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McLaren Port Huron Earns Additional Graduate Medical Education Accreditation, Expands Program

January 3, 2025

McLaren Port Huron Earns Additional Graduate Medical Education Accreditation, Expands Program

McLaren Port Huron, part of statewide McLaren Health Care and the leading regional health care provider, has again expanded its Graduate Medical Education department with the additional of a Transitional Year program upon accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. A one-year program, residents in the Transitional Year will be provided with experience in a range of clinical specialties to aid a resident in committing to a clinical discipline or serving a prerequisite pri...

McLaren Port Huron Reverified as a Level III Trauma Center by American College of Surgeons

December 18, 2024

McLaren Port Huron Reverified as a Level III Trauma Center by American College of Surgeons

McLaren Port Huron, part of statewide McLaren Health Care and the only nationally verified trauma center in St. Clair County, has earned reverification as a Level III Trauma Center. Requiring reverification every three years, this credential is earned following a thorough onsite evaluation of the hospital’s processes, staff credentials, patient outcomes, and compliance to trauma standards by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. McLaren Port Huron has maintained its trauma verification u...

Three McLaren Health Care, Karmanos Cancer Institute Top Executives Recognized in DBusiness Magazine’s ‘Detroit 500’ List

September 3, 2024

Three McLaren Health Care, Karmanos Cancer Institute Top Executives Recognized in DBusiness Magazine’s ‘Detroit 500’ List

President and CEO of McLaren Health Care, Philip A. Incarnati, President and CEO of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Boris C. Pasche, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, and President of the Karmanos Cancer Hospital and Karmanos Cancer Network, Brian R. Gamble, have been included in this year’s “Detroit 500.” An annual feature from DBusiness Magazine, the “Detroit 500” compiles the 500 most influential business leaders in metro Detroit. Individuals are selected based on several factors, including the company o...

McLaren's Dr. Justin Klamerus Named a ‘CMO to Know’

McLaren's Dr. Justin Klamerus Named a ‘CMO to Know’

McLaren Health Care Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Justin Klamerus, for the second consecutive year, has been named a ‘CMO to Know’ by Becker’s Hospital Review . Compiled annually, clinical leaders listed are those who “champion patient safety, uphold rigorous quality standards, act as liaisons between leadership teams and medical staff, manage risk” and strive for “continuous improvement.” A leading industry publication covering all aspects of health care, Becker’s, in its char...

McLaren Port Huron Reverified as a Level III Trauma Center by American College of Surgeons

February 27, 2024

McLaren Port Huron Reverified as a Level III Trauma Center by American College of Surgeons

McLaren Port Huron, part of statewide McLaren Health Care and the only nationally verified trauma center in St. Clair County, has earned reverification as a Level III trauma center. Requiring reverification every three years, this credential is earned following a thorough onsite evaluation of the hospital’s processes, staff credentials, patient outcomes, and compliance to trauma standards by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. McLaren Port Huron has maintained its trauma verification u...

McLaren Port Huron Earns Accreditation for Graduate Medical Education Program, Launches Internal Medicine Residency

January 31, 2024

McLaren Port Huron Earns Accreditation for Graduate Medical Education Program, Launches Internal Medicine Residency

McLaren Port Huron, part of McLaren Health Care and the leading regional health care provider, has earned accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to launch a Graduate Medical Education program, providing clinical training to resident physicians. The program will provide placement for internal medicine residents initially with plans for more specialties. Launching in July, the new program’s six initial IM resident physicians will be under the leadership of prog...

McLaren Port Huron Demashkieh Women’s Wellness Place Achieves Reaccreditation

January 10, 2024

McLaren Port Huron Demashkieh Women’s Wellness Place Achieves Reaccreditation

The Demashkieh Women’s Wellness Place, McLaren Port Huron’s breast care center, part of statewide McLaren Health Care and Karmanos Cancer Network, has earned full reaccreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. The achievement is an indication of the program’s quality and proficiency in providing full-service and multidisciplinary breast health, from regular screening mammograms through the diagnosis, care, and treatment of breast cancer. The program’s achievement was earned ...

McLaren, Karmanos listed among best oncology programs in US

October 9, 2023

McLaren, Karmanos listed among best oncology programs in US

McLaren Health Care has been included on the 2023 list of “100 hospitals and health systems with great oncology programs” compiled by Becker’s Hospital Review. The health system has Michigan’s largest network of oncology centers, the Karmanos Cancer Network , anchored by the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit. The list includes the premier providers of cancer care from across the country, many of which are National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Designated Oncology Centers. The oncology programs p...

Top executives at McLaren Health Care, Karmanos Cancer Institute recognized on DBusiness Magazine’s “Detroit 500” list

August 14, 2023

Top executives at McLaren Health Care, Karmanos Cancer Institute recognized on DBusiness Magazine’s “Detroit 500” list

President and CEO of McLaren Health Care, Philip A. Incarnati, and President of Karmanos Cancer Hospital and Network, Brian R. Gamble, have been included in this year’s “Detroit 500.” An annual feature from DBusiness Magazine, the “Detroit 500” compiles the 500 most influential business leaders in metro Detroit. Individuals are selected based on several factors, including the company or organization size, growth rate, geographical reach and extensive personal contacts. View the complete “Detroit 500” li...

Stroke care at McLaren Port Huron recognized with top AHA distinctions

Stroke care at McLaren Port Huron recognized with top AHA distinctions

McLaren Port Huron, part of McLaren Health Care and its statewide McLaren Stroke Network, has earned the Get With The Guidelines® Stroke GOLD PLUS distinction from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, an acknowledgement of its proficiency in its care for stroke patients by consistently achieving national quality measurements. Additionally, McLaren Port Huron was listed on the AHA/ASA’s Honor Roll Elite for its prompt use of alteplase, a medication to dissolve stroke-causing blood ...

Karmanos Cancer Institute and Network ranked as the preferred cancer provider in Michigan

Karmanos Cancer Institute and Network ranked as the preferred cancer provider in Michigan

The Karmanos Cancer Institute , the world renowned cancer center based in Detroit, for the first time since joining McLaren Health Care in 2014 has become the preferred cancer treatment provider in Michigan. A subsidiary of McLaren, the three-state, 14-hospital health system, the Karmanos Cancer Network of treatment facilities stretches across the state, from Petoskey to Detroit, and recently expanded into Ohio. In a poll conducted by NRC Health, 11.4 percent of statewide respondents named Karmanos and ...

McLaren Port Huron recognized as a Top Performer for LGBTQ Healthcare Equality

November 2, 2021

McLaren Port Huron recognized as a Top Performer for LGBTQ Healthcare Equality

Port Huron, MI – McLaren Port Huron was awarded recognition as an LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Top Performer, a national LGBTQ benchmarking tool that evaluates health care facilities' policies and practices related to the equity and inclusion of LGBTQ patients, visitors and employees. This distinction is based on LGBTQ patient-centered care in four key areas: Non-discrimination and staff training; patient services and support; employee benefits and policies; and patient and community engagement. “We s...

McLaren Port Huron recognized by Healthgrades with Patient Safety Excellence Award

Healthgrades, the leading source that connects consumers, physicians and health systems, awarded McLaren Port Huron with a 2020 Patient Safety Excellence Award. Released annually, Healthgrades’ Patient Safety Excellence Award recognizes hospitals that have the lowest occurrences of 14 preventable patient safety events. Inclusion on the list places McLaren Port Huron among the top 10 percent of acute care hospitals nationwide in patient safety. “At McLaren Port Huron, excellence is about the constant purs...

McLaren Port Huron recognized as a Nationally-Accredited Breast Center

January 23, 2020

McLaren Port Huron recognized as a Nationally-Accredited Breast Center

Port Huron, Mich. – The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), has granted Three-Year Accreditation to McLaren Port Huron. To achieve voluntary NAPBC accreditation, a breast center demonstrates compliance with the NAPBC standards that look at a center’s leadership, clinical services, research, community outreach, professional education, and quality improvement. Breast centers seeking NAPBC accreditation undergo a...

McLaren Port Huron receives 2019 Governor's Award of Excellence

Port Huron, MI – McLaren Port Huron is pleased to announce it has received MPRO’s 2019 Governor’s Award of Excellence for Effective Reporting and Measurement for Outpatient Quality Reporting and Hospital Value-Based Purchasing and Achievement in Increasing identification of Behavioral Health Conditions in an Inpatient Psychiatric Facility. This year, more than 130 Michigan hospitals, physician practices, nursing homes, inpatient psychiatric facilities, ambulatory surgery centers and home health ag...

September 25, 2017

McLaren Port Huron awards physical therapy scholarships

Port Huron, MI – McLaren Port Huron recently awarded two scholarships totaling $6,000 through the Shirley Jardine Carter Memorial Physical Therapy Scholarship. Shirley Jardine Carter was a physical therapist at the hospital who tragically passed away in 1990. The scholarship was established by her family and friends in her memory. The 2017 scholarship recipients are: Addie Ingles, a St. Clair High School graduate, is attending Grand Valley State University, where she will graduate as a physical therapis...

Breast Imaging Center of Excellence

September 5, 2017

Breast Imaging Center of Excellence

Since 2009, the American College of Radiology (ACR) has recognized McLaren Port Huron Women's Wellness Place as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. This designation puts McLaren Port Huron Women's Wellness Place into an elite group of breast imaging centers in Michigan, Port Huron and the entire Thumb area - to achieve the exceptional status of ACR Center of Excellence. By awarding facilities the status of a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, the ACR recognizes breast imaging centers that hav...