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Surgery Electives
Surgery Electives Thoracic Surgery Prerequisite: Fourth Year Medical Student who has completed basic Surgery and Internal Medicine clerkships Objectives: Student will be presented with the clinical working knowledge of cardiac and thoracic disease processes and their management. Student will gain exposure to surgical procedures related to cardiothoracic surgery and become aware of postoperative management of patients. Student will become familiar with pre and post-operative care of thoracic and cardiovascular surgical patients. Students will become acquainted with the use of reliability
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About Munson Healthcare Foundations
About Munson Healthcare Foundations Our Mission The mission of Munson Healthcare Foundations is to inspire charitable support to enhance health care for the people of northern Michigan. The Importance of Philanthropy Philanthropy is vital to enhance and sustain healthcare in northern Michigan. Munson Healthcare Foundations donors help to provide the quality healthcare services that make our communities strong, healthy places to live. Charitable giving provides up to 30 percent of the annual funding needed each year to ensure Munson Healthcare’s nonprofit hospitals maintain high quality
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Meet the Team at Munson Healthcare Foundations
Meet the Team at Munson Healthcare Foundations Munson Healthcare Foundations is staffed with talented professionals who help donors support the specific funds or services that match their values and interests, allowing them to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others. Learn more about our team members below. Debra Henderson, MSHC, President, Munson Healthcare Foundations 231-213-1155 | dhenderson@mhc.net Debra Henderson serves as President for Munson Healthcare Foundations and Chief Development Officer for Munson Healthcare. Prior to joining Munson Healthcare in 2013, she worked for
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Cowell Family $5 Million Leadership Gift Launches New Cancer Center
“The community is only as good as we make it. To keep it great, we all have to participate.” - Casey Cowell, Traverse City Cowell Family $5 Million Leadership Gift Launches New Cancer Center In late 2011, long-time Traverse City resident Casey Cowell stepped forward with an enormous gift to the community – $5 million for a new cancer center. Munson Medical Center physicians and leaders have identified a cancer center as the next critical need for the region. A new cancer center has been discussed for nearly a decade, but an economic downturn made it challenging to consider a major capital
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$8 Million Webber Foundation Gift Strengthens Heart Center
$8 Million Webber Foundation Gift Strengthens Heart Center The largest gift ever provided by the Wayne and Joan Webber Foundation will significantly strengthen Munson Medical Center’s role as a regional provider of heart care in northern Michigan in years to come. The family’s $8 million donation supports programs in the hospital’s heart center which will be named for the Webber family and known as the Webber Heart Center. The Webber’s gift, which represents the largest single donation in the hospital’s history, will allow for additional programs and technology that are related to cardiac care
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Testimonials from the MSU College of Human Medicine Traverse City Campus
Testimonials "The Traverse City campus was clearly the best choice for me and my husband. I can't imagine navigating and successfully completing the couples match without the expert help and endless support of Dr. Webster and Christy Lavene. From the moment I met the TC team, I could feel their enthusiasm for teaching. Beyond that, they were very invested in our wellbeing, both as students and as individuals. As my medical interests changed, the campus was able to provide opportunities to expand my experiences and my resume. The hands on learning and responsibility given to us as students
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‘I’m So Impressed with this Cancer Center’
Judy Williamson: ‘I’m So Impressed with this Cancer Center’ In 2017 and 2018, every Eagles Auxiliary in the state of Michigan is raising money for the Cowell Family Cancer Center in Traverse City, thanks to Judy Williamson of Grayling. Judy was elected as Auxiliary State Madam President for the Fraternal Order of Eagles in June 2017. As president, she has the opportunity to select the charity all state auxiliaries will support during her term in office. It wasn’t a hard decision for her to make. A Second Diagnosis Judy’s husband, Dennis, was diagnosed with lymphoma more than a decade ago and
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Grateful for Charlevoix ED Care
Frank Macher: Grateful for Charlevoix ED Care Frank Macher didn’t think too much of feeling fatigued following a working dinner and time spent boating one evening this past August. “We’d had a couple days of meetings and I figured that was what it was,” he said. That evening, at his home in Charlevoix, Frank, 76, began experiencing “all kinds of flu-like symptoms.” Even then, though, he chalked it up to simply being under the weather. Soon enough, however, it became clear something truly wasn’t right. “At 3 or 4 in the morning, I was actually having a lot of trouble breathing,” he said. Frank
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Traverse City Clerkship Directors
Clerkship Directors Family Medicine Jeffrey Magnatta, DO Medical School: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Residency: Munson Family Practice Residency Program, Traverse City, MI Internal Medicine Larry Warbasse MD, FACP Medical School: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Residency and Internship: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Medicine Critical Care Rebecca Ulep, DO Medical School: Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences, Kansas City, MO Residency and Fellowship: Genesys Regional Medical Center, Grand Blanc, MI Obstetrics/Gynecology Kurt Wright, MD, FACOG Medical School
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Parents Honored with Sustaining Fund Gift
The Cornwells: Parents Honored with Sustaining Fund Gift When F. Gordon and Jean Cornwell moved their young family from the East Coast to Traverse City in 1947, the couple wholeheartedly embraced the people and places of northern Michigan – a way of life that’s just as important to their four children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren who remain residents of the area. Gordon and Jean Cornwells’ commitment to the region – as business owners, community activists and champions of preserving a vibrant Traverse City – also continues to impact the lives of so many others, including individuals