QMG Stories

This year, Mar­shall Wood­side and his fam­i­ly dis­cov­ered the impor­tance of con­nec­tions and the pow­er of com­mu­ni­ty support.

For Women’s Equal­i­ty Day, we’re rec­og­niz­ing the incred­i­ble work of Syd­ney Mey­er, one of our behav­ioral health inter­ven­tion­ists at Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG). Her desire to help oth­ers doesn’t stop with­in the walls of our clin­ic, but con­tin­ues through her non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tion, Giv­ing Grace.

After a long career in con­struc­tion, nav­i­gat­ing ditch­es and endur­ing long days on his feet, Ter­ry Schieferdecker’s knees had paid the price. After retir­ing in 2009, the dis­com­fort con­tin­ued, pro­gres­sive­ly wors­en­ing, tak­ing him away from his hob­bies includ­ing his love for motorcycles.

Dr. Chris­t­ian Zwick and Glen­da Lewis, LPN, both in Vas­cu­lar Surgery, are the recip­i­ents of Quin­cy Med­ical Group’s Unpar­al­leled Care Award. They were nom­i­nat­ed by their patient, There­sa Mast, who shared her jour­ney when a rou­tine mam­mo­gram result­ed in a breast can­cer diagnosis.

In recent years, men­tal health has become a grow­ing con­cern among stu­dents through­out the world, includ­ing in our local com­mu­ni­ties. With a focus to help stu­dents thrive, Clar­i­ty Health­care and Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) came togeth­er with local schools to cre­ate Thriv­ing Minds.

Dr. Daniel Rig­gs, oral sur­geon with Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG), is father to four sons, or the ​“band of broth­ers” as he calls them. Rais­ing them and see­ing them suc­ceed is his great­est achieve­ment. His sons cred­it him for where they are today.

On Nation­al Run­ning Day, we fea­ture our very own Gary Hack­mann, ath­let­ic train­er with Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) and long-time run­ner. Over the years, his love of pound­ing the pave­ment has evolved into an incred­i­ble jour­ney of per­son­al growth, explo­ration, and mem­o­rable moments.

On this Sib­lings Day, we cel­e­brate the bond between sis­ters. Kate­lyn Fes­senden, nurse prac­ti­tion­er, and Lau­ren Kem­n­er, reg­is­tered nurse in oncol­o­gy, both work here at Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG). Their younger sis­ter, Olivia, was the inspi­ra­tion for their careers.

Bon­nie Sor­rells had been expe­ri­enc­ing acid reflux for years, which she self-treat­ed with over-the-counter med­ica­tion — until one day she had dif­fi­cul­ty swallowing.

Women have long been the back­bone of both the help­ing and health­care pro­fes­sions, pro­vid­ing care and sup­port to indi­vid­u­als and com­mu­ni­ties in need. As we cel­e­brate Women’s His­to­ry Month, it’s impor­tant to rec­og­nize the count­less con­tri­bu­tions that women have made to this field. From doc­tors and nurs­es to social work­ers and ther­a­pists, women have played a vital role in pro­mot­ing health and well­ness for all.