating her fifth year of working in registration at the Holton Clinic. She also makes Clara's Famous Sweet & Sassy BBQ Sauce. Clara recently took time to answer a few questions.

What do you like about your job at CHCS?

I enjoy my job because I have wonderful co-workers, and all the staff here is like a second family. I also appreciate the opportunity to assist people with getting scheduled to have their healthcare...

Jeremy Brandt is a physician assistant and licensed X-ray technologist. He serves as lead provider in the Frankfort Clinic as well as co-clinical advisor for the Northeast Kansas Healthcare Coalition.

He is also a Lieutenant Colonel in the Kansas Air National Guard 190th Air Refueling Wing, Forbes Field, Topeka, Kansas. He continues to serve after more than 20 years in the Armed Forces, and he deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004 with the 2-130...

Kay Lyn Mueting is Surgery Manager in Onaga. She also serves as Corning EMS ambulance captain and as a volunteer first responder. She recently took time to answer a few questions about this important work.

How long have you been serving, and how many others serve in this capacity?

I have served as ambulance captain for the last two years and as a first responder for four years....

Samantha Correll is a Clinical Support Specialist. She works at Holton Family Health Center and handles outside physician referrals for Holton, Onaga, and Westmoreland. She has a number of other talents and interests and recently took time to answer a few questions.

What do you do outside your work at CHCS?

My husband, Jacob, and I own a small farm south of Denison, Grey Oak Farm. We have lived there for 10 years. We have 2 children,...

Leah Zwonitzer is a clinical application support analyst in the CHCS Information Technology, or IT, department. Leah said the job is acting as a go-between from nursing and medical staff and our electronic health record systems (Cerner and PointClick Care). Leah conducts troubleshooting; helps with builds, order set changes, documentation within charts, and workflow changes; and trains new hires in using the systems. In addition, Leah teaches Advanced Care Life Support, first...

Michele Reisinger is a board-certified family nurse practitioner who sees patients in Onaga and Corning. She is also a full-time graduate-level nursing faculty member at Washburn University School of Nursing and serves as Primary Investigator on a Health Resources & Services Administration-funded grant.

Michele recently answered a few questions about the many hats she wears. Take a moment to learn more about this amazing CHCS associate!