Author:

Rick Jensen

Rick Jensen enjoys tapping into his creative writing skills to share the stories of Spectrum Health and its patients with the world. Prior to joining the Health Beat team full time, he worked on the PR team at Spectrum Health promoting Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, the Spectrum Health Cancer Center as well as other initiatives and programs. He comes to the role with years of communications experience, working in the past as a communications manager at Davenport University and then in PR for Seyferth and Frederik Meijer Gardens.

Rick is an avid social media addict who enjoys cooking and summers in Michigan with his partner, Eric, their dog, Walter, and two cats.

Rick holds a master’s degree in management from Davenport University and a bachelor’s degree from Grand Valley State University in advertising and public relations. He is past president for the West Michigan chapter of Public Relations Society of America and leads PR efforts for Festival of the Arts in downtown Grand Rapids. Rick has been honored by the Grand Rapids Business Journal as a 40 under Forty honoree and was also awarded PR Professional of the Year from West Michigan PRSA. A few noteworthy stories he is responsible for landing include these: Today Show Online, Inside Edition, Parent’s Magazine, People Magazine, Detroit Free Press and Michigan Radio.

Posts from Rick Jensen

A bold new world in childhood cancer care

James Fahner, MD, discusses precision medicine advancements in pediatric oncology.

Doctors’ Day celebrates inspired care

Corewell Health physicians share their “why” for choosing careers in medicine.

Patient Story

A mother’s lifesaving gift to her son

Michelle Fletcher donates her own kidney to her son Isaac.

Patient Story

A young heart in overdrive

Three-year-old Bethany, youngest U.S. recipient of a new heart device, adapts to her lifelong congenital heart condition.

Get going with great greens

Swiss chard? Iceberg lettuce? Arugula? There's a wide variety of highly nutritious greens to ramp up your nutrition.

Patient Story

Surgical repair for heterotaxy syndrome

Asher Witteveen thrives despite being born with a complex congenital heart condition.

Patient Story

One in a million: an extremely rare and unpredictable condition

A young chlld and her family face an extremely rare and unpredictable condition.

‘It’s just amazing how I’m feeling’

Struggling against the effects of a rare lung disease, Mary Heeren undergoes a lifesaving double lung transplant and heart bypass surgery.

Play it safe around pets

Keep these safety tips top of mind when handling household animals.

Patient Story

Back to being a kid

Young cancer survivor gets back to living her best life.

What to know about the new COVID-19 variant

Q & A with Dr. Matthew Sims, director of infectious diseases research at Corewell Health William Beaumont University Research Hospital.

One of the leading causes of death in the US: cardiac disease

Dr. Laura Franey discusses risk factors and symptoms of cardiac disease and cardiac arrest.