Senior Director of Public Relations
Mary Masson is the director of public relations for Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan. She leads the team that promotes research and clinical care discoveries and treatments to the news media and the public, via social platforms, media outreach and the content platform, Health Lab. Masson has been a communicator for Michigan Medicine since 2009. Prior to that, she was a reporter and editor at the Detroit Free Press, Indianapolis Star and Flint Journal.
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News Release
Michigan Medicine is notifying approximately 56,953 individuals about employee email accounts that were compromised, potentially exposing some patient health information.
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News Release
Michigan Medicine reported projected positive fiscal year end results today for clinical operations
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News Release
University of Michigan Health will commission Hobbs + Black Architects for the design of a 220,000 square foot clinical facility in Troy.
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News Release
University of Michigan Health will acquire an 11-acre site near Grand Ledge for a new health care center.
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News Release
U-M Health will renovate part of University Hospital, creating 26 incremental private observation rooms to help ease crowding in the emergency department.
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News Release
University of Michigan Health will purchase 7.28 acres of vacant land at the former Kmart headquarters location. U-M Health plans to build a multi-specialty facility on the property to expand specialty clinical services and increase patient access to the Oakland County region
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News Release
Hitinder Gurm, M.D., has been selected to be the academic medical center chief medical officer (CMO) for University of Michigan Health.
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News Release
Julie Ishak, R.N., M.S.N., has been selected as the new chief nurse executive for University of Michigan Health, effective March 1. Currently, Ishak serves as the chief nursing officer for ambulatory care.
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News Release
Holland Hospital and University of Michigan Health today announced a strategic alliance that will benefit health care patients across west Michigan.
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News Release
University of Michigan Health announced today that Ronald Grifka, M.D., will be the new president of University of Michigan Health-West.
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News Release
University of Michigan Health announced today a new regional structure to oversee operations at Sparrow Health System and University of Michigan Health-West.
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Sparrow Health System and President and CEO James Dover, who oversaw Sparrow’s much-praised work during the pandemic and its agreement to become part of University of Michigan Health, are announcing Dover’s departure from the system, effective Sept. 15, 2023.
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News Release
The University of Michigan House Officers Association (HOA) has overwhelmingly ratified a four-year agreement between the University of Michigan Board of Regents and Michigan Medicine.
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Michigan Medicine reports positive financial performance for fiscal year 2023.
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News Release
Sparrow Health System has officially joined University of Michigan Health, effective Saturday, April 1.