News releases

Grand Rapids, Mich., April 25, 2024 – The inaugural class of Corewell Health’s Grand Valley State University Nurse Scholars Program will graduate Saturday, April 27, as part of a partnership between Corewell Health™ and Grand Valley State University.

Graduates of the program receive up to $20,000 in scholarship funds and must agree to two years of continual full-time employment with Corewell Health hospitals in West Michigan.

Yoder joins Corewell Health from Banner Health in Arizona, one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the country, where he currently serves as division president of 13 of the system’s 30 hospitals.

Royal Oak, Mich., February 29, 2024 – Corewell Health™ in Southeast Michigan is using virtual and augmented reality technology to enable patients to “tour” their own brains and assist physicians with planning and surgery. Corewell Health is the first and only health system in Michigan to use Surgical Theater’s eXperiential Reality platform in neurosurgery cases.

Grand Rapids and Royal Oak, Mich., Feb. 21, 2024 – Corewell Health™ is the first health system in the Midwest to successfully treat patients with an innovative technology that uses pulsed electric fields to address atrial fibrillation.

The procedures took place on Thursday, Feb.15, at Corewell Health Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center in Grand Rapids and at Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital in Royal Oak.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 19, 2024 – Today, leadership from Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation, and Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services came together to announce a landmark $50 million gift from the DeVos Family. This gift furthers the DeVos Family’s longstanding commitment to the health and well-being of children and fosters continued partnerships between the three health care organizations.

Detroit, Mich., January 12, 2024 – Corewell Health^TM and Detroit Edison Public School Academy (DEPSA) today will announce the grand opening of a new school-based clinic in Detroit that will provide students with access to a comprehensive range of medical services and mental health counseling. The clinic will help address the health care needs of the community, where access to medical and behavioral services has historically been limited.

GRAND RAPIDS and SOUTHFIELD, Mich., January 11, 2024 – Today, Corewell Health™ announced changes to its board of directors, including the introduction of two new members, the appointment of a new chair and vice chair, and the departure of three founding board members.

Two new directors began three-year terms on Jan. 1, 2024: Joseph J. Fifer, former president and CEO of the Healthcare Financial Management Association; and Robert Williams, M.D., retired family physician and health services researcher.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 11, 2023—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.

“Dr. Fitzgerald’s experience and deep knowledge of Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital is exceptional,” said Alejandro Quiroga, M.D., MBA, president, Corewell Health in West Michigan. “Under his leadership, our hospital will continue to provide the best care for our youngest patients while working to increase access to lifesaving and innovative treatments.”

Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich., Dec. 4, 2023 – Corewell Health’s President & CEO Tina Freese Decker has been recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare of 2023. This marks the second consecutive year that Freese Decker has received the honor. The complete ranking can be found in the Dec. 4 issue of MH magazine, and profiles of all the honorees are available online at ModernHealthcare.com/100MostInfluential.

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