Report to the Community

Dear Friends of Saint Mary's,

It is a time to celebrate great accomplishments as we continue to grow and serve West Michigan. Thanks to a dedicated management team, medical staff, clinicians, support personnel, board members, generous donors, the trust and confidence of our patients, and a loyal community, we're enjoying unprecedented success.

The Cancer Center at Saint Mary's is at the forefront of cancer treatment, leading the way with the most advanced medicine and technology in the region. Nobody knows and treats cancer better than Saint Mary's.

Construction is underway for the cancer hospital our community has so greatly needed, the Richard J. Lacks Sr., Cancer Center at Saint Mary's. At completion, our outpatient Cancer Center and inpatient cancer care will move in together to become West Michigan's first dedicated cancer hospital.

Our ambitious fund-raising effort for the Richard J. Lacks Sr., Cancer Center is the largest and most successful in Saint Mary's history, already nearing 96% of our $42,000,000 goal.

We have gifted a parcel of land on the Saint Mary's campus to the American Cancer Society so that they can realize their dream for Hope Lodge, a hospitality center for all cancer patients and their families receiving care in Grand Rapids.

Parkinson's disease patients will have a Center of Excellence with the opening of West Michigan's first dedicated Parkinson's disease Clinic at Saint Mary's this summer.

Our Emergency Department has been renovated and expanded to efficiently handle the steadily increasing number of emergency visits.

Our medical staff, led by Chief of Staff Steven Crane, M.D., continues to build and enhance our cancer, neurology, diabetes, primary care, and other clinical programs.

Our nurses deliver their extraordinary care with compassion, spirit, and dedication, working with increasingly advanced equipment, practices, and policies.

We continue building strategic relationships with other health care providers (such as Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services and Mary Free Bed Hospital and Rehabilitation Center), and remain committed to working with other health care organizations, such as the VanAndel Institute, in the best interest of our community.

We've stayed true to our goals and passion, taking care of all of you, our patients and our community, with exceptional health care that treats body, mind, and spirit. We thank all of you and take pride in presenting this Report to the Community.

Philip H. McCorkle, Jr.
President and CEO
Saint Mary's Health Care

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