St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea appoints new board chairman and three new board members

St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea has appointed Michael Coghlan, managing partner of KHK Ventures, LLC, and director of Ann Arbor State Bank, as chairman of its board of trustees, effective January 2018.  Coghlan replaces Paula Rode, DVM, owner and president of Chelsea Animal Hospital, who has transitioned to the role of vice chair of the board.

Until 2002, Coghlan was co-founder and chief operating officer of TFM Investment Group, based in Chicago.  In 2002 he returned to Ann Arbor with his family.  Coghlan has served on St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea’s Board since 2011 in addition to having held positions on various other community boards.  In 2002, Coghlan and his wife Suzi created the Coghlan Family Foundation to support local charities that focus on children and the community.

“Michael has an impressive background in the financial and investment world and has his roots firmly planted in the local area,” said Nancy Graebner, president and CEO of St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea. “He is an accomplished and well-respected business leader with investment acumen and a great love for his community.  He is a tremendous asset for the hospital and our board.”

Also effective January 2018, St. Joe’s Chelsea announced the addition of three new board members.  They are:

• Honorable Patrick J. Conlin Jr., circuit court judge, Washtenaw County
• Jason F. Lindauer, CRPC, senior vice president, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
• Michael G. Mikhail, M.D., senior vice president, Emergency Physicians Medical Group (EPMG), and emergency medicine physician, EPMG

The  new board members join Vice Chair Paula Rode, DVM; Secretary Ann E. Feeney; Peg Bravo, vice president of medical integration, Power Wellness Management; Rob Casalou, president and CEO, Mercy Health and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System; Peter Flintoft, attorney, Keusch Flintoft & Fink, PLLC; Randall T. Forsch, M.D., MPH, chief medical officer, St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea; Nancy Graebner, president and CEO, St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea; Russell D. Keinath, M.D., Huron Gastroenterology Associates; Eric Skye, M.D., University of Michigan Health’s Chelsea Health Center; Julie Soriano, M.D., Huron River Radiation Oncology Specialists; Jeff Hall, founder and president, Second To None, Inc.; and Stephen Wampler, M.D., University of Michigan Health’s Dexter Health Center, who will replace Bradford Wylie, M.D., as the medical staff’s chief of staff (effective January 2018).  Michael Dorsey, M.D., Anesthesia Associates of Ann Arbor will serve on the Saint Joseph Mercy Health System Regional Board.

About St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea
St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea (SJMC) is a not-for-profit hospital established in 1970. Located in Chelsea, Michigan, SJMC is a member of Saint Joseph Mercy Health System. SJMC is nationally recognized for both quality of care and patient satisfaction by national ranking organization Press Ganey, and is accredited by the Joint Commission. SJMC attracts more than 300 physicians in almost all disciplines, with leading edge technology.

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.

Michael Coghlan appointed as chairman of board of trustees, effective January 2018.

Entrance to St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea Hospital