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Awards, recognitions, and overall successes of McLaren Health Care Graduate Medical Education programs. McLaren Bay Region Adds IM Residency Program McLaren Bay Region received approval to add an internal medicine residency to join its established family medicine program. Six internal medicine residents will join the hospital’s GME program when the program year begins July 1, 2024. “Primary care is a resource that guides our overall health and wellbeing,” said Dr. Kenneth Parsons, McLaren Bay Region Chi...

Know your stroke risk factors and start addressing them to lower your chances now. In the United States and across the globe, the prevalence of stroke is rising among young adults, making it critical that everyone understand their risk factors and how that risk can be lowered or, in many cases, prevented. Anyone can take steps now that will begin to lower their risk, which include — according to the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion — quitting smoking, managing blood pressure, keeping bo...

The potentially life-threating attack is trending younger. National Stroke Awareness Month in May is a time in which the focus is turned to the causes and potentially life-threatening and devastating effects of strokes . A sudden and severe neurological attack disrupting blood flow in the brain, a stroke occurs every 40 seconds in the United States, a prevalence that demonstrates a 60 percent increase over the past 30 years . In 2024, the threat of stroke in the United State s — and the world at large —...

McLaren Medical Group, the employed provider group of statewide McLaren Health Care, has named Binesh Patel, MD, as Chief Executive Officer, effective March 31. Dr. Patel returns to McLaren Health Care after having served previously as Chief Medical Officer at McLaren Flint for more than five years until September 2022. He will assume the vacant MMG CEO role, which had been filled in the interim by Chad Grant, McLaren Health Care Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. “We are excited and ...

Procedures performed by a thoracic surgeon can extend to lung tumor removals, heart valve repairs, or aortic aneurysm reparations, but they encompass the range of procedures performed in the chest . In addition to the heart and lungs, thoracic surgeons also operate to correct issues affecting the esophagus, trachea, diaphragm, and chest wall. These conditions comprise: Congenital heart issues Irregular heart rhythms Heart failure Coronary artery disease Heart or lung transplants Heart valve issues Lung ...

The ushering in of the holiday season and the cold approach of winter also signals the arrival of the flu season, when cases of influenza truly begin to increase in frequency and severity . For years, physicians and health care professionals have urged everyone six months and older to get an annual flu shot and benefit from the added layer of protection the inoculation provides (in addition to good hygiene practices). However, according to a recent study published in Scientific Reports , a flu vaccinati...

Stress has become so prevalent in countless lives that the American Psychological Association classifies it as a public health concern , and it can take many forms: depression, anxiety, and exhaustion to list a few. Often spiking during the holiday season, everyday stressors can be borne out of work pressures, deadlines, financial struggles, among many others. And the effects sufferers feel can lead to very real symptoms — and the body reacts : heart rate increases, blood vessels narrow. Over time, thes...

McLaren and Karmanos leaders share knowledge and experience with other statewide industry leaders. With the ever-changing landscape of health care in Michigan and around the country, Crain’s Detroit Business brought together leading minds in local health care at its annual Health Care Leadership Summit. Participating on panels, sharing their insights and experience on a range of topics were representatives from McLaren Health Care and the Karmanos Cancer Institute. Andrea Phillips Director of Care Coord...

In the winter of 2022-23, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases were on the rise and coupled with COVID-19 and the flu created what many physicians and public health experts referred to as a ‘tripledemic’ – a trifecta of viral infections causing illnesses, raising the risk of simultaneous infections and additional complications. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data shows COVID-19 was associated with approx. 244,000 deaths in the U.S. last year, with the flu season responsible for ...

Dr. Brian Tesler McLaren Health Care, the three-state, fully integrated health care provider, has created the position of Chief Medical Director of Women’s Health to lead obstetrics, gynecology, and neonatal care across McLaren’s network of Family Birthing Centers throughout Michigan. Brian Tesler, MD, FACOG, has been appointed to this newly established role. Dr. Tesler will maintain his clinical responsibilities at McLaren Flint while working with McLaren Health Care’s nine birthing centers to ensure e...