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Newport News, VA (January 24, 2007) – Steven B. Hopson, M.D., has been appointed as a new member of the Mary Immaculate Hospital Board of Directors for 2007.
Dr. Hopson, a physician with Tidewater Physicians Multispecialty Group, received his bachelor’s degree in biology at Temple University in Philadelphia, and his medical degree at the Medical College of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hopson is a member of the American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, National Medical Association, and the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, as well as the Medical Society of Virginia and the Hampton Medical Society.

Nora Paffrath, who retired from Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center in Portsmouth in 2001 as vice president of mission, continues to serve as chair of the Board of Directors
Other board members are: Dr. Timothy Boddie, professor and chaplain at Hampton University; Edward Boyer, Bon Secours Health Systems; Paul Garman, Mid-Atlantic Commercial Real Estate; John Garrett III, Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.; Kasia Grzelkowski, The Arc of the Virginia Peninsula; Richard Hanson, CEO of Bon Secours Hampton Roads; Sr. Mary Margaret Jackson, Congregation of the Bernardine Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis and president of the board; Matthew James, Peninsula Council of Economic and Workforce Development; Sr. M. Concetta Labenz, Congregation of the Bernardine Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis; Michael E. Mares, Witt, Mares, Eggleston, Smith; Dr. Hoskote S. Nagraj, Internal Medicine; Sr. David Ann Niski, Bernardine Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis and secretary of the board;Jon A. Nystrom, Virginia Company Bank; Sr. Rosemary Smith, Bon Secours Hampton Roads; Sr. Rita Thomas, Bon Secours Hampton Roads; and Robert Yacobi, FCR Realty.

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Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System is a leading health care organization known for providing care for the whole person with grace and clinical distinction. Bon Secours brings together a network of hospitals, primary care practices, ambulatory care sites and continuing care facilities to provide quality health care services to the residents of Hampton Roads. Bon Secours, which employs more than 4,500, includes: Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, Mary Immaculate Hospital, Bon Secours Health Center at Harbour View, Bon Secours Maryview Nursing Care Center and St. Francis Nursing Center.