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Genesis HealthCare System J.W. & M.H. Straker Charitable

Surgery celebrates milestone Foundation announces

for 5,000 robotic-assisted 2025 grants Submitted

surgeries Submitted The J.W. & M.H. Straker Charitable • Mid-Ohio Mobility

Foundation’s January 2025 call for Solutions: $35,000.00
grants elicited more applications than • Muskingum County Agricultural
any previous cycle, representing a wide Society: $13,500.00
variety of needs throughout Muskingum • Muskingum County Arts
County. Because the total of requests Council: $99,353.00
was seven times the amount of money • Muskingum County Family
available to meet the needs represent- Dependency and Junior Hope
ed, the distribution committee faced dif- Court: $20,000.00
ficult decisions. • Muskingum County
The Straker team is contemplating History: $14,800.00
changes to its granting processes; fu- • Muskingum Soil and Water
ture grantees should watch the Founda- Conservation District: $7,751.00
tion website for details. • Muskingum Valley Park
Grants awarded in the January 2025 District: $362,929.00
cycle totaled $2,122,262.97. (Three • Muskingum Valley Education
other awards are pending.) Grantees in- Service Center: $100,000.00
clude the following: • National Inventors Hall of
• American Red Cross of East Central Fame: $25,000.00
Ohio: $25,000.00 • Northgate Church/Jubilee Food
• Be WISE Camp: $5,000.00 Pantry: $19,545.00
• The Carr Center: $2,711.15 • PAWS of Muskingum
• Chandlersville Youth County: $20,000.00
League: $40,000.00 • Philo United Methodist
• East Muskingum Band and Church: $5,661.00
Boosters: $30,204.70 • Roseville Fire
• Eastside Community Ministry: Department: $15,000.00
Genesis Surgery Team. Submitted $45,000.00 • Salvation Army: $15,000.00
• Foxfire Schools: $56,754.00 • The Schubach Big Band: $7,500.00
The Genesis HealthCare System Sur- “Robotic-assisted surgery is an ad- • FOP Zane Lodge #5 • Tri-Valley Band
gery Team recently surpassed 5,000 ro- vanced form of minimally invasive sur- Foundation: $33,630.00 Boosters: $10,391.43
botic-assisted surgeries. Robotic-assist- gery,” said Stuart Chow, D.O., F.A.C.O.S., • Friends of Dillon State • Tri-Valley Clay Target
ed surgery is when a specially trained F.A.C.S, Medical Director of Trauma and Park: $2,295.69 Team: $3,107.00
surgeon operates robotic arms to move Robotic Surgery Programs at Genesis • Grace United Methodist • Trulight Ministries: $21,672.00
instruments in ways that human hands HealthCare System. “Genesis has been Church: $83,690 • Village of Philo: $20,000.00
cannot and to reach into tiny openings. performing robotic-assisted surgery for • Habitat for Humanity: $400,000.00 • Village of Roseville: $100,000.00
The advantages of robotic-assisted sur- over a decade and added a second sur- • Harrison Township: $58,289.00 • Village of South
geries are smaller incisions, pinpoint gery robot in 2022. It’s exciting that our • John Glenn Flag Football and Zanesville: $68,422.00
precision, faster recoveries, lower infec- community hospital can offer this inno- Cheering: $17,375.00 • West Muskingum Youth
tion rates and shorter hospital stays. vative technology to our patients. Gen- • John Glenn High School Captains League: $30,715.00
Genesis offers robotic-assisted surger- esis ranks in the top 3 percent of all hos- Club: $10,967.00 • Westerville Rowing: $18,000.00
ies for a variety of specialties, including pitals for utilization of robotic-assisted • Junior Achievement of Central • Zanesville City Schools Athletic
general, thoracic, urology and gynecol- surgeries with the DaVinci Xi system.” Ohio: $10,000.00 Department: $150,000.00
ogy surgeries. • Lifewise: $13,000.00 • Zanesville Concert
• Market Street Baptist Church: Association: $30,000.00
$60,000.00 • Zanesville Memorial Concert
Band: $15,000.00

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