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eaumont Hospitals
has received a $4
million gift from
Madeline and Sidney Forbes
of Bloomfield Hills to name
the Madeline & Sidney
Forbes Family Orthopaedic
Center at Beaumont
Hospital, Royal Oak.
The largest inpatient unit
on the hospital campus, the
center is a 114-bed facility
that features a dedicated
joint replacement center
and rehabilitation unit, and
offers general orthopedic
services for patients with
traumatic injuries, spine
disorders, orthopedic cancer
and diseases of the bone.
The center is staffed by
certified orthopedic nurses,
clinical nurse practitioners,
physical therapists, occupa- Sidney and Madeline Forbes
tional therapists and nurs-
ing assistants.
professor of orthopaedic surgery
The Forbes' gift will underwrite
at the Oakland University William
orthopedic research and enhance
Beaumont School of Medicine.
orthopedic care and rehabilitative
"Our family is very happy to
services at the hospital. Beaumont
support Beaumont Hospital's
is exploring ways to improve the
orthopaedic center and orthopedic
performance and longevity of joint
research initiatives," said Sid Forbes.
replacement devices; testing novel
"Musculoskeletal conditions are the
approaches to antibiotic delivery for
leading cause of disability in this
surgical patients; and improving the
country. With our aging popula-
compatibility and acceptance of arti-
tion, there has never been a greater
ficial joint replacement devices.
opportunity to improve the quality of
The unit's 35-bed joint replace-
life for so many people. Beaumont's
ment center is dedicated to the care of orthopedic surgery program is one of
patients having surgical replacements
the best in the nation and our gift is
of hips, knees, shoulders and ankles.
designed to help Beaumont remain a
The unit features a multidisciplinary
leader in this field."
approach that coordinates all aspects
Forbes is a partner in The Forbes
of care with a goal of returning
Company, which specializes in the
patients quickly to activities of daily
development and management of
living.
luxury shopping malls, including
"The Forbes family has a long histo- the Somerset Collection in Troy.
ry of philanthropy in this community,
Sidney and Madeline Forbes' philan-
supporting the arts, medical research
thropic interests have included the
and education. We are very grateful to
Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit
Maddie and Sid Forbes for naming the Symphony Orchestra, Cranbrook
orthopaedic center and for supporting
Schools, the Karmanos Cancer
innovative research at Beaumont:' said
Institute and the Jewish Federation of
Gene Michalski, president and CEO of
Metropolitan Detroit.
Beaumont Hospitals.
The orthopedic surgery program
"This generous gift from the
at Beaumont, Royal Oak is listed 33rd
Forbes family allows us to provide
in the nation on the 2010 "America's
the highest level of orthopedic care
Best Hospitals" list by U.S. News &
and to ensure the best possible out-
World Report. In 2010, the hospital's
comes for our patients and their
40 orthopedic surgeons performed
families," said Harry N. Herkowitz,
nearly 14,000 surgical procedures,
M.D., chairman of orthopaedic sur-
including 3,500 joint replacements
gery at Beaumont, Royal Oak and
and nearly 1,500 spine surgeries. I I