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24 [] Cleveland Clinic Euclid Hospital F airview Hospital Hillcrest Hospital Huron Hospital Lakewood Hospital Lutheran Hospital Marymount Hospital South Pointe Hospital Fred M. DeGrandis President and Chief Executive Office Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals Affiliate Ashtabula County Medical Center January 2008 Ms. Mary Hagan Clerk of Council 12650 Detroit Ave Lakewood OH 44107-2832 ûear Ms. Mary Hagan, Two thousand and seven was a wonderful year of celebration as Lakewood Hospital marked its 100lli ane niversary. On behalf of Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals and Lakewood Hospital President Jack Gustin, thank you for being a part of the hospital's great legacy of success. To commemorate this rich history, we have published "A Century of Touching Lives," an attractive chronicle and pictorial history of Lakewood Hospital. Thanks to the creative direction of the many committee members and the book's project manage- ment team, this is a wonderful keepsake. If you have not received yonr copy, please e-mail your request with name and address to president@lkwh.org and we will be happy to send you one. I also invite you to take a few moments to review the centennial anniversary photos and video, which can be accessed on the hospital website at www.lakewoodhospital.org. As a key stakeholder in the Lakewood community, I would like to take a moment to share with you some of the significant achievements of the last six months of 2007. Each of these activities sets out to address the needs of the Lakewood community and each contributes to our key goals of quality, innovation and growth, teamwork and service. Please know how mnch we value and appreciate your continuing support. Enhancing Services Lakewood Hospital Diabetes Center. In early August, Lakewood Hospital opened a comprehensive Diabe- tes Center in the Lakewood Hospital Professional Bnilding. The first of its kind at any Cleveland west side hospital, the center offers a full continuum of care from our new endocrinologists Sanjit Bindra, MD, and Vikram Kumar, MD, as well as dietitians and diabetes educators in one, convenient location. Facilities Renovations. In November, Lakewood Hospital completed a $1.6 million dollar renovation to the Neuro Integrated Care Unit, which includes technological and comfort upgrades for the 9'bed unit serving mOre than 2,000 patients a year. The re-opening of the state-of-the-art Neuro Integrated Care Unit marks the completion of the second phase of a multi-million dollar three-year critical care renovation proj- ect, with the final phase to renovate the hospital's Intensive Care Unit in 2008. Becoming a Neurological Referral Center. Cleveland Clinic's Neurological Institote has expanded its patient services to Lakewood Hospital. Support Îrom the Neurological Institote will enable the program to continue growing with Arthur Dick, MD, Rami Hachwi, MD, and Sagarika Nayak, MD, caring for patients on the west side. Lakewood Hospital's Neuroscience Center has received national recognition.