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MyMichigan Medical Center Saginaw Foundation has named Tarek Taha, M.D., Ph.D., as the 2025 recipient of the prestigious Legacy of Care Award (formerly known as the Spirit of St. Vincent Award). This award is presented annually to at least one highly respected physician who has rendered long and noteworthy service to the Great Lakes Bay community. Dr. Taha will be celebrated at the 31st Annual Cornette Ball on Saturday, Nov. 22, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The yearly event will be at Horizons Conference Center, 6200 State Street in Saginaw.
Dr. Tarek Taha has supported thousands of patients needing orthopedic support throughout the Great Lakes Bay Region since 2013. The dedication and compassion shown daily for their patients, families, clinical and administrative colleagues is nothing short of exceptional. Dr. Taha is an orthopedic surgeon with specialized training in orthopedic trauma. He is dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of injuries, disorders and diseases of the musculoskeletal system. As an orthopedic traumatologist, Dr. Taha specializes in managing complex upper and lower extremity trauma.
“Dr. Taha is more than deserving of this year’s Legacy of Care Award,” said Mike Erickson, president, MyMichigan Medical Centers Saginaw, Standish, Tawas and Towne Centre. “His top priority is helping patients improve their overall quality of life with the goal of enjoying daily life activities once again. Dr. Taha truly emulates MyMichigan Health’s purpose of Creating Healthy Communities – Together.’”
The Cornette Ball includes a cocktail hour, five-course gourmet meal, silent auction and live music by Detroit’s Intrigue. Those interested in event sponsorship or more information on the Cornette Ball, may visit www.mymichigan.org/cornette or contact Karen Stiffler, director, MyMichigan Medical Center Saginaw Foundation at karen.stiffler@mymichigan.org or (989) 907-8300.
MyMichigan Health, a non-profit health system headquartered in Midland, Michigan, is a leader in providing award-winning, high-quality care to the 26-counties it serves. With Medical Centers in Alma, Alpena, Clare, Gladwin, Midland, Mt. Pleasant, Saginaw, Sault Ste. Marie, Standish, Tawas and West Branch, MyMichigan also has affiliations with Medical Centers in St. Ignace, and Mackinac Island. MyMichigan Health provides a full continuum of care across a wide array of settings, including urgent care centers, home health, virtual care, as well as medical offices in more than 80 specialties and subspecialties including cardiology, family medicine, hematology/oncology, neurosciences, orthopedics, pediatrics, vascular surgery, and more. MyMichigan Health demonstrates its commitment to the future of medicine by partnering with leading institutions to offer medical education programs that train medical students, physicians, nurse practitioner and physician assistant students, nursing students and other clinical experts for our region. Recognized by Forbes in 2022, 2023 and 2024, as one of ‘America’s Best Employers by State,’ MyMichigan is a major employer in all of the areas it serves. In fact, its more than 13,800 employees, volunteers, health care providers and other personnel work together to create healthy communities through solutions designed to meet the ever-changing needs of the more than one million residents in the health system’s 26 counties served. In fiscal year 2023, MyMichigan Health provided more than $128 million in community benefits, as well as supported its patients and families with new equipment, services and programs with funds raised by the MyMichigan Health Foundation, MyMichigan Medical Center Saginaw Foundation, MyMichigan Medical Center Tawas Foundation, and the Field Neurosciences Institute. *Not affiliated with the University of Michigan Health System.
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