Metro Health-UM Health adds to leadership team
Courtesy Metro Health-University of Michigan Health
Metro Health-University of Michigan Health announced Monica Taylor was promoted to chief operating officer of the Metro Health Medical Group for primary and specialty care, while Stacie Bommersbach was hired as vice president of quality and patient safety.
Taylor previously served as vice president of medical group operations, overseeing operations of all Metro Health clinics and neighborhood outpatient centers. In the new role, her immediate priority will be ensuring all Metro Health clinics are fully staffed to meet the needs of patients, said Dr. Rakesh Pai, president and chief population health officer of the Metro Health Medical Group.
COVID-19 vaccine is a ‘blessing,’ says first West Michigan doctor to receive a dose
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
Posted Dec 14, 2020
Dr. Marc McClelland, a physician at Spectrum Health, was the Grand Rapids-based health system s first employee to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine (Courtesy Spectrum Health)
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On Monday, at 12:04 p.m., he made good on his pledge.
McClelland was the first employee at Spectrum Health, and among the first statewide, to receive a dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine. The drug’s distribution kicked off Monday, and is being called the biggest vaccination campaign in U.S. history.
“This is really a blessing that this has become available to us so soon,” said McClelland, a pulmonary and critical care doctor at Spectrum Health Butterworth, whose recent work has centered on COVID-19 patients who are “very sick” and on ventilators. “It’s the culmination of hard work by many, many people. Many of the most brilliant minds in
and last updated 2020-12-13 07:21:47-05
MICHIGAN â Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine was approved late Friday night by the FDA, setting off a rush to get the vaccine shipped out of the company s Portage facility by the end of the weekend.
Pfizer announced Saturday their vaccine would begin shipping early Sunday morning, however FedEx said in an interview with FOX 17 they would not begin shipping until Monday, Dec. 14th, so facilities would have time to prepare.
A spokesperson from Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids believes they are among the first hospitals in the state to receive the vaccine.
Spectrum has said in the past that they are prepared to receive the vaccine within 24 hours of shipping.
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