The community is invited to attend the groundbreaking ceremony and celebrate Canton Health Center’s 10th anniversary

CANTON, Mich. – Saint Joseph Mercy Health System (SJMHS) officials are set to break ground for the much-anticipated Center for Advanced Medicine and Surgery at the Canton Health Center site located at 1600 S. Canton Center Road, on Sunday, May 4 at 1 p.m.

Breaking ground on the new, 56,300 square-foot facility marks the 10th anniversary of the St. Joseph Mercy Canton Health Center.

Members of the community are invited and encouraged to attend this event, which will be complete with refreshments, a teddy bear clinic and an open house at the interactive and exciting Health Exploration Station. The groundbreaking will occur at 1 p.m. and the entire event will last until 3 p.m.

“The Canton community welcomed Saint Joseph Mercy Health System with open arms to the current site ten years ago and we are pleased to be moving forward with our plans to bring advanced technology to the area,” says Kathy Kasperek-Korelis, director of oncology for Saint Joseph Mercy Health System and project leader for the Center for Advanced Medicine and Surgery.

Since 1989, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System has served the area with urgent care, clinical laboratory, radiology and rehabilitation services, in addition to primary care and specialty services provided by medical staff. In 1998, those services were moved to the current location on Canton Center Road. To continue to meet the growing needs of the community, the center is expanding at the existing site to provide state-of-the-art technology and services in the following areas: radiology services, including digital mammography, ultrasound, mobile MRI/PET and CT scan; surgical services, including minimally invasive surgery suites; and cancer care, including a chemotherapy infusion center and radiation oncology services featuring a CT simulator and linear accelerator.

The project will be accomplished in phases, with the first phase slated to be finished in January 2009 and the second phase to follow in September 2009.

“We are thrilled to continue expanding our existing complement of services at the Canton Health Center. We sincerely hope members of Canton and surrounding communities will join us for a day of celebration as we look together toward the future,” concludes Kasperek-Korelis.