Southwest Michigan

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Dec. 10, 2025 – Opening today, Corewell Health™ Lakeland Hospital in St. Joseph converted its obstetrics triage area into a dedicated Obstetrics Emergency Department (OB...

BENTON HARBOR, Mich., October 10, 2025 – Following an inspiring community event on women’s health and breast cancer awareness, Corewell Health™ is reminding community members that early...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Oct. 6, 2025 – The Corewell Health Care Center in St. Joseph is expanding its cancer care services with a new treatment option available for radiation therapy of basal cell and...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., September 25, 2025 – Corewell Health’s third annual Southwest Michigan Women in Medicine Symposium attracted more than 200 women – a company record for attendance. The...

Watervliet, Mich., July 15, 2025 – Residents in Watervliet and surrounding areas can now receive expanded heart care at Corewell HealthTM Watervliet Hospital. New services will include general...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., June 4, 2025 – Corewell Health™, in partnership with Versiti Blood Center of Michigan, is hosting blood drives scheduled throughout Southwest Michigan this summer. The blood...

ST. JOSEPH, May 12, 2025 – Corewell Health™ is pleased to announce the opening of a new substance use treatment and education center in Berrien County. According to the Michigan Department of...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., March 19, 2025 –Corewell Health™ Lakeland Hospitals – St. Joseph Hospital is advancing surgical care by acquiring and utilizing the da Vinci 5 (dv5), the latest innovation...

Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 24, 2025 – Corewell HealthTM has opened an advanced heart failure clinic at Corewell Health in Southwest Michigan. The clinic is located at Corewell Health Lakeland...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., November 26, 2024 – Corewell Health™, in partnership with Versiti Blood Center of Michigan, is encouraging community members to donate blood this holiday season. A series of...

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) and Corewell Health™ Lakeland Graduate Medical Education will offer clinical training for medical students at a new...

Southwest Michigan area residents will soon be able to access primary care services at a new Corewell Health™ facility in Dowagiac. The opening of Corewell Health Primary Care Dowagiac...

Natalie Baggio, RN, will become the new president of Corewell Health in Southwest Michigan, effective July 1. She will report to the system’s Chief Operating Officer, Darryl...

The Corewell Health™ Center for Wellness - formerly Center for Better Health and Wellness - has moved to a spacious new building around the corner from its...

Corewell Health™ welcomed two new members to its board of directors in Southwest Michigan. Bertha King and Stephen Hempel, M.D., began three-year terms on...

Community members are invited to support Corewell Health Hospice & Palliative Care, formerly Caring Circle, by purchasing a luminary now through Monday, Nov. 20, at 3 p.m. Donors may choose to personalize each luminary...

Corewell Health™ Lakeland Hospitals - St. Joseph Hospital and Corewell Health Lakeland Hospitals - Niles Hospital earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade for fall 2023 from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog....

Southwest Michigan area residents can access gastroenterology services at a new Corewell Health™ facility, Corewell Health Lakeland Hospitals...

General surgeon Andrew Vaughan, D.O., joined the medical staff in Southwest Michigan. Dr. Vaughan will see patients alongside several board-certified surgeons...

Save the date for Corewell Health Foundation Southwest Michigan's Annual Gala. This year’s theme is “Coming Together,” raising funds to benefit the Patient Assistance Fund....

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends a yearly flu vaccine for everyone ages six months and older as the best protection from this serious...

Corewell Health welcomes two new family medicine physicians to Southwest Michigan. Jon Ferlmann, DO, joins the team at Corewell Health Primary Care - Coloma,...

In collaboration with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Southwest Michigan, Corewell Health Lakeland Hospitals - St. Joseph Hospital is hosting an inaugural...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in three American adults has prediabetes. What is more troubling, most people are living with it and do...

Through the Allied Health Careers Scholarship program, the Corewell Health Foundation Southwest Michigan (formerly known as Spectrum Health Lakeland Foundation) granted...

Corewell Health in Southwest Michigan is pleased to welcome board-certified pulmonologist, Narayana Gandham, MD, to the medical staff. Dr. Gandham will see patients...

The Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), recently granted three-year accreditation to the cancer program at Corewell...

Corewell Health is hosting a series of joint-relief orthopedic community seminars throughout July. During each 45-minute presentation, local Corewell Health orthopedic...

Today, Corewell Health Lakeland Hospitals in Niles and St. Joseph received “A” Hospital Safety Grades from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog that...

Corewell Health is pleased to welcome Pansy Samuel, NP, to the heart and vascular medical staff. Samuel is seeing patients alongside ten cardiology physician specialists...

Corewell Health, the new name for Spectrum Health Lakeland, is pleased to welcome Aubrey Tompkins, CNM, to its medical staff. Tompkins is seeing patients alongside three...

Blood supplies across the state remain low, with some blood types in critical need. Corewell Health, in partnership with Versiti Blood Center of Michigan, is hosting a...

Corewell Health leaders, physicians, community partners and patients marked the opening of the newest facility in Southwest Michigan yesterday in Niles. The...

Corewell Health is pleased to welcome Ingrid Kwak, NP, to the heart and vascular medical staff. Kwak is seeing patients alongside ten cardiology physician specialists...

On February 6, 2023, Lakeland General Surgery in St. Joseph will see patients at the Center for Outpatient Services, located at 3900 Hollywood Road. They are moving from...

(ST. JOSEPH) Jan 26, 2023 - The Society for Simulation in Healthcare has awarded the simulation training center at Corewell Health South full accreditation in the areas of teaching, education and...

January 26, 2023 - Debbie Guido-Allen, RN, has been promoted to president, Corewell Health Dearborn Hospital, the new name for Beaumont Hospital, Dearborn. She will begin her role Monday, Feb. 6....

(ST. JOSEPH) Jan 25, 2023 - Corewell Health Foundation Southwest Michigan, formerly Spectrum Health Lakeland Foundation, awarded a total of $224,016 in grant awards in 2022 through the Community...

(BENTON HARBOR) Jan 18, 2023 - At an event yesterday, Corewell Health South, formerly Spectrum Health Lakeland, gathered community members and leaders to mark the beginning of construction at the...

(ST. JOSEPH) Jan 3, 2023 - The Lakeland Pharmacy Shoppe has moved and is now open within the Corewell Health Lakeland Hospital in St. Joseph, formerly Spectrum Health Lakeland Medical Center,...

(ST. JOSEPH) Dec 29, 2022 – Out of 1,316 local babies born to date in 2022, Jayden and Charlotte were the most popular names this year. The BirthPlace at Corewell Health Lakeland Hospitals in...

Hospitals and emergency departments remain open (ST. JOSEPH) Dec 22, 2022 – For the safety of our patients, due to the significant winter storm predicted in Southwest Michigan, Corewell Health...

Dec 21, 2022 - On January 9, 2023, Lakeland Neurosurgery and Lakeland Pulmonology will begin seeing patients at a new location within Corewell Health Lakeland Hospital, the new name for the...

(ST. JOSEPH) Dec 21, 2022 - As part of the eleventh annual Bears in the Air program, South Bend International Airport (SBN) delivered more than 2,500 teddy bears to children in six area hospitals...

(ST. JOSEPH) Nov 22, 2022 - This year, more than 300 community members attended the annual Corewell Health Foundation Southwest Michigan, formerly Spectrum Health Lakeland Foundation, gala held at...

(ST. JOSEPH) Nov 21, 2022 - Corewell Health Lakeland Hospital and Corewell Health Niles Hospital, formerly Spectrum Health Lakeland Medical Center and Spectrum Health Lakeland Niles Hospital, have...

(ST. JOSEPH) Nov 9, 2022 - The Berrien Community Foundation awarded Lory’s Place, a program of Caring Circle at Corewell Health South, a $10,000 project grant to support one year of continued...

(ST. JOSEPH) Nov 7, 2022 - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the United States' largest philanthropy focused solely on health, recently awarded Corewell Health South, formerly Spectrum Health...

(ST. JOSEPH) Nov 2, 2022 - Corewell Health South, formerly Spectrum Health Lakeland, is pleased to welcome primary care physician, Max Schaefer, DO, to the medical staff. Dr. Schaefer is seeing...

(ST. JOSEPH) Nov 2, 2022 – Corewell Health South, formerly Spectrum Health Lakeland, is providing free financial counseling support to community members during health insurance open enrollment,...