Hospital Grows With Connors
By Kevin Murphy
Published: January 16, 2006
Robert Connors isn’t as much concerned about the bricks and mortar part of the new hospital as he is about what type of treatment will go on inside it. GRAND RAPIDS — As a pediatric surgeon, Robert Connors, M.D., has grown up at DeVos Children’s Hospital. At the same time, the hospital has grown up around him. Like a kid outgrowing last fall’s school clothes, the hospital is starting to bust at the seams. With plans for the new $120 million Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital beginning to take shape, and Connors settling in to his new role as president, the hospital and the man are both getting ready for another big growth spurt.

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