- Date
- 1985-06-30
- Kind
- Medical
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Medical Center
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcarecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Leonard Siudara announced that he would surrender his privileges to practice acute, chronic, and consultant medicine after June 30, 1985. He said he and Alexandrine expected to remain on Beaver Island during much of the warmer months.
Evidence limits
This is a first-person announcement of an intended change, not evidence of a license action, successor arrangement, or later practice status.
Sources
- States that after June 30, 1985 Siudara would surrender privileges to practice acute, chronic, and consultant medicine, while he and Alexandrine expected to remain on the island for much of the warmer months. It is an announced professional change, not a licensing, employment, successor, or later-practice record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1985-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nineteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the open letter.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-05_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports Dr. Siudara's retirement as of June 30 and the planned July 1 start of nurse practitioner Michael McGinnity under Charlevoix physicians James Stewart, Dennis Joy, and Edward Newcombe, with weekly physician attendance and planned expansion of prenatal, obstetric, gynecological, and community-education services. It is a newspaper service announcement, not a license, employment, patient, or later-practice record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1985-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-six-page July/August combined issue PDF, filed canonically as July 1985, is paired with the remote OCR and confirms the medical-service announcement.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-07_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports Michael McGinnity's Medical Center office hours, on-call contacts, emergency number, and the Board's appeal for payment of outstanding medical and dental bills so the Center and dental services can remain financially sound. It is a service and financial appeal, not a license, patient ledger, audited account, or later-practice record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1985-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page August–September combined issue PDF, filed canonically as August 1985, is paired with the remote OCR and confirms the Medical Center notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Leonard Siudara announces the end of his medical practice privileges, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-leonard-siudara-practice-closure-1985/, accessed [date], citing Leonard Siudara, “An Open Letter to the Residents of Beaver Island,” Beaver Beacon, May 1985. (and 5 further sources listed on the page).
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