For Immediate Release

Contact:

Bobby Maldonado

248-858-6662

Bobby.Maldonado@stjoeshealth.org

June 13, 2019

Public open house to be held Saturday, June 15 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

PONTIAC, Mich. (June 13, 2019) – St. Joseph Mercy Oakland hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony this afternoon at its new Waterford Medical Complex, located at 4400 Highland Rd. in Waterford. The $2.4 million, 14,400 square-foot facility provides one stop convenience for local residents by bringing together Waterford Adult and Pediatric Medicine and the St. Joe's Waterford Urgent Care. The medical complex will also provide patients convenient access to outpatient services, including general diagnostics services such as lab draws and, beginning in July, x-rays.

Waterford Adult and Pediatric Medicine employs six physicians and two nurse practitioners while the St. Joe's Waterford Urgent Care is staffed by two dedicated physicians.

“Our hospital has identified Waterford as an area where we can make a tremendous impact on the overall health and well-being of the community," said Shannon Striebich, president of St. Joseph Mercy Oakland. "We are invested in this community and look forward to continuing to provide care to local residents in this new, convenient location."

Offering walk-in medical care, an urgent care fills the need for non-emergency minor illness and injury such as sprains, wounds requiring stitches, rashes and illnesses such as cold and flu. Student sports physicals will also be offered on a walk-in basis.

"As a physician committed to offering high quality care to my patients, I am excited to see St. Joe's bring together all these medical resources into one convenient location," said Leslie Caren, MD, site director of Waterford Adult and Pediatric Medicine. "We look forward to partnering with our patients and providing them with the support and guidance they need to live their best life."

The Waterford Medical Complex will host an open house for the public on Saturday, June 15 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The community is invited to tour the facility and meet with staff and physicians.

For more information, please call the Waterford Medical Complex at 248-618-6000.

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About St. Joseph Mercy Oakland

St. Joseph Mercy Oakland is a 443-bed community teaching hospital and a long-time leader in health care in Oakland County. Founded in 1927 by the Sisters of Mercy, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland has won numerous local and national awards for patient safety, quality and performance, and consistently ranks in the top 10 percent of hospitals nationwide. A member of the Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland is a technologically leading hospital that combines advanced medicine and personal care to assist patients on their path to wellness. With dedicated physicians, nurses and hospital staff committed to providing quality care throughout the patient stay, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland has truly personalized the patient care experience.

For more information about health services offered at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, please visit stjoesoakland.org.

About Saint Joseph Mercy Health System

Saint Joseph Mercy Health System (SJMHS) is a health care organization serving seven counties in southeast Michigan including Livingston, Washtenaw, Wayne,

Oakland, Macomb, Jackson, and Lenawee. It includes 537-bed St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, 443-bed St. Joseph Mercy Oakland in Pontiac, 304-bed St. Mary Mercy Livonia, 136-bed St. Joseph Mercy Livingston in Howell, and 133-bed St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea. Combined, the five hospitals are licensed for 1,553 beds, have five outpatient health centers, six urgent care facilities, more than 25 specialty centers; employ more than 15,300 individuals and have a medical staff of nearly 2,700 physicians. SJMHS has annual operating revenues of about $2 billion and returns about $115 million to its communities annually through charity care and community benefit programs.

SJMHS is a member of Trinity Health, a leading Catholic health care system based in Livonia, Mich. Trinity Health operates in 22 states, employs about 133,000 colleagues, has annual operating revenues of $17.6 billion and assets of about $24.7 billion. Additionally, the organization returns almost $1.1 billion to its communities annually in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs.

For more information on health services offered at Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, please visit www.stjoeshealth.org.