Cleveland Clinic Establishes Cleveland Clinic Canada

CLEVELAND, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Cleveland Clinic today announced the establishment of a new corporation called Cleveland Clinic Canada. It will open with a new health and wellness center, the Toronto Health and Wellness Centre, to be jointly owned and operated by Cleveland Clinic and the Copeland Group of Companies.

The Toronto Health and Wellness Centre, to be located on the 30th floor of the BCE Tower, will primarily provide comprehensive executive physicals, as well as health and wellness consulting in the areas of nutrition, illness prevention, exercise prescriptions and stress management. In addition, the Toronto Health and Wellness Centre will provide personal health care management to patients looking for seamless follow-up care, including options in both Ontario and at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.

"We have recognized a need to provide our highly regarded executive healthcare program here in Toronto," said Delos M. "Toby" Cosgrove, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Clinic. "Canada will soon have access to the health and wellness expertise and advice provided by the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic within the context of the Canadian healthcare system."

"We will comply with all relevant legislation when it comes to the provision of healthcare services in Canada and Ontario," said David Bronson, M.D., Chairman of Regional Medical Practice and newly appointed Chairman of Cleveland Clinic Canada. "We will work with government officials to ensure that all services provided by the Toronto Health and Wellness Centre respect the letter and the spirit of applicable legislative and regulatory requirements."

All services offered in the Toronto Health and Wellness Centre will be performed by Canadian physicians and other medical professionals. The Centre will employ approximately 55 individuals.

"Our member companies have an excellent network of Canadian physicians with extensive experience," said Glenn Copeland, D.P.M., Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Health and Wellness Centre and owner of Copeland Group of Companies. "This relationship with Cleveland Clinic expands our ability to provide world class care to Canadians nationwide."

The Copeland Group of Companies is a diversified group of Canadian health care companies unified with a mission of providing individuals with rapid access to the highest quality preventative patient care and treatment by a multidisciplinary team of experts. Working with a network of leading Canadian physicians and surgeons, as well as a team of registered dietitians, exercise physiologists and physical therapists, the Copeland Group currently offers state-of-the art diagnostic screening, treatment and preventative programs (privately and within the OHIP system) to over 650 referring physicians and other executive medical companies in and around Toronto.

Cleveland Clinic, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a not-for-profit multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. Cleveland Clinic was founded in 1921 by four renowned physicians with a vision of providing outstanding patient care based upon the principles of cooperation, compassion and innovation. U.S. News & World Report consistently names Cleveland Clinic as one of the nation's best hospitals in its annual "America's Best Hospitals" survey. Approximately 1,500 full-time salaried physicians at Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland Clinic Florida represent more than 100 medical specialties and subspecialties. In 2004, patients came for treatment from every state and 100 countries. Cleveland Clinic website address is www.clevelandclinic.org.

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