Mary Masson

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.

Mary Masson
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University of Michigan Health names new chief nurse executive

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.
Holland Hospital, University of Michigan Health announce strategic alliance
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Holland Hospital and University of Michigan Health announce strategic alliance to expand patient care across west Michigan

Holland Hospital and University of Michigan Health today announced a strategic alliance that will benefit health care patients across west Michigan.
University of Michigan Health-West campus
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University of Michigan Health-West announces new president

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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Michigan Medicine to deploy Zipline’s drone service for delivery of patient prescriptions

Michigan Medicine will deploy Zipline’s new home delivery service to bring prescriptions to hundreds of thousands of patients around Washtenaw County beginning in 2024. 
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Sparrow to join U-M Health under proposed agreement

Sparrow Health System will join University of Michigan Health under a proposed agreement that will expand services to mid-Michigan residents.
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Michigan Medicine plans significant expansion of specialty pharmacy services

Michigan Medicine plans to significantly expand its specialty and mail order pharmacy program at a Dexter facility, after approval from the U-M Board of Regents.
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Michigan Medicine, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, IHA partnering with county health departments to respond to COVID-19

Hospital and health officials from the Livingston and Washtenaw areas have been collaborating for weeks on preparation for patients with COVID-19, keeping in contact and sharing emergency response plans.
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Saint Joseph Mercy Health System and Michigan Medicine moving forward with joint venture of St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea

Saint Joseph Mercy Health System (SJMHS) and Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, have signed a definitive agreement to establish a master affiliation and a joint venture for the 133-bed St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea hospital (SJMC), effective immediately.