Southwest Michigan

New Family Medicine Provider Joins Spectrum Health BELDING, Mich., December 7, 2020 – Spectrum Health Belding Family Medicine is excited to welcome Lyn Hulst, MD, to its care team. A Holland...

Prioritizing patients with symptoms (ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland has revised eligibility changes for those seeking a test at a Lakeland facility. We have widen the opportunities for...

Whirlpools donates critical medical supplies, $1 million to surgery center (ST. JOSEPH) – Over the last several decades, and most recently during the COVID-19 pandemic, Spectrum Health Lakeland...

(BENTON HARBOR) – The Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities has awarded Spectrum Health Lakeland a $1.2 million grant on behalf of the Rapid Response Initiative funded through...

Special blood drive Sept. 26 in Grand Rapids seeks diverse blood donations during National Sickle Cell Awareness Month GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Sept. 22, 2020 – September is National Sickle Cell...

Okemos, MI—The late Lynn Gray, MD, MPH, FAAFP, a family physician in Berrien Springs, was recognized posthumously with the 2020 Michigan Family Physician of the Year Award during Michigan...

Residents urged to continue taking precautions to prevent viral transmission (Berrien County, Michigan) – Officials from the Berrien County Health Department and Spectrum Health Lakeland are...

(ST. JOSEPH) – In honor of frontline health care workers at Spectrum Health Lakeland, Andrews University has commissioned an art installation which was recently unveiled within the Lakeland...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland has established a six-week summer job program for African American and Latinx students, which is set to begin on Monday, July 13. The GROWTH (Guided...

(ST. JOSEPH) – As part of a three-part approach outlined by Spectrum Health Lakeland to dedicate financial resources, appoint new leadership, and commit to transparency in efforts to reduce...

(ST. JOSEPH) – The Board of Directors of Spectrum Health Lakeland approved an expanded strategy to address racial and ethnic health equity in southwest Michigan communities during a special...

Funds to Support Art and Wellness Pop-Up Kiosk (ST. JOSEPH) – The Michigan Health Endowment Fund has awarded Spectrum Health Lakeland with a $55,474 grant in support of a pop-up art and wellness...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland was recently awarded the 2020 Progress Sitefinity Website of the Year Award for Health Care. Since its inception in 2011, the awards recognize websites...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland offers financial aid options to provide people with the care they need, regardless of ability to pay. This support has been a long-standing practice of...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Lakeland Medical Center in St. Joseph received an “A” grade and Lakeland Hospital Niles received a "B" grade in the spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national...

Reassures patients that clinics and hospitals are safe (ST. JOSEPH) – While COVID-19 has become the focal point of everyone’s life in recent weeks, there are many patients suffering from other...

(ST. JOSEPH) – A new high risk cancer program is now available at Spectrum Health Lakeland to care for community members with increased risk of developing certain types of cancer. Located within...

(STEVENSVILLE) – Spectrum Health Lakeland is pleased to welcome pediatrician, Thomas Schomaker, DO, to the medical staff. Dr. Schomaker is seeing patients alongside a team of physicians,...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland is resuming select surgeries, procedures, clinic appointments, outpatient therapies, and radiology studies that were previously deferred in anticipation...

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. April 17, 2020 – In order to help in the fight against COVID-19, Whirlpool Corporation has worked rapidly since the pandemic began to obtain several shipments of medical...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., April 7, 2020 – In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, community members, donors, and organizations throughout Southwest Michigan have come together in support of those serving...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., April 2, 2020 – Studies have shown domestic violence rates rise with times of stress similar to what workplaces, schools, and communities around the country are facing during...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland has added a second K9 team to the organization. Hiro, a two-year-old male German shepherd from Slovakia, joins handler, Chris Aungst, a retired police...

(ST. JOSEPH) – High-risk pregnant women and women with chronic illnesses considering pregnancy now have local access to advanced levels of care through a new partnership with Spectrum Health....

(ST. JOSEPH) – Lakeland Ear, Nose and Throat is pleased to welcome physician assistant, Jasmine Gillett, PA, and audiologist, Heidi Schmeltzer, CCC-A, to the care team. Gillett and Schmeltzer...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Nov. 8, 2019– Lakeland Medical Center and Lakeland Hospital Niles recently achieved an ‘A’ in the fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction...

(NILES) – Patients seeking surgical treatment for severe obesity and its related conditions have a high-quality choice for receiving treatment at a nationally accredited program that meets the...

(ST. JOSEPH) – This year, 370 community members attended the annual Spectrum Health Lakeland Foundation Gala, held in the newly unveiled Atrium within the Lakeland Medical Center Pavilion....

(SOUTH HAVEN) – Lakeland Homecare recently expanded services to South Haven, Allegan, and the surrounding communities with a new office located at 05055 Blue Star Highway in South Haven....

(ST. JOSEPH) – The Spectrum Health Lakeland Auxiliary pledged an additional $500,000 to the Lakeland Medical Center Pavilion project, bringing their total gift to $1 million, the...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland is pleased to welcome Aaron Lanning, FNP, to the medical staff. Lanning will see patients alongside Paul Judge, MD, and Dennis Thompson, MD, at Lakeland...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland is pleased to welcome Alexander George, PA, to the medical staff. George will see patients alongside Christian Sikorski, MD, Rafeek Woods, MD, and Angela...

(NILES) – Spectrum Health Lakeland is pleased to welcome, Rebecca Wolff, NP, to the medical staff. Wolff will see patients alongside Seth Miller, MD, and Michael Schuhknecht, DO, at the Lakeland...

(NILES) – The Michigan Hospital Association (MHA) Keystone Center recently honored Spectrum Health Lakeland nurses Lori Engler, RN, and Crystal Watson, RN, with the 2018 annual MHA Keystone...

(NILES) – Women in Southwest Michigan have increased access to 3D mammography technology, also known as digital breast tomosynthesis, at Lakeland Hospital Niles. The technology is also available...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland is pleased to welcome oncologist, Daniel Douce, MD, to the medical staff. Dr. Douce will see patients alongside Gerald Kozuh, MD, Edmund Paloyan, MD, and...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland team members, Barbara Schmidtman, PhD, director of oncology services, and Brendon Beede, information security project manager, were recently honored with...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Gold Plus Quality...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Lakeside Healthcare Specialists recently became a Lakeland Medical Practice with a new name – Lakeland Primary Care, Royalton. Located at 3950 Hollywood Road, Suite 270, the...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., May 8, 2019 — Spectrum Health Lakeland and Mary Free Bed Orthotics and Prosthetics have joined together to create Mary Free Bed Orthotics and Prosthetics at Spectrum Health...

(WATERVLIET) – As plans to renovate the Watervliet PARCOURSE continue to move forward, the campaign was recently approved by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to receive a...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland was named one of the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems by IBM Watson Health™. The study spotlights the best-performing health systems in the U.S., based...

(ST. JOSEPH) – IBM Watson Health™ today published its 100 Top Hospitals® annual study naming Lakeland Medical Center and Lakeland Hospital Niles among the top 100 hospitals in the U.S. based...

(ST. JOSEPH) – A second Lakeland Wound Center location recently opened at Lakeland Medical Center in St. Joseph offering patients access to cutting-edge products and treatments to promote...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland is pleased to welcome ear, nose and throat specialist, Paul Judge, MD, to the medical staff. Dr. Judge will see patients alongside Stephen Bovenkerk, DO;...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Patients with lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis, and sarcoidosis now have...

(NILES) – Spectrum Health Lakeland is pleased to welcome family medicine physician, Prakash Shrestha, MD, to the medical staff. Dr. Shrestha will see patients alongside five other physicians at...

(NILES) – Spectrum Health Lakeland is pleased to welcome board-certified general and bariatric surgeon, Seth Miller, MD, FACS, to the medical staff. Dr. Miller will see patients alongside...

(ST. JOSEPH) – The BirthPlace at Lakeland Medical Center in St. Joseph welcomed southwest Michigan’s first baby of 2019 at 8:58 p.m. on Monday, January 1. Enrique Balcazar and Itzel Balcazar...