Our Story
Compassionate, personalized care has a new name. Columbia St. Mary's is now known as Ascension. The signs in our buildings are changing, but Ascension Wisconsin caregivers have been here all along. To learn more, visit ascension.org/Wisconsin.
Comprised of four hospitals, over 60 primary and specialty care clinics, and the Columbia College of Nursing, Columbia St. Mary’s is part of Ascension, a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. For more than 165 years, it's been our mission to make a positive difference in the health and wellness of people living in Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington and Sheboygan Counties, with a special concern for those who are vulnerable.
About Ascension Wisconsin
In Wisconsin, Ascension operates 23 hospitals, more than 100 related healthcare facilities and employs more than 1,300 primary and specialty care clinicians from Racine to Eagle River. Across the state, Ascension provided more than $295 million in community benefit and care of persons living in poverty in Fiscal Year 2017. Serving Wisconsin for 170 years, Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. Ascension is the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world’s largest Catholic health system, operating 2,600 sites of care – including 153 hospitals and more than 50 senior living facilities – in 22 states and the District of Columbia. Visit www.ascension.org/wisconsin.
About Ascension
Ascension (www.ascension.org) is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world’s largest Catholic health system, Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. In FY2017, Ascension provided more than $1.8 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs. Ascension includes approximately 165,000 associates and 40,000 aligned providers. Ascension’s Healthcare Division operates 2,600 sites of care – including 153 hospitals and more than 50 senior living facilities – in 22 states and the District of Columbia, while its Solutions Division provides a variety of services and solutions including physician practice management, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical engineering, facilities management, clinical care management, information services, risk management, and contracting through Ascension’s own group purchasing organization.
