Canton IKEA employee Renee Carrigan entered Euro-Peds (www.europeds.org) into IKEA’s Life Improvement Challenge contest. Renee enthusiastically presented the the Euro-Peds clinic as being the organization that deserved the $10,000 prize due to the unique therapy program that improved the lives of children who had cerebral palsy, including her son Gavin. IKEA asked that supporters vote for one of three organizations via text through January 31. When all the votes were tallied, Euro-Peds had won the Life Improvement Challenge contest!

Doctors’ Hospital of Michigan (DHM) in Pontiac opened a new anesthesia assisted drug addiction treatment center on March 28th called Rapid Drug Detox Center (RDD).  The RDD Center is the only clinic in the U.S. offering the RDD Method™ of anesthesia detoxification.  The RDD Method™ is considered a safe and proven method of detoxification that lessens the discomfort and pain of withdrawal symptoms associated with quitting opiate drugs. 

The Board of Directors of Doctors’ Hospital of Michigan has appointed Sam Gizzi to be President & CEO of the Pontiac-based acute-care hospital effective November 1, 2011. Mr. Gizzi replaces David Sessions who resigned on October 17th.

After taking sole ownership of their hospital on February 8, 2011, Doctors' Hospital of Michigan appointed David M. Sessions, FACHE, as President & CEO, effective February 28.