HANCOCK, Mich. | UP Health System – Portage (UPHS – Portage) is pleased to welcome Douglas Sutcliffe, NP-C, to the Emergency Medicine staff. Douglas earned both a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in Nursing at Walden University and is board certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

Douglas prioritizes treating patients like they are family. “People deserve to be treated like family because they simply deserve nothing less. And sometimes they are just that – family,” said Douglas. When considering joining the UPHS – Portage team, Douglas was drawn by outstanding leadership and the priority of delivering high-quality care.

Douglas is proud to call the Upper Peninsula home. “I love the pristine beauty of our natural surroundings and enjoy exploring the gems that are found within them,” stated Douglas. Outside of work, he enjoys hiking, snowshoeing, mountain biking, motorcycling, and traveling to national parks.

Douglas Sutcliffe, NP-C, joins the Emergency Medicine staff at UPHS – Portage located at 500 Campus Drive, Hancock, MI. For more information about Emergency Medicine services at UPHS – Portage, visit UPHealthSystem.com/Emergency-services

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About UP Health System – Portage

UP Health System – Portage supports a multi-specialty medical community of over 40 physicians, over a dozen allied health professionals, and has been serving the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan since 1896. The main campus is a 36-bed hospital, a verified chest pain center through the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC), and possesses the area’s only Open Bore MRI. UP Health System – Portage was home to the first Level III ACS (American College of Surgeons)-verified trauma center and emergency department in the state.

Other services include a dedicated physician for hospital stays, cardiopulmonary, arthroscopic surgery, emergency orthopedics, sports medicine, x-ray & diagnostics, advanced wound care center, certified sleep disorder center, two Express Care walk-in clinics, regional dialysis unit, pharmacy, 64-slice CT scanner, nuclear imaging, 3D mammography, radiological and laboratory services, rehab, home care, and hospice, and a 60-bed senior living community.