MyMichigan Medical Center Midland is a 324-bed, non-profit hospital in
Midland, Michigan
Midland is a city in Midland County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. The population was 42,547 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Midland metropolitan statistical area, part of the larger Saginaw-Midland-Bay City ...
. It is a member of
MyMichigan Health
MyMichigan Health is an American non-profit health system, headquartered in Midland, Michigan, affiliated with Michigan Medicine, the health care division of the University of Michigan. MyMichigan Health covers a 23-county region with medical cen ...
, an integrated health delivery system affiliated with Michigan Medicine, the health care division of the University of Michigan. The medical center serves as a clinical site for medical students from Michigan State University - College of Human Medicine, Central Michigan University, and MidMichigan Community College nursing students. A family medicine residency program is affiliated with Michigan State University.
History
MyMichigan Medical Center Midland was designed by architect
Alden B. Dow and constructed amid wartime restrictions in 1943–44. The first fifty years of the hospital's history is chronicled in the book, A Journey of Caring, by Dorthoy Langdon Yates.
Over the years, MyMichigan Medical Center Midland became co-owned with other regional hospitals; as a result, the Medical Center in Midland became the flagship hospital of MyMichigan Health, which has been headquartered in Midland ever since.
Specialties
MyMichigan Medical Center Midland is a secondary-level acute care hospital.
*The medical center was verified as a level II
trauma center
A trauma center, or trauma centre, is a hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major traumatic injuries such as falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds. The term "trauma center" may be used incorr ...
in 2014 by the American College of Surgeons.
*The medical center is the site of one of the three
Gamma Knives in the state of Michigan.
*In August 2007, the medical center began performing
open heart surgery.
Leadership
Ada Mitchell, R.N. served as the initial superintendent when the hospital opened in 1944. Upon her resignation the following year, Bernard Lorimer became superintendent, a title later changed to president. He was succeeded by David A. Reece in 1977. Richard M. Reynolds served in the role beginning in 2004. In May 2008, Gregory H. Rogers was named the hospital's fourth president.
Awards
*In 2007, the
hospital
A hospital is a healthcare institution providing patient treatment with specialized Medical Science, health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically ...
was named a Thomson 100 Top Hospital.
References
External links
Official website
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Hospital buildings completed in 1944
Hospitals in Michigan
Midland, Michigan
Buildings and structures in Midland County, Michigan
Trauma centers
1944 establishments in Michigan