KALAMAZOO, MI -- The new year will bring a new name for the clinics at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine.

Starting Jan. 1, 2020, the medical schools clinical practice will be known as WMed Health, the school announced in a news release Thursday, Dec. 19.

While services, locations, providers and staff will remain the same, the name will now be easier to rattle off, said Michele Serbenski, associate dean for clinical operations and performance excellence.

We are excited to continue to deliver the same excellent care to our patients under a name thats quicker to say and remember, Serbenski said.

WMed Health has a team of more than 330 providers and offers more than 30 different services to patients across Southwest Michigan, according to the news release.

WMed Health provides care in multiple locations, including 1000 Oakland Drive, 1717 Shaffer Street and 670 Mall Drive.

In addition to its Kalamazoo locations, WMed Health teams see patients at the Family Health Center in Kalamazoo and in Battle Creek. WMed Health tracks more than 64,000 patient visits per year, according to the release.

The medical school is a collaboration between Western Michigan University and Kalamazoos two teaching hospitals, Ascension Borgess Hospital and Bronson Methodist Hospital.

Named for Stryker Corp. founder Dr. Homer Stryker and made possible by a $100 million donation from William Johnston and Ronda Stryker, the school was established in 2012 and started its inaugural class of students in 2014.

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