Firelands Regional Medical Center is pleased to announce the acquisition of property at 5420 Milan Road, Sandusky, the site currently used for various Perkins Township Offices. The hospital acquired the property for $1.6 Million, which includes the 15,000 square foot building which sits on the property. The property was listed for sale earlier this year by the Township.
Plans for the property are to relocate the Medical Center’s Corporate Health services to the facility. “We are very fortunate to have found available property on Route 250, which serves as a major thoroughfare into the Sandusky area. Because our Corporate Health program serves employers throughout the region, finding a location which would provide easy and convenient access to our business clients was a priority,” shares Leslie Mesenburg, hospital spokesperson. “For the past two years (plus) our Corporate Health Center program, has experienced significant growth, and its current location of approximately 5,700 square feet at 1031 Pierce Street, is no longer able to meet the growing needs of clients served through the program . We believe the new location will be especially nice for our trucking firm clients, who need parking accommodations for their semis when using Corporate Health for physicals and drug screen testing services.” Read full release.
North Coast Professional Company, Inc., a multi-specialty physician practice organization that operates as an entity of Firelands Regional Health System, recently announced they will now be known as Firelands Physician Group.
“This name change represents our physicians’ pride in the affiliation they have as members of the Medical Staff at Firelands Regional Medical Center,” said Janis Shriver, Executive Director of Firelands Physician Group. “Members of the community who are interested in using physicians in a multi-specialty group will now be aware of the association between the physicians of Firelands Physician Group and Firelands Regional Medical Center.” Click here to read the full release.
Firelands Regional Medical Center is pleased to announce acquisition of approximately 4 acres of property in Berlin Township to expand access to its quality medical services, specifically for the residents of Berlin Heights, Milan, Collins and surrounding communities.
“This is part of the overall commitment of Firelands Regional Medical Center to bring healthcare services into the communities we serve. We are pleased to add this new medical office location in Berlin Heights, complementing our existing physician locations in Huron, Norwalk, Port Clinton, Perkins, and Sandusky,” shares Leslie Mesenburg, communications specialist with Firelands Regional Medical Center.
The property purchase is located on Routes 113 and 61 in Berlin Township and includes both the southwest corner and the southeast corners of that intersection. Click here to read the full release.
University Hospitals Ireland Cancer Center at Firelands Regional Medical Center will host an oncology clinic on Thursdays at 290 Progress Drive, Suite D, Bellevue. Medical oncologists Amy Reese, MD, FACP or Vinay Gudena, MD, MPH will see patients at the clinic from 12-5 pm.
Oncology patients in the Bellevue, Clyde, and Fremont area can take advantage of the clinic for:
Chemotherapy and radiation will not be available during the clinic.
To schedule an appointment, please call 419-557-7480.
At its annual organizational meeting, the Board of Directors of Firelands Regional Medical Center and Firelands Regional Health System elected the following officers: Chairman, J. William Springer, Vice-Chairman, John O. Bacon; Treasurer, Thomas M. Wolf; Secretary, Leon J. Wieber; Chair Emeritus, George M. Muehlhauser, III; Chair emeritus, George L. Mylander; President & CEO, Charles A. Stark; Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, Daniel J. Moncher; Assistant Secretary, Robert M. Moore.
Newly elected members on the Board of Directors of Firelands Regional Medical Center include Kamal Chaban, M.D, F.C.C.P., F.A.S.M.; Vicenta C. Gaspar-Yoo, M.D.; W. Patrick McGuinn, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Ten physicians were recognized during 28th graduation ceremony for Firelands Regional Medical Center’s Medical Education program. Graduates of the 2008-2010 Residency Class and the 2009-2010 Internship Class include:
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CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) International announced that Firelands Regional Medical Center has been accredited for a period of three years for its Counseling & Recovery Services. This is the first time that Firelands Regional Medical Center has worked with CARF to review the Couseling & Recovery Services program. Click here to read the full release.
Physicians with an interest in end-of-life care can now receive more intensive training in hospice and palliative medicine through the Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship being offered through Firelands Regional Medical Center’s Medical Education Program. Sponsored and supported by Firelands Regional Medical Center and Stein Hospice Service, Inc., this new fellowship is the first osteopathic hospice fellowship in the state of Ohio, is approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), and is only the third osteopathic hospice program in the United States. Click here to read the full release.
One of Sandusky’s most important historical landmarks is about to become a thing of the past. The former Sandusky Memorial Hospital, located at 2020 Hayes Avenue, is set for demolition.
In the immediate future, the location will be used as green space and additional parking for Firelands Regional Medical Center’s South Campus, which is currently undergoing a major renovation. The South Campus building will be seeing the addition of a Java City coffeehouse, and a new elevator that allows patients easier access between the ground and first floor, as well as renovations of the acute inpatient rehabilitation center, the front lobby, two hallways, and the outpatient occupational-physical therapy exercise room. Click here to read the full release.
Firelands Regional Medical Center was identified as a recipient of the 2010 HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™, indicating that its patient safety ratings are in the top 5% of U.S. hospitals, in a new study released by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. Firelands is one of only 238 hospitals in the country to receive this designation, one of only 17 hospitals in Ohio and the only hospital in the regional area (including the counties of Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky and Seneca). The rankings are based on three years of Medicare data that every hospital is required to submit. Click here to read the full release.