Sanford Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Grand Forks

09/29/2025

Sanford Health at Wake Up to UND!

Sanford Health providers and leadership proudly attended the Wake Up to UND breakfast, celebrating the University of North Dakota’s strong partnerships with local businesses, exciting campus additions, and a historic milestone — the highest student enrollment in UND’s history this fall!

Pictured left to right: Justin Stromme, Steve Johnson, Casey Naastad, Caitlin Sisson, Lisa Jamsa, Karlie Amundson, & Michael Kruger.

We’re honored to support UND’s mission of building a vibrant future for our community.

09/29/2025

MedX-HS is Back for Another School Year!

Sanford Health Grand Forks kicked off the first MedX-HS event of the year with a focus on nursing, giving high school students a behind-the-scenes look at health care careers and the education paths that lead there. Nursing Supervisors, Karlie Amundson and Amanda Fincher, showed students how to remove staples from oranges and provided CPR demonstrations.

Join us in East Grand Forks next month as we explore careers in Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy! Students will get hands-on insights into these impactful professions and learn how to start their journey in rehabilitation sciences.

Interested students should connect with their high school career counselors for more information.

09/27/2025

The Titus family used to travel six hours round-trip to Rapid City. After just one virtual care visit, his mother Alexis was sold.

Watch the full story:

Like an oasis in a medical desert, Sanford Health's virtual care clinics connect rural patients with little or no internet access at home.

09/26/2025

Unexpected – that’s what injuries usually are.

If you ever find yourself injured and on the way to walk-in care or waiting overnight before seeing a provider, the RICE method is what you can do right away to help relieve pain, limit swelling and speed up healing.

Learn more: https://san.fo/4pfh3hm

09/26/2025

Sanford Health was proud to be a sponsor at the Longest Table last night at the Career Academy in Grand Forks!

Over 700 residents came together to share a free outdoor meal, connect with new faces, and exchange ideas to strengthen our community. It was a beautiful evening of meaningful conversations and community building. Sanford team members Christel Parvey and Marsha Walsh of Sanford Health East Grand Forks enjoyed engaging with neighbors and bringing fresh ideas to the table.

We’re honored to support events that foster inclusion, connection, and collaboration.

09/25/2025

When Sanford Health recently announced the regionally owned pharmacy and retail store chain Lewis Drug is joining the health system, patients and customers had questions.

Your questions, answered, about Sanford Health’s partnership with Lewis stores:

When Sanford Health recently announced Lewis Drug is joining the health system, you had questions. See answers to customer and patient FAQs.

09/24/2025

Children who have gone through intense trauma, like abuse or the loss of a loved one, benefit greatly from having safe spaces to play, create and relax in.

Thanks to a gift from Panda Cares, the charity affiliated with Panda Express, through the Sanford Health Foundation, a new safe space with art supplies, toys and more was opened at the Sanford Traumatic Stress Treatment Center and the Sanford Children's CARE Clinic. This room gives children in the Fargo region a place where they can feel comfortable, helping them heal and recover.

Learn more about the new Panda Cares Center of Hope:

A donation of more than $200,000 helped create the Panda Cares Center for Hope inside Sanford Fargo's Traumatic Stress Treatment Center.

09/23/2025

“I did feel the pop and then I was laying there for a while. My parents came down and coaches, and I remember saying, ‘I’m out for the rest of the season.’”

Ashlyn Buchholz tore her ACL and meniscus in the middle of her junior basketball season.

With help from Dr. Anthony Kasch, Ashlyn made it back to the court and the track field her senior year of high school.

09/23/2025

In places like Mountain Lake, Minnesota, health care providers try to go the extra mile to support the children of their community, and sometimes all that takes is a good book.

Watch how Susan Goodemote, a nurse practitioner, is doing more to care for local children during their well child visits:

Sue Goodemote, NP, brought the Reach Out and Read program to three Sanford Health clinics. Now every child 0-5 leaves with a new book.

09/23/2025

Courtney leads a team of nurses and supports them as they provide patients with the best care possible.

Find a team that supports you by applying for one of our open positions: https://san.fo/4nlF0lU

09/22/2025

"My parents were told multiple times that I wouldn't survive. I was baptized in the hospital. They never thought I was coming home. Deb was part of that care that made sure that I got to come home and then someday have three babies of my own."

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Deb Koens cared for Josie Folden during her first days of life in 1995. Twenty-eight years later, at the end of 2023, she cared for Josie's third child, Luci, in the same NICU.

"To be able to know that I was fortunate to be able to care for both of them, it kind of makes you feel like this has been a long, successful career," said Koens.

Read more about this full-circle reunion:

Following nine miscarriages, the Folden family welcomes their third baby and an unexpected reunion in the Sanford USD Medical Center's NICU.

09/22/2025

Our advanced practice providers give their all – because it's their gift, their passion and their calling.

We're celebrating APP Week at Sanford Health. Thank you to our APPs for the early mornings, late nights and everything in between.

09/22/2025

Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer among men. In its early stages, prostate cancer may cause no signs or symptoms.

Talk to your primary care provider today: https://san.fo/42x3q3k

09/19/2025

While concussions are considered to be mild traumatic brain injuries, they should always be taken seriously.

Typically, concussions result in temporary cognition and physiological symptoms, and sometimes even emotional symptoms.

Swipe to read the signs you should watch out for.

For more concussion care information with Sanford Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, visit: https://san.fo/4nEpu4j

09/12/2025

Thank you to the Alerus Center for hosting the Chamber's Business After Hours!
Sanford Health was proud to join fellow community members for an evening of great conversations and networking. Events like these help strengthen the connections that make our region thrive.

Pictured (left to right): Heath Gould, Christel Parvey, Mary Krogstad, and Michelle Bomgardner.

08/15/2025

Leadership and staff from Sanford Health Grand Forks and East Grand Forks Clinics attended the Career Impact Academy ribbon cutting and donor event on Wednesday, August 13. This facility will help prepare students for high-demand, high-paying careers through hands-on learning and community partnerships.

08/11/2025

Sanford Health East Grand Forks and Grand Forks employees ran the 10-78 5k on Saturday, August 9th. In police radio communication, the code 10-78 means “request or need assistance." The event raises funds to aid officers and their families in times of crisis along with increasing positive public awareness. Local law enforcement groups hosted their 5k fun run/walk and family event day on the boardwalk in East Grand Forks with over 250 participants, a kids fun run, and static displays.

08/06/2025

We had a great time opening a time capsule from 2008 as part of our staff picnic! The items that were within it will be on display for the next couple weeks, and then they will be re-sealed, along with some current items, until 2050.

08/01/2025

Shout out to our local Dairy Queens and Sanford Health employees for supporting Miracle Treat Day! $1 or more from each blizzard sold will be donated to the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals to benefit Sanford Hospital in Fargo.

07/24/2025

Sanford Health Grand Forks, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Sanford Sports Performance employees had a great time at the Thompson, ND, parade on Saturday!

05/21/2025

Kellie Plutowski was providing home health care for a patient when she realized his furnace was acting up – so she nominated him to a local program to get a new one.

For Plutowski, the nomination was yet another act of service for a patient in need. It wasn’t health care, but it was just as important.

When Good Samaritan home health nurse Kellie Plutowski noticed her 96-year-old patient's furnace was acting up, she helped him get a new one.

05/02/2025

Sanford Health Therapy Departments in East Grand Forks and Grand Forks organized a shoe drive in local clinics and collected over 148 pairs of shoes for the Soles4Souls project.

The shoe drive fundraiser collects new or gently used shoes and sneakers to support the mission of turning donated footwear into funding for global anti-poverty initiatives. By participating, donors promote recycling and help provide shoes to those in need, reinforcing environmental responsibility and community support.

All of the shoes and sneakers will go into micro-enterprise programs in developing countries around the world. These programs serve as long-term opportunities to break the cycle of poverty for those in need. When the shoes arrive, they are sorted and, together with our partners, we determine where they need to be sent to make the most impact.

The impact of this donate is diversion of 185 pounds from going to local landfills, reducing the environmental impact of unwanted shoes. The donation also created about $1339 of economic opportunity for families and communities around the world through the opportunity and 4Relief programs which is used towards necessities, education and economic opportunities for their families.

www.soles4Soles.org