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MSU-CHM News and Views
News & Views from the MSU College of Human Medicine Traverse City Campus MSU Rx: Building Relationships in Rural Communities Dr. Richard Bates, VP of Medical Affairs at Alpena Regional Medical Center (ARMC), presents on the MSU Rx stage on the importance of relationship-building in rural areas. ARMC is an education site for the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Rural Community Health Program (R-CHP) - designed for students interested in careers in rural medicine. The program currently takes place out of MSU CHM's Traverse City and Midland regional campuses. TV 9&10 MedWatch
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Kingsley Couple Survives Cancer, Donates Diagnostic Tool
Kingsley Couple Survives Cancer, Donates Diagnostic Tool Jon and Kathy Olney of Kingsley know a thing or two about cancer. They have each experienced that heart-stopping moment when a doctor says, “You have cancer.” For Jon, it was prostate cancer in 2011. For Kathy, it was breast cancer in 2016. Both received effective close-to-home treatment that left them healthy – and thankful. From diagnosis through treatment and follow-up appointments, all of their cancer care took place in Traverse City. “We’re just so grateful we got things taken care of and it was not worse than it was,” Jon said.
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Children’s Activity Room Funded in Memory of a Mom
Children’s Activity Room Funded in Memory of a Mom Amy McLean Calder embraced her work as a child life specialist at Children’s Hospital in Detroit. When she and her husband moved to Traverse City in 2008 to begin their family, she brought her interest in child life programs with her. Mac Calder, DO, started working in Munson Medical Center’s Emergency Department and the couple reconnected with one of Amy’s high school friends, Ben Lamphere, MD, a hospitalist at Munson Medical Center. Amy and Ben talked about the need for a child life program at the hospital, agreeing it would be an easy way
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Beloved Pediatrician Leaves Legacy Gift to Cadillac
Beloved Pediatrician Leaves Legacy Gift to Cadillac Nora F. Chang, MD, a well-loved pediatrician in Cadillac, passed away on her 95th following a remarkable life. She left a legacy gift of $466,000 to the Munson Healthcare Cadillac Hospital Foundation. Dr. Chang’s life story contains all of the drama, heartbreak, adventure, and enduring love of a made-for-TV movie. She was an exceptionally kind, gracious, gallant, and intelligent woman, as well as an outstanding doctor who loved her young patients as if they were her own children. No Ordinary Girl Nora was born Sept. 2, 1920, and it was clear
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Couple’s Generosity Keeps Grayling Babies Safe, Warm
Couple’s Generosity Keeps Grayling Babies Safe, Warm All newborns at Munson Healthcare Grayling Hospital are now placed on new GE Panda Warmers during the first critical hours of life as they adjust to living and breathing on their own. The warmers regulate the baby’s body temperature, monitor blood oxygenation, and have the technology to help clinicians safely monitor and screen infants for life-threatening cardiac and respiratory complications, as well as standardize infant resuscitation protocols throughout the hospital in the maternity unit, Emergency Department, and surgical suite. The
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Nickum Family Foundation Supports Critical Care in Frankfort
Nickum Family Foundation Supports Critical Care in Frankfort Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital staff must be prepared for any kind of emergency that arises. However, some emergencies occur infrequently in a rural setting and keeping critical care skills fresh can be a challenge. Thanks to a $35,000 gift from the Nickum Family Foundation (the family of Honnie and Dick McClear), Paul Oliver purchased a Laerdal ALS simulation manikin for training and education. The adult manikin can be programmed with various conditions that improve or worsen depending on decisions and interventions staff make. The
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The Legacy of Katie Heintz
The Legacy of Katie Heintz: Still Helping Others The day Katie Heintz’s blood work indicated she might have leukemia, her entire family dropped what they were doing and traveled to C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor. It was a trip they would endure repeatedly during Katie’s 10-month battle for life. Katie had to go to Ann Arbor weekly to receive chemotherapy because those services were not yet available for children in northern Michigan. Her mom, Leslee, recalls the drive home from those appointments, often having to pull over as Katie was sick. The strain of dealing with a horrific
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Medical Needs Fund Purchases Advanced Lab Equipment
Medical Needs Fund Purchases Advanced Lab Equipment A young patient hospitalized with pneumonia at Munson Medical Center appeared to be improving and his physician planned to send him home in the morning. At 1 am, two of his blood cultures tested positive for bacteria, an indicator that he could have sepsis, a serious blood infection. The physician did not believe the patient was septic, but was reluctant to send him home after positive culture results. Thanks to new cutting-edge technology in Munson Medical Center’s microbiology lab, a technologist used an instrument that identified both
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Legacy Giving: Philanthropy at its Finest
Legacy Giving: Philanthropy at its Finest Henri “Hank” Pell Junod, Jr. has spent nearly every summer of his life enjoying his family’s circa 1870s cottage on Higgins Lake. Hank was one of 12 young boys who grew up together during the 1940s and 50s, reveling in long summer days of boating, swimming, tennis, and family meals in the Cottage Grove Association Dining Hall. Pleasant childhood memories made returning to Higgins Lake each summer a priority for Hank throughout his career as a history teacher, soccer coach, dean of students, and director of admissions at private schools in Ohio
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Share Your Story
Share Your Story Have you had great care at a Munson Healthcare hospital? Did a member of your healthcare team provide extraordinary service or care? Were you inspired to make a gift in honor of a loved one or community member? We would love to hear your story and, with your permission, share it with others! Stories submitted may be featured in our Focus newsletter, on the Munson Healthcare blog, or the Munson Healthcare Foundations Facebook page.