Introducing: Mercy Health Physician Partners and Mercy Health Rockford
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Introducing: Mercy Health Physician Partners and Mercy Health Rockford
Area residents wondering about the construction on the corner of 7 Mile Road and Northland Drive will be pleased to know that Mercy Health and Mercy Health Physician Partners have brought award-winning health care to Rockford offering comprehensive outpatient services.
Mercy Health( formerly known as Saint Mary’ s Health Care) will build a new technologically advanced, two-story building on the property that is expected to be complete by July 2014. Currently two family medicine physicians and a pediatrician are seeing patients in a temporary modular office on the site to give Rockford area residents a place closer to home for their medical needs.
“ We want to bring to the Rockford area what the community needs with an integrated and collaborative health care system. We’ re excited to be a part of a rapidly growing community,” said Dr. Gerald Durfee, one of the family practice doctors. Dr. Durfee and Dr. William Granger are Rockford residents and family practitioners who are pleased to be working in their community. Dr. Kara Morley-Smolek, a pediatrician formerly located in downtown Grand Rapids, is also seeing patients at the temporary site for Mercy Health Physician Partners Rockford.
Once construction is complete, four physicians practicing at the Plainfield Avenue NE office two miles away will also move to the new Mercy Health Rockford – Dr. Philip Baty, Dr. Laurie Daum, Dr. Eugene Tay, and Dr. Alanna Wiarda.
Mercy Health Rockford will offer a refreshingly different and patientcentered approach to outpatient services that include ophthalmology, urgent care, advanced radiology, laboratory services and physical therapy. Future plans for Mercy Health Rockford include an assisted living center owned and operated by Leisure Living.
The umbrella of Mercy Health includes hospitals, physician practices and health care systems in Muskegon, Grand Rapids and the Lakeshore and is well-known for seamless, inclusive and interactive care for all ages from babies to centenarians.
“ We always take into consideration the patient as a whole. We very much have an interactive dialogue with our patients,” Dr. Granger said.
Mercy Health Physician Partners 6050 Northland Drive, Rockford( 616) 685-8350 www. MercyHealthPhysicianPartners. com
Meet the Mercy Health Physician Partners of Rockford
Dr. Kara Morley-Smolek Dr. Morley-Smolek graduated from Northwestern University in Chicago and completed her residency at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. As a general pediatrician she is keenly interested in child wellness and keeping children safe. She has been in the Grand Rapids area for more than seven years.
Dr. William Granger After leadership positions with Spectrum Health and Blue Cross / Blue Shield Network, Dr. William Granger is happy to be back in patient care. He graduated from the University of Iowa Medical School and completed his residency at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing. Dr. Granger has lived in Rockford for more than 19 years.
Dr. Gerald Durfee Since graduating from Greenville High School in 1990, Dr. Gerald Durfee earned an undergraduate degree in medical technology and chemistry from Central Michigan University and medical degree from the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. He completed his residency in family medicine at Saint Mary’ s Health Care( now Mercy Health) and has been with Advantage Health( now Mercy Health Physician Partners) since 2001.
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