Appointments and promotions: Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group welcomes Dr. Kelli Ostermann, Dr. Sachin Panchal and Dr. Heather Stanley-Christian to Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group's offices at Spring Street and Banker's Road.

Ostermann is board-certified in pediatrics and received her medical degree from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine in Grand Forks, N.D. She completed a residency program in pediatrics at Iowa Methodist Medical Center/Blank Children's Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. Her office is located at the Walk-In offices at 3807 Spring St., and can be reached at (262) 687-8150.

Panchal joins the Banker's Road primary care physicians after serving as a hospitalist with a multispecialist group at Elkhart General Hospital in Elkhart, Ind. He is board-certified in internal medicine and received his medical degree from the B.J. Medical College in Ahmedabad, India. Panchal completed an internship in internal medicine at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Jamaica, N.Y., and a residency program in internal medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Montgomery, Ala. Panchal practices at the Banker's Road office, 6232 Bankers Road, and can be reached at (262) 687-7606.

Stanley-Christian specializes in genetic counseling in addition to consult for high-risk pregnancies. Stanley-Christian is board-certified in maternal-fetal medicine, OB/GYN and medical genetics. She received her medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., and completed a master of science in biochemical pharmacology at the University of Southampton, Southampton, England. She most recently practiced with maternal-fetal medicine associates of Maryland in Rockville, Md. Stanley-Christian practices at WFH-All Saints, Elmbrook Memorial, St. Francis and Wauwatosa. Her primary office is located at 201 N. Mayfair Road in Wauwatosa, and she can be reached at (262) 687-3111 in Racine.

Margaret DeRocha Blank is a new sales associate in the Shorewest Realtors Racine office, 6800 Washington Ave., Suite A.

Michael Schold has been promoted to vice president-senior financial adviser at M&I Wealth Management. Schold previously served as assistant vice president-senior financial adviser. He has been with M&I since 1999.

Certifications: Rosemary Garski, a Modern Woodmen of America representative, has attained the Fraternal Insurance Counsellor designation. The title is an educational designation that can be earned by career life insurance representatives associated with fraternal insurance societies.

Honors and Awards: Barbara Barry Fries has been recognized for her outstanding performance and has been named to the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage's Sterling Society.

Dave Carlson, Jan Fuller, Daniel Gobis and John Lapetina received the Hall of Fame honor for career sales and service to the RE/MAX organization.

Compiled by Sharon Knox

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