GRMERC

GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION / PEDIATRICS HOME / FACULTY

Program Director

Jeri Kessenich, MD, FAAP

Dr. Kessenich is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School. She completed her Pediatrics residency and fellowship years at U of M and Texas Children's Hospital. As an academic faculty member at the University of Chicago and Rush Medical College, she won numerous teaching awards between 1988 and 1995. She joined the teaching staff of DeVos Children's Hospital in 1995 and has won seven Teacher of the Year awards, as well as Michigan State University's Distinguished Pediatric Faculty Award. Her clinical interests include undergraduate and graduate medical education, general pediatrics and lead poisoning.

Associate Program Directors

Tim Conroy, MD, FAAP

Dr. Conroy is a graduate of Wayne State University Medical School, and completed his Pediatrics residency at Children's Hospital of Michigan. After six years in private practice in Grand Rapids, he joined the teaching staff of DeVos Children's Hospital in 1992. He has won numerous Teacher of the Year awards there and is highly regarded as one of the best educators in the institution. His clinical interests include medical education, general pediatrics and special needs children.

Mike Metz, MD FAAP

Dr Metz is a graduate of the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He completed his Pediatrics residency at Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center / Michigan State University at Helen DeVos Childrens Hospital. After two years in private practice in Big Rapids, Michigan, he joined the Helen DeVos Pediatrics Clinic in 2005. He was won numerous awards for his dedication to teaching and currently is the faculty advisor for the board review series within the residency. His clinical interests include medical student and resident education, general pediatrics and asthma care.

Adolescent Medicine

Eugene Shatz, M.D.
Lisa Lowery, M.D.

Allergy/Immunology

Nancy Brooke, M.D.
Richard Townley, M.D.
Christine Schafer, M.D.

Behavior and Development

Anthony Richtsmeier, M.D.
Wendy Burdo-Hartman, M.D.
Nancy Dodge, M.D.

Bone Marrow Transplant

Aly Mageed, M.D

Cardiology

Donald Malcolm, M.D.

Kim Lee, M.D.

Samuel Lacina, M.D.
Michael Florentine, M.D.
Jeffrey Schneider, M.D.
Ron Grifka, M.D.
Arnold Fenrich, M.D.

Cardiovascular Services

Neal Hillman, M.D.

Child Protective Team

Deb Simms M.D.
Sarah Brown M.D.

Critical Care

Scott Curtis, M.D.
Robert Fitzgerald, M.D.
Richard Hackbarth, M.D.
Nabil Hassan, M.D.
Michael Stoiko, M.D.
John Winters, M.D..
Norma Maxvold, M.D.
John Kopec, M.D.
Dominic Sanfilippo, M.D.

Dentistry

Gary Cook, D.D.S.
Robert Davis, D.D.S.
Robert Payne, D.D.S.

Dermatology

Richard Ashack, M.D.
Robert Lamberts, M.D.
Marek Stawiski, M.D.
Mary Yurko, M.D.
Dipa Patel, M.D.

Emergency Services

Matthew Denenberg, M.D.
Gregory Mervenne, M.D.
John Hoyle, M.D.

Endocrinology

Michael Wood, M.D.
Daniel Postellon, M.D.
. Ayse Cemeroglu, M.D.
Elaine Allison, M.D.

Michael Racine, MD

ENT

John Kosta, M.D.
Bill Scalf, M.D.
Francis Hart, M.D.
Keith Postma, M.D.

Gastroenterology

Harold Conrad, M.D.
Deb Cloney, M.D.

Genetics

Helga Toriello, Ph.D.

Hand Surgery

Julian Kuz, M.D.

Hematology/Oncology

Albert Cornelius, M.D.

James Fahner, M.D.
Richard Axtell, M.D.
Deanna Mitchell, M.D.
David Dickens, M.D.
Chi Braunreiter, M.D.

Beth Kurt, M.D.

Helen DeVos Pediatric Clinic


Jeri Kessenich, M.D.	Karen VanderLaan, M.D.	Mike Metz, M.D.

Edward Cox, M.D.
Timothy Conroy, M.D.
Cheryl Kuz, M.D.
Eugene Shatz, M.D.
Ben Sarver, M.D.
Bill Stratbucker, M.D.

Pediatric Hospitalists

Becky Bultman, M.D.
Dave Duffey, M.D.
Martina Keeler, M.D.
Dan McGee, M.D.
Greg Trowbridge, M.D.
Kim Winterhalter, M.D.

Infectious Disease

Karen Dahl, M.D.
George Fogg, M.D.

Maternal/Fetal Medicine

Curtis Cook, M.D.
Daniel Rightmire, M.D.
Laura Zuidema, M.D.

Neonatology

Edgar Beaumont, M.D.

Dustin Braunreiter, M.D.
Mitch DeJonge, M.D.
Benedict Doctor, M.D.
Steve Gelfand, M.D.
Alan Jones, M.D.
Jean Khawam, M.D.
Craig Kinney, M.D.

Danny Knee M.D.

Robert Langen M.D
Thomas Shaw, M.D.

Nephrology

Timothy Bunchman, M.D.
Gina-Marie Barletta, M.D.

Neurology

Debra O'Donnell, M.D.
Steve DeRoos, M.D.
Kipp Chillag, M.D.

Madeline Chadehumbe M.D,
Jason Umfleet, M.D.

Neurosurgery

Lawrence Foody, M.D.
Stan Skarli, M.D.
Shelly Vanderkolk, M.D.
Amy Croft, PA

Newborn PA

Mike Visser, PA

Ophthalmology

Patrick Droste, M.D.
Robert Peters, M.D.
Laura Piippo, M.D.

Orthopedics

Mark Asperheim, M.D.
Jeff Cassidy, MD
James Engel M.D.
Michael Forness, DO

Matt Halanski M.D.
Brian Hotchkiss, M.D.

Dayle Maples M.D.
Donnie Reinhart, DO

Otology/Neurotology

Robert Daniels, M.D.

Pathology

Gloria Kohut, M.D.
Pamela Kidd, M.D.

Physiatry

Andrea Kuldanek, M.D.

A.J. Rush M.D.

Plastic Surgery

Bob Mann, M.D.
Ben Rechner, M.D.

Psychiatry/Psychology

Stephen Albrecht, PhD
Jan Coates D.O.
Michelle Mastin, PhD
Steve Pastyrnak, PhD

Pulmonology

John Shuen, M.D.
Susan Millard, M.D.

Radiology

Bradford Betz, M.D.
Joseph Junewick, M.D.
Steven Bezinque, D.O.

Rheumatology

Jamey Birmingham M.D.
Chaka Ciejka, M.D.
Stephen Head, M.D.
Richard Martin, M.D.
Peter Zadvinskis, M.D.

Surgery

Robert Connors, M.D.
Marc Schlatter, M.D.
Neal Uitvlugt, M.D.
James DeCou, M.D.
Dan Robertson, M.D.

Urology

Brian Roelof, M.D.
George Steinhart, M.D.

Community Pediatric Physician Groups

Joseph Taylor, M.D.
Sandra Staublin, M.D.
Jeffrey Hoogstra, M.D.
Belinda Chau, M.D.

Nicholas Kokx, M.D.
Joanne Peterson, MD
Gary VanDyken, M.D.
Janette Morin-Sims, M.D.
M. Kathleen Riley, M.D.

Beatrice Murray, M.D.
Maribel Bates, D.O.
Sheel Sharma, M.D.
Monica Randles, M.D.
Joni Van Duinen, D.O.
Khalid Ahmed, M.D.

Michael Meindertsma, M.D.
Marcy Larsen, MD
Susan Wakefield, M.D.
Richard Wood, M.D.
Joan Downs, M.D.
Claire Olgren, M.D.
William Bush, M.D.
Kathleen Howard, M.D.
Barb Periard, M.D.

Douglas Daining, M.D.
Ronald Hofman, M.D.
Annette Walen, M.D.
Jayne Rauwerda, M.D.
Akuorkor Addy, M.D
Andrea Kort, M.D.

Vilnis Meiers, M.D.
Alan Siegel, M.D.
Lisa Brown, M.D.
Aaron VanZee, M.D.
Alana Barron, M.D.
Mark Weirich, M.D.

John Koetsier, M.D.
Dennis Lake, M.D.
James McCarthy, M.D.
Megan Clark, M.D.
Jennifer VanZee, M.D.

Dennis Mogle, D.O.
Kurt Meppelink, D.O.
Steve McMahon, M.D.
Janelle Stutzman, M.D.
Erika Pott, M.D.

James Jokerst, M.D.
Dana Leary, M.D.

Janet Johns, M.D.
Dwayne Cook, MD
Charles Lawrence, M.D.
James Wynalda, M.D.
Jamie Bosch, M.D.
Jenifer Osbo, D.O.
Becky Maki, M.D.
Jennifer Young, MD
Jane Post, MD

Donnie Bouchard, D.O.
Susan Woolford, D.O.
Marjorie Nwosu, D.O.
Laura Bouch, D.O.

H. Kelley Riley, M.D.
Jolene Ellis, M.D.
Mike Marcotte, M.D.
Ellen Kruggel, M.D.
Shauna Baker, M.D.

Jeff Mantia, M.D.

Michael App, M.D.
Brent Fuller, M.D.

Jenny Bush, MD

Michael Marcotte, MD

Ruel Lirio, MD
Kelly Huggett, MD
Joash Raj, MD
Antje Dew, MD
Danielle Spilotro, MD

Community Internal Medicine/Pediatric Physician Groups

Philip Henderson, M.D.
John Heslip, M.D.
Kenneth Fawcett, M.D.
Robert Lang, M.D.
Robert Mackinder, M.D.
Steve Macedo, M.D.

Gerald Lee, M.D.
Robert Jarye, M.D.

Richard Switzer, M.D.
Tandy Champion, DO

Mark Evenhouse, M.D.
John R. Mogor, M.D.
Joan Miedema, M.D.

Brian Haskin, MD
Dave Rzeszutko, MD
Yuri Fedorenko, MD

Ben Schippper, MD
Eric Wielhouwer, DO