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Executive Editor
Joe Robb
Medical Editor
Jeff Collins, MD
Art Director
Monya Mollohan
Managing Editor
Kate Vanskike
Senior Content Editor
Kari Redfield
Photographers
Gary Matoso
Steven Navratil
Copyright 2012 © Providence Health Care.
Online at phc.org. Published three times a year
by McMurry. Send comments to heartbeat@
providence.org or Public Relations, P.O. Box
2555, Spokane, WA 99220.
Michael Wilson, Chief Executive
Board of Directors
Mike Reilly, Chair
Gary Livingston, PhD, Vice Chair
Marian Durkin, Secretary-Treasurer
Patricia Butterfield, PhD
Ramon Canto, MD
Dan Dionne, MD
Susanne Hartung, SP
Elaine Hoskin
Paul Larsen, MD
Keith Marton, MD
Dean Martz, MD
Rob McCann, PhD
Sr. Judith Nilles, OP
Paul Pimentel
Curt Shoemaker
Phil Stalp
Jim Watts, MD
Ron Wells
Providence Health Care Eastern Washington
(PHC) is the parent organization of a number
of Catholic health care ministries sponsored by
the Sisters of Providence and the Dominican
Sisters in Spokane and Stevens counties. These
ministries include:
Hospitals
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital
Providence Holy Family Hospital
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital (Colville)
Providence St. Joseph’s Hospital (Chewelah)
Other Health Services
Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories
Providence Adult Day Health
Providence DominiCare (Chewelah)
Providence Emilie Court Assisted Living
Providence Medical Group
Providence St. Joseph Care Center &
Transitional Care Unit
Providence VNA Home Health
PHC is part of the Providence Health & Services
health care system, which spans five states
from Alaska to California and east to Montana.
For more details, visit phc.org.
Mission Statement
As people of Providence, we reveal God’s love
for all, especially the poor and vulnerable,
through our compassionate service.
{FROM THE HEART}
Welcoming a New
Medical School
For decades, Spokane has been
a major medical hub for the
Inland Northwest, drawing
patients from across a four-state region.
As far back as the 1960s, Providence
Sacred Heart Medical Center’s kidney
and heart programs helped put Spokane
on the map for specialized medical
care and have continued to offer
services often found only in university
hospital settings. Spokane physicians
have been actively engaged in medical
research for years, making a name for
our city as a leader in the field.
Over the years, many students
completing their medical education
through the University of Washington’s
School of Medicine have come
through Spokane to do their first-year
or third-year residency training at
Sacred Heart and other local hospitals.
Through the program, they gained
valuable hands-on experience, working
beside our experienced physicians.
But … most move on to other cities
outside the Inland Northwest to finish
their residencies and start their careers.
That’s where Spokane has missed
out, and that’s why Providence Health
Care is actively supporting the development
of a new four-year medical
school right here in Spokane. Called the
Academic Health Science Center at Riverpoint,
the school will allow students to stay
in Spokane for all four years of their medical
training and will accommodate additional
students each year. Centralized on one campus
in the heart of downtown Spokane, the
new Health Science Center will include the
Washington State University (WSU) nursing
and pharmacy colleges, the University of
Washington School of Medicine and all the
allied health programs offered by both WSU
and Eastern Washington University.
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
is positioned to be the academic hospital for
the medical school offering comprehensive
training and mentoring, and we couldn’t
be more excited about it. Providence is also
taking a lead in supporting the capital campaign
for the school because we believe an
investment in the medical providers of the
future is paramount to the health and wellbeing
of our region.
The Academic Health Science Center
will not only create jobs and attract people
to Spokane—it will allow new physicians to
complete their education and begin their
health care careers here, too. I believe this
is one of the most important expansions to
occur in our region for many years, and I
am excited about the many positive ways it
will affect our health care delivery system
as we all work together to improve access
to care and enhance the overall health for
the citizens of the Inland Northwest.
You can learn more about this new project
at morethanamedicalschool.com.
Sincerely,
Michael D. Wilson
Chief Executive
The Providence Vision
Together, we answer the call of every
person we serve: Know me, care for
me, ease my way.
Core Values
Respect • Compassion • Justice
Excellence • Stewardship
PHOTOGRAPH BY ERIC CHAMBERLAIN
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