15th annual outing raises funds for children and adolescents in treatment at Rogers Memorial

Oconomowoc, Wis. – Peter M. Lake, MD, medical director of Rogers Memorial Hospital in Oconomowoc, will be the honorary chair of the Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation’s 15th annual golf outing.

Lake is also the medical director of Child and Adolescent Services in Oconomowoc and The Child and Adolescent Center, a specialized treatment facility for children with severe mental illness. He is also co-founder of Rogers Memorial Hospital’s Challenge Camp, a summer-time day camp for children with mental health and behavioral concerns. Lake is an honorary board member of the Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation.

“Dr. Lake is a natural choice for this honor,” said Marion Heinz, executive director of the Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation, “His commitment to the hospital, the foundation, and children is a gift. We are so grateful for his leadership and dedication.”
The 15th Annual Rogers Memorial Hospital Golf Outing will be held Monday, July 12, at the Legend at Brandybrook golf course in Waukesha, Wis. Proceeds from the 2009 outing exceeded $65,000. One-hundred percent of the funds support children in treatment at Rogers Memorial.

For more information about the Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation and the 15th annual golf outing, visit rogersmemorialfoundation.org or contact the foundation office at 262-646-1343.

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Rogers Memorial is a not-for-profit behavioral health care provider for children, adolescents, adults and older adults. The hospital is nationally recognized for its residential treatment centers including The Eating Disorder Center, The Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Center, The Child Center and The Child and Adolescent Center. Rogers Memorial also provides residential treatment services for chemical dependency at The Herrington Recovery Center. Inpatient and partial hospitalization services are also available. Rogers Memorial is licensed as a psychiatric hospital by the State of Wisconsin and accredited by The Joint Commission. It offers treatment programs at four Wisconsin locations: Oconomowoc, Milwaukee, Kenosha and Brown Deer. To learn more, call 800-767-4411 or visit www.rogershospital.org.

Over 300 guests raise more than $125,000 at annual Rogers Memorial fundraiser

Town of Summit, Wis. – Oconomowoc resident Gary Jorgensen, chairman of VJS Construction Services, has received the Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation’s annual Spirit of Giving Award.

“It’s a privilege to work within an organization that offers such support to individuals, families, and the community,” Jorgensen said.

“Gary is humble and kind. He exemplifies all the characteristics of a servant leader,” Foundation Executive Director Marion Heinz said.

More than 300 guests helped raise more than $125,000 at this year’s Celebrate the Light Gala, held by the Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation at the Harley-Davidson Museum on November 14. Many guests wore their best leather pants, vests, and jackets in recognition of the venue’s namesake.

The event featured Suzy Favor Hamilton, three-time Olympian, who shared how the effects of depression shattered her Olympic dreams. Today, Suzy has come to terms with her illness and is speaking out in an effort to lessen the stigma of mental illness.

One hundred percent of the proceeds from the Celebrate the Light Gala support the patients and programs of Rogers Memorial Hospital.

Oconomowoc’s Gary Jorgensen accepts the Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation’s “Spirit of Giving Award” at the group’s Celebrate the Light Gala held Nov. 14.

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Rogers Memorial is a not-for-profit behavioral health care provider for children, adolescents, adults and older adults. The hospital is nationally recognized for its residential treatment centers including The Eating Disorder Center, The Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Center, The Child Center and The Child and Adolescent Center. Rogers Memorial also provides residential treatment services for chemical dependency at The Herrington Recovery Center. Inpatient and partial hospitalization services are also available.

Rogers Memorial is licensed as a psychiatric hospital by the State of Wisconsin and accredited by The Joint Commission. It offers treatment programs at four Wisconsin locations: Oconomowoc, Milwaukee, Kenosha and Brown Deer. To learn more, call 800-767-4411 or visit www.rogershospital.org.

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If you’d like more information on this topic, or to schedule an interview, contact Gabe Wollenburg at 262-646-1389 or gwollenburg@rogershospital.org.

Hospital, Foundation aims to remove the stigma of depression

Oconomowoc, Wis. – Suzy Favor Hamilton, three-time Olympic track athlete from Madison, Wis., will speak at the Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation’s 2009 Celebrate the Light Gala on Nov. 14 at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee.

It was the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia when Hamilton’s life came to a screeching halt as she pretended to pass out after several runners passed her during the last 200 meters of the 1,500-meter race. Suzy was expected to bring home a gold medal, but instead she brought home an awareness of how deeply her depression had consumed her life. Once at home, she was able to take hold of her battle with depression and find happiness off the track. She will share her inspiring story with guests of the Gala and help raise awareness of this debilitating disease.

Suzy’s story made international news, but the effects of depression also hit close to home. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 9.5% American adults suffer from a depressive illness, with women experiencing depression about twice as often as men. In fact, a study by the Harvard School of Public Health found that, if current trends persist, depression will cause more human disability and early deaths by 2020 than war, cancer, traffic accidents and AIDS combined.

Each year, the Celebrate the Light Gala helps raise funds to provide hope, help and healing to those suffering from mental illness such as depression. The 2009 Celebrate the Light Gala will be held on November 14, 2009 at the Harley-Davidson Museum, Milwaukee. This event includes valet parking, cocktail reception, dinner, auction, program, and presentation of the “Spirit of Giving” award.

Tickets are $200 each and can be purchased by contacting the Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation at 262-646-1646 or online at www.rogershospital.org/gala.
All proceeds from this event support the patients and programs of Rogers Memorial Hospital.

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Report shares vision, direction for Rogers Behavioral Health System

Oconomowoc, Wis. – Rogers Memorial Hospital and the Rogers Behavioral Health System has published their “Report to the Community.”

The 32-page document reports on recent accomplishments and the future prospects of the organization’s four key corporations, including the hospital, the Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation,  the Rogers Center for Research and Training, and Rogers Partners in Behavioral Health.

“As Rogers Memorial enters its next 100 years, our continued success relies on the contributions and growth of  our partnerships and relationships with our communities,” said David L. Moulthrop, PhD, president and CEO of  Rogers Behavioral Health System.

“This report not only shows how far we’ve come as an organization, it also demonstrates the practices that will sustain us in the future.”

Copies of the report are available for download at the hospital’s Web site, www.rogershospital.org.  Included in the report is a letter from Moulthrop, information about each of the key corporations, highlights and photos from 2008, and an extensive list of those who support the Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation.

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TOWN OF SUMMIT – The Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation welcomes Sarah Jorgensen of Delafield to the Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation Board.

Jorgensen is a mother of three and a competitive athlete. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Special Education and Rehabilitational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin. Jorgensen comes to the Board with experience as a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization, the Oconomowoc Lake Club, and the Wisconsin Club.

“I am excited and honored to be an active member of the Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation Board,” said Jorgensen. “Based on my education, professional experience, motivation and enthusiasm, I am confident that my time on the board will be a very rewarding opportunity.”

The Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation raises philanthropic support to ensure the future of the hospital as it provides effective treatment for those suffering from mental illness.

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Registration underway for benefit to fund treatment for patients at The Child Center, Challenge Camp

Town of Summit, Wis. – Bristlecone Pines Golf Club in Hartland will be the site of the Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation’s 14th Annual Golf Outing on July 13, 2009.

In 2008, this sold-out event raised $70,000 in support of The Child Center at Rogers Memorial Hospital. The Child Center provides innovative residential behavioral health programs for children ages 8 through 12.

One hundred percent of the 2009 Golf Outing proceeds will be used for financial assistance for patients in The Child Center and for children to attend Challenge Camp, a therapeutic summer day camp for children with behavioral disorders.

“More than 50 percent of Rogers Memorial Hospital’s patients are children and teens,” said Marion Heinz, executive director of the foundation, “The funds raised from this event will go directly toward giving those children hope, help, and healing to last a lifetime.”

The event is co-chaired by Rick Andritsch and Jason Dvorak. Committee members include Steve Barnes, Nick Bauer, Kevin Carl, Michael Holland, Cal Schmidt, Tamara Swan, Christine Toson Hengtes, and Mike Welsh.

Registration includes a lunch buffet, 18 holes of golf, a cart, an elegant dinner, program and auction. For more information, or to register for this event, contact Cindy Seidle at 262-646-1343.

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Nicholas Bauer Appointed to Board, Four Members Named to Executive Committee

TOWN OF SUMMIT – Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation is pleased to announce Milwaukee resident Nicholas Bauer, Senior Consultant of the Health Care Group at MBO Cleary Advisors, Inc., has been elected to the foundation’s Board of Directors.
“Nick brings a wealth of financial knowledge and enthusiasm for the mission of Rogers to the Foundation Board, and we are looking forward to his participation with us,” said Marion Heinz, Executive Director of the foundation.
In addition, four of foundation’s current board members have been re-elected to the Executive Committee: Don Becker of DBA Marketing Communications has assumed the position of Chairman, Michael Hargarten of Northwestern Mutual as Vice Chairman, Calvin Schmidt of Northwestern Mutual as Treasurer, and Christine Toson Hentges of Tribute, Inc. as secretary.
The Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation raises philanthropic support to ensure the future of the hospital as it provides effective treatment for those suffering from mental illness.

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West Allis, Wisc. – Erik Johnston Ulland, M.D. and Azhar M. Yunus, M.D. have joined Rogers Memorial Hospital’s growing team of psychiatrists.  Both Yunus and Ulland work directly with children and adolescents in treatment, and continue working with patients as they transition through the levels of care offered at the hospital.

Rogers Memorial Hospital continued its commitment to the Milwaukee area with this addition of two new child and adolescent psychiatrists at their Milwaukee hospital. This summer, Rogers Memorial opened a 26,000 square foot addition at the Milwaukee hospital to serve its growing day treatment program for children and allowing for a new Eating Disorders inpatient treatment program for adolescents that is opening in early 2009.

Yunus is a 1999 graduate of Saba University of School of Medicine in the Netherlands, and performed his residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics from 2004 to 2008. He lives in Greendale.

Ulland is a 2003 graduate of Loma Linda University School of Medicine and  performed residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinic’s Child Psychiatry program from 2006 to 2008, and at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. from 2003 to 2006.  He lives in Milwaukee.

School-aged children the hospital’s fastest growing service population, accounting for a nearly 7% increase in admissions between 2004 and 2008. In its last fiscal year, Rogers Memorial provided more than 23,000 treatment days to children and adolescents with Wisconsin Medicaid enrolled in the Child & Adolescent Day Treatment Program at Rogers Memorial.

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Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation hosts annual Women’s Gathering Event

Oconomowoc, Wisc. - Women from all ages filled the Bluemound Country Club in Suburban Milwaukee County on June 3 as part of The Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation’s fourth Annual Women’s Gathering. Nearly 200 area women shared an afternoon luncheon learning and discussing the impact that eating disorders and eating disorders treatment has on adult women.

“As women we are meant to connect with each other,” said Tracy Cornella-Carlson, a full-time psychiatrist at Rogers Memorial Hospital, southeastern Wisconsin’s largest behavioral health service provider.
“At Rogers, we realize that eating disorders are no longer an adolescent phenomena. We now see and treat an increasing number of midlife women.”

In the United States, as many as 10 million females struggle with an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. Because of the secretiveness and shame often associated with eating disorders, many cases are probably not reported.

“Women in midlife may feel that they are ‘too old’ for this problem,” Cornella-Carlson told those at the Women’s Gathering. “Their eating disorder has become part of their life.” Many of these women don’t think that their life can be any different; their eating disorder has become a way of life for them and they don’t know how to change, she said.

“But treatment does work and life can be better,” Cornella-Carlson said.
Treatment may have saved the life of one woman at the gathering; Kathryn Lambrecht, in recovery from her eating disorder since April of 2007, also spoke to the women.

“It is possible to love and accept your body at any age and at any stage,” said Lambrecht. Working with Rogers Memorial, she and her husband Marc learned how to challenge her eating disorder, she said.  After working with Rogers Memorial staff, her own therapists and support groups, she is now sharing the story of her recovery.

“Without the treatment, I most likely would not be here today. The staff helped me to draw my wings, so that I could learn to fly again,” Lambrecht said.

In fact, anorexia, an eating disorder wherein its sufferers typically restrict caloric intake to dangerous levels, has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. Approximately one in 10 women with anorexia will die of complications from the disorder.

The women at the gathering stood and applauded Lambrecht for sharing her story.

The event was designed around the idea that as a group, women have a great power. “I believe as women we are meant to connect with each other. to support, encourage and accept. I propose we use the body as a vehicle to connect. and do good things,” Cornella-Carlson said. “The focus should be on what they body can do, not how it looks.”

Put on annually by the Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation, the Woman’s Gathering is part of the foundation’s mission to raise awareness and financial support for the patients and programs of Rogers Memorial. “Our donors are partners with us in this important mission, helping to save lives and change lives through their gifts and giving,” said Foundation Executive Marion Heinz.

Rogers Memorial Hospital offers specialized, intensive eating disorder treatment services for men, women, adolescents, and adults with co-occurring anxiety disorders.

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Town of Summit, Wisc. – The Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation has the great fortune to offer the client of an educational consultant a scholarship for treatment at The Child Center. The Rogers Memorial Foundation will select a scholarship for the average length of stay (about 45-days) to The Child Center based on our desire to help a child who might otherwise not have the opportunity to receive quality, intensive treatment.

Who is eligible?

The ideal candidate:

• Is between eight and 13 years old and meets The Child Center’s mental health criteria.
• Is otherwise medically stable, and free of communicable diseases.
• Should present with a mental health diagnosis that would not require a behavioral specialist and should show a history of a less intensive level care.
• Is able and willing to travel to Rogers Memorial Hospital in Oconomowoc, Wisc.
• Possesses insurance and resources for medical issues, labs, pharmacy, and other medical needs.
• Must be medically stable, current in immunizations and dental, have been seen within 90 days by a family physician and possess a cognitive ability to participate in treatment.

The family and the candidate should be open to discussing treatment at The Child Center.
To apply, please contact, Jessica Morrison, community outreach representative, at (800) 767-4411 ext. 1351. or send her an email at jmorrison@rogershosptial.org. You can also visit www.rogershosptial.org/scholarship on the World Wide Web for more information and to download an application.

Rogers Memorial Hospital is a nonprofit behavioral healthcare provider for children, adolescents, adults and older adults. The hospital is nationally recognized for its residential treatment centers including the Eating Disorder Center, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Center, The Child Center and the Child and Adolescent Center. Rogers Memorial also provides residential treatment services for chemical dependency and co-occurring OCD and other anxiety disorders. Inpatient and partial hospitalization services are also available. Rogers Memorial is licensed as a psychiatric hospital by the State of Wisconsin and accredited by the Joint Commission. It offers treatment programs at four Wisconsin locations: Oconomowoc, Milwaukee, Kenosha and Brown Deer.

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