GrandRapidsMedicalEducation

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

Madeline Chadehumbe, MD

 Dr. Madeline Chadehumbe is a graduate of the University of Zimbabwe. She completed her Pediatrics residency at Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies/Michigan State University. She then completed her fellowship in Pediatric Neurology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. She joined Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in 2008. her passion is for clinical teaching and mentoring of students and residents. Her clinical interests include neuromuscular disorders, stroke, autism, and epilepsy.

Candace Smith-King, MD

Dr. Smith-King is a graduate of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. She completed her Pediatrics residency in Grand Rapids at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital/MERC in 2006. She was a general pediatrician in private practice for the first three years after residency. She realized that she missed the resident/student interaction, and joined the teaching staff at DeVos Children's Hospital in 2009. Her clinical interests include graduate medical education, general pediatrics, and pediatric obesity.

Other Faculty Members 

	Adolescent Medicine
	Eugene Shatz, M.D. Lisa Lowery, M.D.
	Allergy/Immunology
	Nancy Brooke, M.D. Richard Townley, M.D. Christine Schafer, M.D. Karen Gell, M.D. Sara Uekert, M.D.
	Behavior and Development
	Anthony Richtsmeier, M.D. Wendy Burdo-Hartman, M.D. Nancy Dodge, M.D.
	Bone Marrow Transplant
	Ulrich Duffner, MD   Aly Mageed, M.D
	Cardiology
	Jeffrey Schneider, M.D. Michael Florentine, M.D. Ron Grifka, M.D. Samuel Lacina, M.D. Kim Lee, M.D Donald Malcolm, 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. 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
	Yaw Appiagyei-Dankah, M.D. Ayse Cemeroglu, M.D. Maala Daniel, M.D. Daniel Postellon, M.D. Michael Racine, M.D.   Michael Wood, M.D.
	ENT
	John Kosta, M.D. Bill Scalf, M.D. Francis Hart, M.D. Keith Postma, M.D. Claudell Cox, M.D.
	Gastroenterology
	Harold Conrad, M.D. Deb Cloney, M.D.
	Genetics
	Paul Mark, M.D.
	Hand Surgery
	Julian Kuz, M.D.
	Hematology/Oncology
	Richard Axtell, M.D. Chi Braunreiter, M.D. Albert Cornelius, M.D. David Dickens, M.D. James Fahner, M.D. Beth Kurt, M.D. Deanna Mitchell, M.D. Sharon Smith, M.D.
	Helen DeVos Pediatric Clinic
	Timothy Conroy, M.D. Edward Cox, M.D. Lana Gagin, M.D.   Leslie Jurecko, M.D. Cheryl Kuz, M.D. Lisa Lowery, M.D. Eugene Shatz, M.D. Ben Sarver, M.D. Candace Smith-King, M.D. Bill Stratbucker, M.D. James VanBeynen, M.D. Karen VanderLaan, M.D.
	Pediatric Hospitalists
	Becky Bultman, M.D. Dave Duffey, M.D. Martina Keeler, M.D.   Jeri Kessenich, M.D. Dan McGee, M.D. Mike Metz, M.D. Greg Trowbridge, M.D. Bob Veenema, 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
	Dustin Braunreiter, M.D. Mitch DeJonge, M.D. Benedict Doctor, M.D. Steve Gelfand, M.D. Craig Kinney, M.D. Danny Knee M.D. Robert Langen M.D Edgar Beaumont, M.D. Thomas Shaw, M.D.
	Nephrology
	Yi Cai, M.D. Julia Steinke, M.D.
	Neurology
	Daniel Arndt, M.D. Madeline Chadehumbe M.D. Kipp Chillag, M.D.   Steve DeRoos, 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
	Richard Beninger, M.D. Patrick Droste, M.D. Brook Geddie, D.O. Robert Peters, M.D. Laura Piippo, M.D.
	Orthopedics
	Mark Asperheim, M.D. Jeff Cassidy, MD James Engel M.D. Michael Forness, D.O. Matt Halanski M.D. Brian Hotchkiss, M.D. Dayle Maples M.D. Donnie Reinhart, D.O.
	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 Adelle Cadieux, PsyD Jan Coates D.O. Michelle Mastin, PhD Steve Pastyrnak, PhD
	Pulmonology/Sleep Medicine
	James Chamness, M.D. Susan Millard, M.D. John Schuen, M.D. Karen Thompson, M.D.
	Radiology
	Bradford Betz, M.D. Steven Bezinque, D.O. Heather Borders, M.D. Joseph Junewick, M.D.
	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. Maribel Bates, D.O. Sheel Sharma, M.D. Monica Randles, M.D. Joni Van Duinen, D.O. 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. Sara Elmouchi, 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 . Jolene Ellis, M.D. Mike Marcotte, M.D. Ellen Kruggel, M.D. Shauna Baker, M.D. Jeff Mantia, M.D.   Jenny Bush, 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. Brian Haskin, MD Dave Rzeszutko, MD Yuri Fedorenko, MD Ben Schippper, MD Eric Wielhouwer, DO Michael App, M.D. Brent Fuller, M.D. Donna Herald, M.D. Anne McCarthy, M.D.