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Improving health, instilling humanity and inspiring hope as Michigan’s largest health care system. 🏥
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Dr. Ding’s research team hopes to create the world’s first algorithm to help doctors design the most accurate and highly personalized treatment plan for individual patients.
“Our goal is to make this therapy fast, accurate and ready for everyday use for a broad range of patients.” - Xuanfeng (Leo) Ding, Ph.D., Medical Physicist & Study Lead, Corewell Health
$2.2M NIH grant fuels next-gen cancer treatment at Corewell Health newsroom.corewellhealth.org/news-release...
A reunion decades in the making. You won’t want to miss it! For additional information or to arrange an interview, message us or contact [email protected].
Now grown, he still visits the nurse and her 94-year-old mother who helped save his life. This October, their story comes full circle.
From patient to family: A boy flown from Lithuania to Michigan for cancer treatment in the 90s found more than medical care - he found love, comfort and a second chance.
“Superficial radiation therapy is an excellent alternative to surgical removal of non-melanomatous skin cancers, particularly those located in cosmetically sensitive areas such as the face.” - Dr. Peter Paximadis, Radiation Oncologist, Corewell Health
Corewell Health Care Center in St. Joseph is the only health system in Southwest Michigan offering this superficial radiation treatment to people diagnosed with skin cancer.
Corewell Health leads region with new non-surgical skin cancer therapy
Joshua Kolman, PharmD, a clinical pharmacist at Corewell Health who was not involved in the study, notes that the findings are concerning, adding that it’s critical to have the FDA inspect drug manufacturers to ensure they’re using good manufacturing practices that prevent contamination.
“Individuals that experience long COVID report a constellation of symptoms, and these symptoms can be cognitive, they can be physical, and they can be emotional.” - Dr. Michael Lawrence, Lead Author and Neuropsychologist, Corewell Health
“We are looking right now at Surgical Theater technology that has been really useful to help to have a more precise type of epilepsy surgery, or in general, brain surgery.” - Dr. Cesar Serrano, Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Corewell Health Children’s
As 1 of 24 centers in the country with the Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award, Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Butterworth Hospital has, “mastered complex mitral valve reconstruction and have consistently delivered high quality outcomes.”

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Corewell Health recognized for heart valve repair surgery
Corewell Health was awarded the Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award, one of only 24 centers in the country.
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“Now, we really don’t notice much post-operative pain. We can discharge patients earlier and they recover better.” - Dr. Jesse Selber, Plastic Surgeon, Corewell Health
The tallest building on the Medical Mile - Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals Care Center - is now open and serving patients.

Clinics in this new space include neurosciences, heart and vascular, residency programs, in addition to laboratory and imaging services.
“My family, my friends, my neighbors, this community - they all deserve access to exceptional care, and this investment is the first step to finally making that a reality,” said Quiana Scott-Ruffin, the center’s family nurse practitioner and lifelong resident of the community.