For Immediate Release

Contact:

Bobby Maldonado

248-858-6662

Bobby.Maldonado@stjoeshealth.org

February 27, 2018

LIVONIA, Mich. (Feb. 27, 2018) — St. Mary Mercy Livonia announced that Matthew J. Griffin, MD, MBA, has joined the hospital as its new Chief Medical Officer. In his new role, Dr. Griffin oversees administration for medical staff, graduate medical education, patient safety, clinical quality, accreditation, care management and other services.

"Dr. Griffin's knowledge and physician leadership experience will be a significant asset to our medical staff and to the hospital," said Dave Spivey, president and CEO of St. Mary Mercy Livonia. "Under his leadership, we will continue to elevate quality and patient safety standards across the hospital and evolve to meet the future medical needs of the communities we serve."

Dr. Griffin is a practicing emergency medicine physician, clinical educator and Navy veteran. Previously, he held the role of program director for the Emergency Medicine Residency Programs at Detroit Medical Center (DMC), a position he held for more than 10 years. His 27-year health care career includes serving as the vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer for Huron Valley Sinai Hospital (2013-2015) and Sinai-Grace Hospital (2009-2013), as well as various leadership roles in the Wayne State University Department of Emergency Medicine, and with Medical Center Emergency Services (MCES), the Emergency Medicine practice group serving all DMC hospitals.

Dr. Griffin earned his bachelor's degree in Physiology from Michigan State University and his medical degree (MD) from Wayne State University School of Medicine. From 1991-1995, Dr. Griffin served as a resident physician and then general medical officer in the United States Navy Medical Corps at Navy Hospital, San Diego; with the Marine Corps on Okinawa, Japan; and finally, back stateside at the Branch Medical Clinic in Winter Harbor, Maine. He then completed his Emergency Medicine Residency at Detroit Receiving Hospital in 1998, and in 2011 completed a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville’s Physician Executive MBA Program.

Dr. Griffin resides with his family in Livonia. His wife Inger has worked as a Pediatric Nurse, presently works as a Case Manager, and runs the Emily Ann Griffin Foundation, a 501(c) 3 non-profit foundation dedicated to providing support to families with special needs children (eagf.org).

About St. Mary Mercy Livonia

St. Mary Mercy Livonia is a 304-bed hospital providing acute-care medical and health services to our community by board-certified doctors and registered nurses. We provide the highest quality services with leading-edge technology in our 24-hour Emergency Center, Senior ER, Heart & Vascular Center, Cancer Center, Birthing Center, Women’s Center, Center for Joint Replacement, Inpatient and Outpatient Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Units, Sleep Center, Wound Care Center, and Michigan Bariatric Institute. We also offer same-day diagnostic testing and a variety of community health education services.

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 13,400 individuals and have a medical staff of nearly 2,700 physicians. SJMHS has annual operating revenues of about $1.9 billion and returns about $120 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 97,000 people, has annual operating revenues of about $15.8 billion and assets of about $23.4 billion. Additionally, the organization returns almost $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.

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