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McLaren Health Care has presented its annual President’s Trophy to Karmanos Cancer Institute, recognizing the Detroit-based, nationally renowned cancer center with the statewide health care system’s most prestigious honor as its top-performing subsidiary. Karmanos earned this celebrated recognition through its teams’ performance in vital clinical quality and patient safety metrics, while also accounting for patient experience and satisfaction, operational excellence, research impact, and financial stewa...

As the year 2025 played out, McLaren Central Michigan continued advancing its mission of delivering exceptional, patient-centered care through strategic growth and investment. With more than $2.4 million invested in capital improvements, services expanded, facilities were enhanced, and resources needed to support high-quality care were strengthened. We welcomed new providers, earned advanced accreditations, and celebrated meaningful milestones that reflect our continued commitment to clinical excellence...

McLaren Bay Region, part of statewide McLaren Health Care, and vascular surgeon Nicolas Mouawad, MD, MPH, MBA, RPVI, are the first in the country to use the SEISMIQ™ Intravascular Lithotripsy system, a minimally invasive procedure to help relieve patients’ quality-of-life-limiting symptoms resulting from an advanced form of a common chronic condition. Affecting tens of millions of Americans, peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a narrowing of the arteries, reducing blood flow to the limbs — most often in ...

McLaren Northern Michigan, the comprehensive regional health care provider offering a full range of cardiovascular services, performed 75 transcatheter aortic valve replacements (TAVR) in 2025. This advanced, minimally invasive procedure relieves patients of quality-of-life-limiting, potentially life-threatening symptoms caused by aortic stenosis. Performed by cardiologist Dr. Siddharth Gandhi, the 75 procedures represent more than double the 29 performed in 2024, with plans to expand the program furthe...

Dr. Michael Cotant, a urologist with McLaren Central Michigan, has achieved a career milestone shared by only a handful of other physicians in the multistate Great Lakes Region, having performed his 500th UroLift procedure, addressing benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a common, quality-of-life-limiting condition. BPH is a noncancerous enlargement of the prostate gland affecting more than half of men aged 50 and over, leading to increased pressure on the urethra, resulting in complications during urina...

McLaren Central Michigan has again recognized a deserving nurse with a Daisy Award, a nationwide program to honor outstanding nurses. Labor and delivery nurse Angela VanBuren, RN, is the hospital’s latest recipient. “The DAISY Award is a meaningful reminder of the courage, compassion, and dedication nurses bring to their patients each and every day,” said Robert David, McLaren Central Michigan President and CEO. “It is our privilege to honor Angela for her exceptional actions, and to recognize all nurse...

McLaren Central Michigan, part of statewide McLaren Health Care and Isabella’s leading health care provider, has earned verification from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to become the county’s first trauma center. As a Level IV trauma center, hospital emergency physicians, surgeons, and care teams have demonstrated that they have met rigorous — yet essential — national standards for trauma care, including rapid assessment, stabilization, and transfer of patients to higher-level trau...

Marwood Nursing and Rehab, the 240-bed long-term nursing and rehabilitation facility operated by McLaren Port Huron, continues to be recognized for exceptional, compassionate care. In its 2026 America’s Best Nursing Home list, Newsweek ranked the specialty care facility as the third best nursing home in the state. Marwood is the only St. Clair County-based facility to earn a spot on this nationwide list. “Our goal is to give the people of the Blue Water Area full confidence in the care we provide,” said...

McLaren Central Michigan, part of statewide McLaren Health Care and the leading Isabella County health care provider, has invested nearly $2 million to expand and enhance its diagnostic imaging services. The multimillion-dollar investment adds an advanced MRI unit and a DEXA bone density scanner, significantly reducing procedure wait times while increasing clinicians’ diagnostic precision through higher-quality scans, supporting providers’ early disease detection capabilities and critical care decisions...

McLaren Port Huron, along with its philanthropical arm, the McLaren Port Huron Foundation, are greeting the arrival of the holiday season with the 37th Annual Festival of Trees, a staple event in the community, with this year’s event debuting a Community Viewing of the Designer Trees and the return of the Teddy Bear Hospital. Designer Trees will be on display at the Blue Water Convention Center for the Black-Tie Gala Friday night, as well as the Community Viewing of the trees on Saturday. The Designer t...