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Concord Township, OH, January 12, 2010 --- Lake Health is happy to announce a partnership with Healthy Life Screening, a company that shares our mission of local access, healing with compassion and superior quality, to offer preventive, and potentially lifesaving, heart and vascular screenings at the new Lake Health Wellness Institute, located inside the Physician Pavilion at TriPoint Medical Center, 7580 Auburn Road, Suite 201, Concord Township.

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CONCORD TOWNSHIP, Ohio, January 4, 2010 – To help make the holiday season brighter for those in need, Lake Health team members donated clothes and toys to 122 Lake County children they adopted as part of the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Program.

The children were selected from among the 1,550 program participants whose angel tags adorned Christmas trees displayed at Lake County businesses, shopping centers and restaurants.  The Angel Tree program, created in 1987, distributes tags to various businesses and organizations.  Each tag provides a child’s first name, age, gender, clothing size, and three suggested gifts, allowing individuals and organizations to purchase toys or clothing items for children in need.

Read more: Lake Health Team Members Bring Holiday Cheer to 122 Local Children

CONCORD TOWNSHIP, Ohio, December 21, 2009 – David Rollins, MD, a Lake Health board-certified vascular surgeon, and John Baniewicz, MD, a board-certified internist, were named Physicians of the Year for 2009 by Lake Health team members. Dr. Rollins earned the honor at West Medical Center; Dr. Baniewicz at TriPoint Medical Center.

Dr. Rollins earned his medical degree from the University of Health Sciences Chicago Medical School and completed his residency at the University of Connecticut Hartford Hospital.  He is medical director of the Wound Care Center where he is recognized for his wealth of knowledge and passionate care. Dr. Rollins has been a member of the Lake Health medical staff since 1991, was vice president of the medical staff for 2008-2009, and is chair of the Lake Health Quality Committee.

Dr. Baniewicz earned his medical degree from Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in Rootstown and completed his residency at Akron City Hospital.  Dr. Baniewicz joined Lake Health’s medical staff in 1992. In addition to private practice, he is the medical director for the Center for Comprehensive Rehabilitation, where he is known for his responsive and hands-on commitment to the program and its patients.

CONCORD TOWNSHIP, Ohio, November 11, 2009 - Lake Health is best in Ohio for Cardiac Surgery and is among the top 5 percent in Overall Cardiac Services and Cardiac Surgery in the nation according to a comprehensive annual study just released by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. The HealthGrades study annually assesses patient outcomes—mortality and complication rates—at virtually all of the nation’s nearly 5,000 nonfederal hospitals.

For at least five years in a row Lake Health has achieved five-star ratings in Overall Cardiac Services (2006-2010), Cardiac Surgery (2006 - 2010), Coronary Bypass Surgery (2006 - 2010), the Treatment of Heart Attack (2006 - 2010), and Treatment of Heart Failure (2004 - 2010).

Read more: Lake Health Ranked #1 in Cardiac Surgery in Ohio

CONCORD TOWNSHIP, Ohio, November 4, 2009 - Lake Health's TriPoint Medical Center and West Medical Center have earned the Gold Seal of Approval™ from the Joint Commission for Advanced Disease-Specific Certification as Primary Stroke Centers. Lake Health earned this distinction after the Joint Commission conducted an on-site review of each of the hospital’s acute stroke programs in August 2009.

With both of Lake Health’s acute care hospitals earning this achievement, residents in Lake and neighboring counties now have access to consistent, high-quality stroke care nearby.

Read more: Lake Health’s Stroke Care Program Awarded Certification From Joint Commission

Oct. 16, 2006, began like any other day for former Navy officer Steven Peace, who has served around the world, including three tours in the Persian Gulf from 2001 to 2003. Peace, now 35, went to work, had dinner with friends and watched television in his San Diego apartment before bed.

But when he stood up to walk to his bedroom, he had a stroke.

"Bam! It's like it hit me all of a sudden, and I didn't know what it was," Peace says.

He lay on the floor for 14 hours. A Navy friend called him and pounded on the locked apartment door to no avail, then called an ambulance.

The cause of Peace's stroke is still unknown. He spent Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas that year in Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas in California with no use of his right side. After months in outpatient care at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, he could walk only with a hard-plastic leg brace and a cane.

Read more: Bioness device helps former Navy man walk after stroke