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Senior Leadership Team

Dr Loren Hamel Photo

Loren B. Hamel, MD
President, Spectrum Health Lakeland
Chief Clinical Transformation Officer, Spectrum Health 

Vice Presidents

  

Natalie Baggio

Natalie Baggio
Vice President, Patient Care Services
& Chief Nursing Executive

Timothy Calhoun
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Ray Cruse
President, Watervliet and Niles Hospitals  
Vice President, Allied Health and Support Services

 

Froggatt John WEB

John Froggatt, MD
Vice President, Medical Affairs

Melinda Gruber

Melinda Gruber, PhD
Vice President, Continued Care Services
President, Caring Circle

Lowell Hamel, MD
Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Chief Clinical Officer

kenneth oneil

Kenneth O'Neill, MD
Vice President, Clinical Integration

Mary Ann Pater, JD, RN
Vice President, Legal Counsel & Risk Management

robin sarkar

Robin Sarkar, PhD
Vice President, Information Systems & Chief Information Officer

Brandi Smith-Gordon

Brandi Smith-Gordon
Vice President, Philanthropy

Norma Tirado
Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Corporate Services

kendall troyer

Kendall Troyer
Vice President, Organizational Excellence
& Quality

Warren White, Jr.
Vice President, Physician Practices

Assistant Vice Presidents 

  

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Debra Johnson, RN, BSN
Assistant Vice President of Love & Respect
& Chief Experience Officer

 

Chief Compliance Officer 

  

 chris kuhlmann

Chris Kuhlmann
Chief Compliance & Integrity Officer

Continue Watching

Weathering and Health Inequity: Letting the Epigenome Out of the Bottle Without Losing Sight of the Structural Origins of Population Health

Dr. Geronimus discussed weathering and the ways that structurally rooted biological and psychosocial processes shape health inequities in our society.

Oct 25
Interview with Bechara Choucair, MD: Advancing Health? It's About the Mind, Body, and Community

Dr. Choucair shares how his organization is working to improve conditions for health and equity

Sep 12
Interview with David Williams, MPH, PhD: Structural Competency and Institutional Discrimination

Dr. David Williams discusses institutional discrimination, individual discrimination, and structural competency.

Jul 31
Interview with David Williams, MPH, PhD: Recognizing and Preventing Implicit Bias

Dr. David Williams discusses his research on ways to recognize and prevent implicit bias.

Jul 31
Interview with David Williams, MPH, PhD: Discrimination and Health Disparities

Dr. David Williams discusses his research on health inequities caused by racial discrimination.

Jul 31
Interview with David Williams, MPH, PhD: Social Influences on Health

Dr. David Williams discusses his research on the distinctive social exposures linked to racial status.

Jul 31
Interview with Patricia Rush, MD, MBA

Dr. Patricia Rush discusses the impact of psychological trauma on the brain and on chronic disease and health inequities.

May 21
Lakeland has a Heart to Serve now with Spectrum Health

Improving health, inspiring hope, saving lives. Spectrum Health Lakeland is now part of Spectrum Health offering an expanded care team, additional specialties, and new technology for you and your family.

Jul 15
Spectrum Health Lakeland: Your 100 Top Hospital

IBM Watson Health™ published its 100 Top Hospitals® 2019 study naming Lakeland among the top 100 hospitals in the U.S. based on overall organizational performance.

Mar 04
We Are Lakeland

Video of our team members

Sep 19

Trending on Lakeland

$20,000 Grant Supports Drug Addiction Education

Lakeland Health Awards $12,000 for Student Climbing Wall

Lakeland Infection Prevention Dept. Earns Friend of Public Health Award

New Visitor Badges Going into Effect on December 2

Beginning December 2, all community members age 12 and older who are visiting a loved one in the inpatient units at Lakeland Medical Center.

Lakeland Earns Patient Safety Award

The Economic Alliance for Michigan (EAM) awarded Lakeland Medical Center and Lakeland Hospital Niles with the Patient Safety Excellence Award.

Lakeland Among Nation’s First Hospitals to Earn Perinatal Care Certification

Lakeland Named One of the Nation's 15 Top Health Systems

Spectrum Health Lakeland was named one of the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems by IBM Watson Health™.

Flu Visitor Restrictions in Place at Lakeland Hospitals

To help protect the health of our patients, team members, and visitors, Spectrum Health Lakeland is instituting a revised visitation policy for its hospitals.

Lakeland Hospitals Achieve ‘A’s’ in Patient Safety

Lakeland Medical Center and Lakeland Hospital Niles recently achieved an ‘A’ in the fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade.

Lakeland Named 100 Top Hospital

IBM Watson Health™ today published its 100 Top Hospitals® annual study naming Lakeland among the top 100 hospitals in the U.S.

Six Michigan Health Systems Announce Formation of Clinically Integrated Network

Six of Michigan’s leading health systems have come together to form a clinically integrated network designed to deliver high-quality, cost-effective healthcare and improve the health of residents across the state.

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