West Michigan

BIG RAPIDS, Mich., April 14, 2026 — Corewell Health™ is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Wheatlake Wellness Walk & 5K, a community tradition that raises critical funds for programs,...

HASTINGS, Mich., February 19, 2026 – Corewell Health™ Foundation West Michigan at Corewell Health Pennock Hospital is now accepting Compassion Award nominations, and community members are...

Corewell Health™ announced conceptual plans to expand the Butterworth Hospital campus with the addition of a new 621,000 square-foot facility that would increase access to care, including the...

Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 8, 2026 – A decades-old drug, long used to treat conditions including a chronic parasitic disease, may soon offer new hope for even more patients with a different...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., December 16, 2025 – The Grand Rapids Fire Department and Corewell Health™ have partnered to pilot Medical Priority and Wellbeing Response (MPWR), a new program designed to...

GRAND RAPIDS, Nov. 24, 2025 – Survivors of violence in West Michigan now have a new lifeline: Corewell Health has opened the region’s first Trauma Recovery Center, offering free, comprehensive...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., October 21, 2025 – On Tuesday, Oct. 21, Corewell Health™ will officially break ground on the Karl and Patricia Betz Resident Physician Living Center, a housing complex...

GREENVILLE, Mich., Oct.1, 2025 – Corewell Health is pleased to announce the opening of the W. H. Braman Cancer Center. This project becomes a reality thanks to a $4.2 million gift from the...

The Send Silence Packing Exhibit, presented by Active Minds, will be coming to MCC’s Sidney campus on Wednesday, Oct. 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Lifetime risk of developing Afib: one in four for Americans 40 and older Grand Rapids and Royal Oak, Mich., Sept. 11, 2025 – Corewell HealthTM William Beaumont University Hospital in Royal Oak...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., September 3, 2025 – Corewell Health™ patients who used virtual lifestyle medicine services through a partnership with Nudj Health saw significant improvements in key...

Grand Rapids, Mich., August 27, 2025 – Corewell HealthTM Aero Med is providing life-saving whole blood to patients experiencing significant blood loss before they get to the hospital. This is...

Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 12, 2025 – Corewell HealthTM broke ground on a 100,000-square-foot expansion and renovation at Corewell Health Care Center Lakewood in Holland, Mich. on Tuesday, August...

Grand Rapids, Mich., July 14, 2025 – Corewell Health™ has performed the first incisionless brain procedure for patients with essential tremor or tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease. The...

CADILLAC, Mich., June 26, 2025 – Corewell Health™ received a $27,000 grant from the Cadillac Area Community Foundation to expand the School Blue Envelope Program in schools throughout Wexford...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., June 4, 2025 –Corewell Health™, in partnership with Versiti Blood Center of Michigan, is hosting a series of 26 blood drives scheduled throughout West Michigan in June,...

Grand Rapids, Mich., May 19, 2025 – Corewell Health’s new hiring center has opened its doors in Grand Rapids, offering a convenient option for individuals seeking information and career...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 16, 2025 – Corewell Health™ announced today that it has named Josh Kooistra, D.O., as president of Corewell Health in West Michigan. Kooistra, who formerly served as...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 28, 2024 – Corewell Health™ is the only health system in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula to be named a Tree Campus Healthcare Institution by the Arbor Day Foundation....

ZEELAND, Mich., April 16, 2025 – Corewell Health™ has expanded its pregnancy care offerings at Corewell Health Zeeland Hospital with the addition of CenteringPregnancy®, an innovative and...

BIG RAPIDS, Mich., March 31, 2025 – Online registration is now open for the annual Wheatlake Wellness Walk & 5K, an event that raises funds to provide resources, programming and services for...

There’s nothing like a crisis to pull people together, and that’s exactly what COVID-19 did for hospitals and health care workers. As Corewell Health acknowledges the five-year anniversary of...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 25, 2025 —Corewell Health™ Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital is launching a new pediatric critical care ground transport program to better care for infants and...

Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 19, 2025 – Corewell HealthTM in West Michigan has been recognized by the Mitral Foundation for its commitment to mitral valve repair. The Mitral Valve Repair Reference...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 17, 2025 – The Corewell™ Center for Wellness – Boston Square is now serving patients, expanding access to health care, education and community resources in Boston...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., November 26, 2024 – Corewell Health™, in partnership with Versiti Blood Center of Michigan, is encouraging community members in West Michigan to donate blood this holiday...

Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 25, 2024 – The Corewell HealthTM Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center is celebrating two decades of advanced heart and vascular care. The Meijer Heart Center, which opened...

Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 21, 2024 – For 17 years, Corewell Health in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Michigan State University College of Human Medicine have funded more than $27 million in...

Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 9, 2024 – Lung transplant survival rates at Corewell HealthTM in West Michigan are again among the best in the nation, according to the latest data from the Scientific...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 8, 2024 – U.S. News & World Report has recognized five specialty areas at Corewell Health™ Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in its 2024-2025 Best Children’s...

September 27, 2024 marks 50 years since doctors found a lump in First Lady Betty Ford’s breast. After she was diagnosed with breast cancer, she became a champion for the cause and an advocate...

Event Celebrates Groundbreaking of New Joan Secchia Children’s Rehabilitation Hospital GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 15, 2024–The community came together to celebrate a monumental milestone for...

Corewell Health Pennock Hospital offers same-day services with a new walk-in clinic. WAYLAND, Mich., July 15, 2024 – Corewell Health™ Pennock Hospital will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for...

Charity Golf Classic fundraising efforts will help support local youth experiencing behavioral health struggles. BIG RAPIDS and REED CITY, Mich., July 2, 2024 – Online registration is now open...

Corewell Health Big Rapids and Reed City Hospitals Auxiliary donations support patient services in Corewell Health facilities. BIG RAPIDS and REED CITY, Mich., June 19, 2024 – Corewell Health™...

The Kent County Health Department, Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health-West, Cherry Health and Catherine’s Health Center are...

Corewell Health and Village of Lakeview offer residents a piece of the former 115-year-old Kelsey Hospital. LAKEVIEW, Mich., June 4, 2024 – Beginning Monday, June 10, Corewell Health™ and the...

The inaugural class of Corewell Health’s Grand Valley State University Nurse Scholars Program will graduate Saturday, April 27, as part of a partnership...

Support the Corewell Health Susan P. Wheatlake Regional Cancer Center by participating in person or virtually. Online registration is now open for the 19th...

National Blood Clot Alliance ® (NBCA) today announced that Corewell Health™ Grand Rapids Hospitals – Butterworth Hospital has been named the inaugural...

North Flight Aero Med, a joint operation between Corewell HealthTM (formerly Spectrum Health) and Munson Healthcare, has added a Sikorsky S-76 C++ helicopter to its fleet...

Corewell Health™ in Southeast Michigan is using virtual and augmented reality technology to enable patients to “tour” their own brains and assist...

Loren B. Hamel, M.D., president, Corewell Health™ in Southwest Michigan, has announced his plan to retire on June 30, 2024. Dr. Hamel, a Berrien Springs...

Corewell Health and the Village of Lakeview today announced plans to transfer ownership of the land where the former Kelsey Hospital operated to...

Today, leadership from Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation, and Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services came...

La familia DeVos invierte en el futuro saludable de los niños de nuestra comunidad Hoy, líderes del Hospital de Niños Helen DeVos de Corewell Health, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation y Pine Rest...

International study looks to enroll up to 1,000 patients Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 17, 2024 – Corewell Health has treated its first patients in the SPYRAL AFFIRM Clinical Study and continues...

Participants and spectators are encouraged to dress in ‘80s attire. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., February 13, 2024 – Online registration is now open for Corewell Health’s 40th Irish Jig, a 5K race...

This specialized unit will be the first of its kind in Michigan. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 1, 2024—Corewell Health™ Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital plans to open a pediatric medical...

Students who live in Lake, Mason, or Oceana counties are invited to create a piece of artwork inspired by a favorite book. Corewell Health Ludington Hospital Pediatrics and the Reach Out and Read...

Drew Dostal, MBA, FACHE, to oversee five hospitals and one integrated care campus. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., – Corewell Health™ has appointed Drew Dostal, MBA, FACHE, as the new regional market...

LAKEVIEW, Mich., Dec. 27, 2023 — The Corewell Health Foundation Greenville Hospital is thrilled to announce a nearly $31,000 Kelsey Hospital Guild donation to support adolescent behavioral...

Corewell Health™ Grand Rapids Hospitals- Butterworth Hospital has compiled a list of the top baby names for 2023.By year’s end, Corewell Health will have...

Corewell Health™ recently received $115,000 in grants from the American Cancer Society to fund transportation and lodging for cancer patients. The grants are part of $8.3 million awarded by the...

Corewell Health™ has received a $12,600 grant from the Osceola County Community Foundation to support Reed City High School’s onsite clinic for students’ behavioral health needs. The funds...

Corewell Health™ is pleased to announce Robert Fitzgerald, M.D., MBA, has been named the new president of Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital....

Due to a high number of pediatric admissions and an increase in respiratory illnesses throughout the community, Corewell Health™ Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital will be limiting...

Through their partnership,46,466 free pieces of produce were distributed to Michigan families in 2023. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., – The Veggie Van™, a mobile farmers market, served 13 counties...

Corewell Health in West Michigan and Michigan State University College of Human Medicine are funding nearly $1.4 million in new research grants that will...

Corewell Health™ hospitals in Big Rapids, Greenville, Ludington and Zeeland earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade for fall 2023 from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog that sets standards for excellence...

Corewell Health™ Susan P. Wheatlake Regional Cancer Center invites community members, patients and their families to celebrate the center’s 10-year anniversary...

Corewell Health™ has become the first and only health system in Michigan to implant a device intended to improve upper body mobility in patients who have...

Corewell Health recently received a $17,100 grant from the Community Foundation for Mason County to support its youth behavioral health telemedicine program...

Corewell Health in Greenville provides virtual behavioral health support to students Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 2, 2023 – Corewell Health in Greenville is now offering virtual behavior health...

New Michigan State University and Corewell Health research shows that in-home, enhanced prenatal services provided by community health workers, nurses and...

Board-certified endocrinologist, Inderpreet Madahar, M.D., will join Corewell Health’s medical staff in Southwest Michigan. Dr. Madahar will see patients...

Hospital named a top performer for quality and safety by Vizient. ZEELAND, Mich., September 22, 2023 – Corewell Health Zeeland Hospital has been recognized as a top performer in the 2023 Bernard...

Award based on patient safety, equity of care and other factors GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept 22, 2023 – Corewell Health’s Grand Rapids hospitals — Spectrum Health Butterworth and Blodgett have...

Family nurse practitioner Andrea Edgerly, N.P., has joined the Corewell Health™ medical staff in Southwest Michigan. Edgerly is accepting new patients at...

Alexandra Vroom, CNM, has joined Corewell Health™ in Southwest Michigan. Vroom will see patients alongside three physicians and four other advanced...

The anniversary capsule includes artifacts from the last 100 years. HASTINGS, Mich., Sept. 18, 2023 – Corewell Health™ Pennock Hospital (Pennock Hospital) completed its summer-long 100th...

Recently, 20 local high school students in Southwest Michigan graduated from the Corewell Health™ 2023 GROWTH internship program. The GROWTH internship...

General surgeon Brooke Bredbeck, M.D., will join Corewell Health's medical staff team of accomplished board-certified surgeons and advanced practitioners. Dr....

Corewell Health’s Grand Rapids hospitals — Spectrum Health Butterworth, Blodgett and Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital — have earned the prestigious...

Corewell Health in Southwest Michigan will host the Community Grand Rounds: Black Maternal and Infant Health Summit on Thursday, Aug. 24, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. The event...

Project aims to understand how differences in individuals’ cells impact recovery from disease Grand Rapids, Mich., August 17, 2023 – A Corewell Health™ research team has been awarded a...

Corewell Health Lory's Place, a grief healing and education team, is hosting a pet remembrance celebration on Sept. 1 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. This is a free event, which...

Seven local students receive help with college tuition. GREENVILLE, Mich., August 15, 2023 – Corewell Health’s Spectrum Health Greenville Hospital awarded seven $1,000 scholarships to local...

Corewell Health welcomes advanced practice provider Barbara Glassford, NP, to the medical staff. Glassford is accepting new patients at the primary care office located...

Jeannetta Roberts, RN was named the latest recipient of the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses at Corewell Health’s Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital. Roberts is a charge nurse in the ICU and...

Nearby $12 million Lakeview Care Center opened in June LAKEVIEW – Corewell Health™ will close its Spectrum Health Kelsey Hospital in October. The 60-year-old hospital has become outdated,...

Butterworth and Blodgett hospitals, part of Corewell Health, have received a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for...

Zeeland Community Hospital, part of Corewell Health, again has received a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for strong...

Spectrum Health Gerber Hospital, part of Corewell Health, has received a five-star rating for the second year in a row from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...

Patient care will begin Aug. 7 BIG RAPIDS, Mich., July 20, 2023 – The opening of the new $22 million Big Rapids Care Center, part of Corewell Health, is just a few weeks away and the community...

Volunteers of Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital, part of Corewell Health, recently presented a $150,000 check to Scott Smith, chairperson of the Corewell...

The Veggie Van continues to make its way throughout Berrien County this summer. The mobile farmer’s market offers free, locally grown, top-quality, healthy fruits...

13th annual fundraiser helps patients at Susan P. Wheatlake Regional Cancer Care Center. REED CITY & CHASE, Mich., July 5, 2023 – Horse lovers, campers and cancer fighters are encouraged to mark...

TAVR reaccreditation maintains Corewell Health as the only program in Michigan with three accreditations and as a HeartCARE Center Grand Rapids, Mich., June 29, 2023 – Corewell Health’s...

Spectrum Health Gerber Hospital, part of Corewell Health, is inviting families across Newaygo County to pick up a bag of free, healthy produce when the Veggie Van...

Corewell Health™ is pleased to announce its new Spine Center on the Blodgett Hospital campus in East Grand Rapids is now open and accepting patients. The...

Community members are invited to attend and support the annual Hospice Benefit, Wine and Beer Tasting for Caring Circle, a part of Corewell Health, on Saturday, August...

U.S. News & World Report has again recognized Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in its 2023-2024 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings with...

Event marks official building completion with patients being seen starting June 26th and July 11th. **Sharing on behalf of the Gillespie Group** LANSING, Mich. – Gillespie Group President Pat...

Older adults and individuals caring for a loved one fifty-five years or older are encouraged to attend a free community event, “Seniors in the Know”, hosted by...

Corewell Health and Krasl Art Center have unveiled a Pop-Up Art and Wellness project thanks to a $55,000 grant from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund. The project is...

On Friday, July 21, Lory’s Place, the grief and healing center of Caring Circle a part of Corewell Health, will host its annual benefit dinner, Reflections...

Michael Flippen, a nurse in the Emergency Department at Corewell Health’s Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital was nominated and selected as the hospital’s latest recipient of the...

Sikorsky S-76 C++ will become the new primary air ambulance helicopter Grand Rapids, Mich., May 31, 2023 – Aero Med at Corewell Health™, the new name for Spectrum Health, announced today it...

Ribbon cutting and tours planned for June 15. LAKEVIEW, Mich., May 23, 2023 – The opening of the new $12-million Lakeview Care Center, part of Corewell Health™, is just a month away, and the...