Special Recognition Issue - Saint Joseph Mercy Health System

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P A G E 2 | 3 The Gift of Health Ferrantino Family Foundation Gifts – The latest to name a space in the new St. Joe’s (Continued from Cover) The Ferrantino family joins others who have made leadership-level gifts in support of the Renewal Campaign and who were recognized with the naming of either the facility they supported or a prominent area within the facility: • Longtime Manchester residents and donors to the elderly care program at SJMH, James and Virginia Hendley were the benefactors of a $4.5 million bequest to the Hospital, the largest in the Hospital’s history. Of that gift, $1 million was earmarked for the Patient Towers project. The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit on 4 East was named in memory of the Hendleys. • The Helen and Marion S. DeWeese, MD, Surgery Pavilion was named by Dudley and Dawn Holmes and their children Heather, Kevin and Scott. Mrs. Holmes’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. DeWeese, shared a love of Ann Arbor, dedication to the advancement of surgical care and commitment to St. Joe’s. This gift in memory of Dr. DeWeese and honor of Mrs. DeWeese recognizes a commitment that spans generations and pays tribute to the legacy that the couple built together. • The Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation made a pledge of $1.5 million. In recognition of this gift, the medicine unit on 9 East carries the Towsley name, which also graces the Hospital’s Senior Health Building and Breast Care Services at the Women’s Health Center. Each of these namings serves to honor the Towsleys and is a reminder of the generosity and dedication that the couple showed St. Joe’s during their lifetime. • The naming of the Warren R. and Lauraine A. Hoensheid Cancer Center at Woodland recognizes Mrs. Hoensheid’s gifts made in memory of her husband to support the first facility of its kind in Livingston County. To date, Mrs. Hoensheid’s gifts have surpassed $1 million to help build the Cancer Center and provide patients in the area with access to state-of- the-art treatments, innovative services, compassionate care and new hope. • Pulte Homes, Inc. named the Infusion Clinic in the Hoensheid Cancer Center. The company’s gift of $1 million helped to build a larger clinic that has a healing atmosphere for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The new clinic helps to meet patients’ needs for treatment close to home. • The new medical intensive care and medicine unit on 10 East has been named in memory of Dr. Shankar Palaniappan, a dedicated medical resident with a promising future in internal medicine who died suddenly in the fall of 2005. His parents, Dr. Ramanathan and Mrs. Vasantha Palaniappan made their gift of $1 million with the hope that the residents, nurses and physicians at SJMH who worked with Shankar will remember their son fondly. • Dedicated supporters Robert and Ellen Thompson (for whom the Women’s Health Center at St. Joe’s in Ann Arbor is named) have made a pledge of $1.5 million to the Renewal Campaign. In keeping with Mr. and Mrs. Thompson’s dedication to improving women’s health within the community, the couple’s gift was earmarked for the development and implementation of the digital mammography program at St. Joe’s Ann Arbor. Naming options are currently being considered. For more information about recognition opportunities, please call Steve Levicki, SJMHS Director of Donor Relations, at 734-712-2898.
Renewal Campaign Status The Saint Joseph Mercy Health System Renewal Campaign, the largest fund-raising campaign in the history of the Health System, was launched in 2002 and will be complete in 2011 – the same year SJMHS celebrates 100 years of serving the community. To date, contributions to the Campaign total nearly $67 million. Campaign leaders include SJMHS Development Council Chair Bill Holmes and SJMH Major Gifts Committee Co-chairs Bryan Amann and Walter M. Whitehouse, Jr., M.D. Gifts have benefited several key projects supported by the Campaign including the construction of the Patient Towers and DeWeese Surgery Pavilion at St. Joe’s in Ann Arbor, the addition of the Community Health Pavilion at St. Joseph Mercy Saline Hospital and the creation of the Warren R. and Lauraine A. Hoensheid Cancer Center at the Woodland Health Center in Brighton. Community Health Pavilion at St. Joseph Mercy Saline With the final steel beam being laid this past spring, construction crews have completed the placement of structural steel – the bones of the Hospital’s new addition. Roofing and enclosing the building and then completing the interior walls and finishes will be the focus of construction activity as the summer concludes. Once it opens later this fall, the Community Health Pavilion will serve as the new “front door” to the Hospital and as a gateway to all the services that SJMHS has to offer. The new facility will provide direct access to expanded imaging and laboratory services, and will feature a new pharmacy, gift shop, visitor seating area and a 145-seat community room for meetings, lectures and community events. North Tower and Chapel at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Interior work (drywall, painting, flooring and cabinet and fixture installation) continued throughout the North Tower’s seven floors over the summer. One standout is the work being done on 1 North, the first floor of the new facility that will house enhanced consumer services for visitors, patients and staff. When the North Tower is complete in May 2010, our guests will enjoy shopping in a new and expanded hospital gift shop and pharmacy, and relaxing with a beverage or snack in a bigger Joe’s Java coffee shop. New services will include a salon/spa and, opening in 2011, a full- service florist. Hoensheid Cancer Center With construction completed in 2006, the Hoensheid Cancer Center provides new hope for hundreds of cancer patients each year. The facility remains the only one of its kind in Livingston County to house a CT simulator and linear accelerator - essential pieces of equipment for today’s radiation treatment planning and therapy. Community support, not only helped to build this state- of-the-art facility and purchase advanced equipment, it has also aided in developing a leading-edge research program, providing support and education, and offering relief services to uninsured and underinsured patients. Community Health Pavilion at St. Joseph Mercy Saline North Tower at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor CT simulator and linear accelerator Continued on page 13
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