Clinic Leadership

Locally Based & DEDICATED to the Upper Peninsula

Don Simila
Chief Executive Officer

Bailey Patrick
Chief Operating Officer

Trevor Hodges
Chief Financial Officer

Catherine Kroll
Chief Medical Officer

Clinic Leadership

Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center is led by a dedicated group of local health care professionals. Our leadership team works hard to attract and retain excellent medical and support staff, maintain quality facilities and operating systems, and remain financially stable.

Board of Directors

The Upper Great Lakes Family Health Board of Directors is made up of health center patients, community members, and area professionals. The Board oversees policy, budget, quality improvement, future planning, and major resource decisions affecting UGL.

Executive Members

Donald Simila, CEO

Steve Vairo, Chair

Julie Shaw, Vice Chair

Dianna Christenson, Secretary

Mark Rouleau, Treasurer

Members

Dr. Kevin Piggott

Christopher Adams

Micah Stipech

Tanya Johnson

Amanda Knaffla

John Jokela

Administrative Office
Phone: 906-483-1705
Address: 720 Lake Linden Ave., Laurium, MI 49913
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U.P. Crisis Line
Upper Peninsula will be able to call, text or chat with MiCAL for free behavioral health crisis triage, support, resource information and referral to local services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. MiCAL can be reached via phone or text at 844-446-4225. Chat through Michigan.gov/MiCAL.

A provider is on-call after hours, on weekends and during holidays.

FOR URGENT AFTER HOURS NEEDS FOR FAMILY PRACTICE CALL (906) 372-3025

FOR AFTER HOURS NEEDS FOR OB/GYN OR PEDIATRICS CALL (906) 483-1000

Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center (UGL) is a Federally Qualified Health Center and is a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) Deemed Facility. UGL receives funding from The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and has Federal Public Health Service deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims for itself and its covered individuals.

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This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number H80CS26511 Health Center Cluster, total award amount of $3,056,108 with 89.9 % financed from nongovernmental sources. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.