Press Releases

Metro Health Among the Nation’s Best and Brightest Places to Work

The rest of the country is catching on to what West Michigan already knows: Metro Health – University of Michigan is a great place to work. That not-so-well-kept secret is out, now that National Association for Business Resources (NABR) has named... Read story

New Partnership Provides Medical Route to a Healthier Lifestyle

West Michigan residents who have resolved to lose weight in 2019 have a new ally in their quest for a healthier life. Metro Health – University of Michigan Health is collaborating with Kentwood-based Grand Health Partners to offer a... Read story

More Choice and Access to Health Care for Michigan Children

Children and their families will have better access to the care they need, where they need it, as Metro Health – University of Michigan Health makes strategic additions to pediatric services. With three new pediatricians, a number of new pediatric... Read story

Healing Our Heroes: Sepsis education yields immediate results at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans

Urgent, complex and challenging medical cases enter into the emergency department at Metro Health – University of Michigan Health every day. Emergency Department Nurse Leona Kwekel says, some cases are so severe, she never forgets them. She... Read story

Metro Health – University of Michigan Health Offers New Breakthrough Treatment for Emphysema

In a breakthrough for patients suffering from severe COPD or Emphysema, Metro Health – University of Michigan Health has become one of the first Michigan health systems to offer a new minimally invasive procedure that offers hope for better... Read story

Metro Health – University of Michigan Health Named CHIME Health Care’s “Most Wired” Seven Years in a Row

For the seventh consecutive year, Metro Health – University of Michigan Health has been recognized as one of CHIME Health Care’s Most Wired Hospitals in the country. Of the 13 Michigan hospitals that made the list, Metro Health is the only one... Read story

Metro Health – University of Michigan Health adds key leadership positions

Metro Health – University of Michigan Health, the first health system in West Michigan to appoint a physician CEO, is adding to its accomplished senior leadership with two executive vice presidents joining the team. Dr. Rakesh (Raki) Pai has been... Read story

Investments in women’s health care add access and options

With new doctors and a comprehensive women’s health center soon to open, Metro Health – University of Michigan Health is working to ensure women in West Michigan have access to care through every phase of their lives. Three OB/GYNs transitioned... Read story

Dr. Peter Hahn chosen as new President & CEO

Metro Health — University of Michigan Health has become the region’s first physician-led healthcare system following the selection of Chief Medical Officer Dr. Peter Hahn as its next President and Chief Executive Officer. Hahn begins in the new... Read story

Metro Health-University of Michigan Health Partners with Eon to Improve Lung Cancer Care

Metro Health-University of Michigan Health today announced that it is partnering with Eon to improve the management of lung cancer screening and pulmonary incidental nodule patients with EonDirect. EonDirect is the first cloud-based software powered... Read story