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Dr. Stephen Zonca, a board-certified plastic surgeon with a background in general surgery, specializes in cosmetic and reconstructive procedures.

Dr. Scott Westhouse's areas of focus are age-related macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease, and advancing vitreoretinal surgical techniques.

Dr. Sutherland specializes in vitreoretinal disease and surgery, as well as inherited retinal diseases, and finds her greatest excitement in research — and what the future holds in treatment of inherited retinal diseases.

With more than 20 years of serving the West Michigan community, Dr. Melissa Meldrum-Aaberg feels honored to consistently be named a top doctor in the city she calls home.

The following pages contain the doctors in adult and pediatric specialties, as voted by their peers.

Dr. Thomas Aaberg Jr. is a board-certified ophthalmologist and a subspecialist in ocular oncology and vitreoretinal diseases and surgery.

West Michigan Rheumatology is an academically oriented specialty group that has provided consultative care for more than 100,000 patients for over 30 years. They understand and embrace the multiple roles that specialists provide, including managing complex and life-threatening diseases, prescribing powerful medications, and ‘solving the riddle.’

Dr. Nehal Lakhani is board certified in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, and Hematology and the director of clinical research at START Midwest—a global research group that helps cancer patients get access to experimental treatments and therapies.

West Michigan Rheumatology is an academically oriented specialty group that has provided consultative care for more than 100,000 patients for over 30 years.

John F. Keller, president of Great Lakes Neurosurgery and Division Chief Neurosurgery at Metro Health University of Michigan Health System, says the world doesn’t stand still and neither does the study and advancement of neurological surgery.

Justin Clark who specializes in the surgical treatment of adult brain and spine disorders, says an important part of his job is getting to know his patients.

Dr. Thomas E. Gribbin is board certified in internal medicine, medical oncology, and hematology, and specializes in malignant hematology, benign hematology, breast cancer, central nervous system, as well as head and neck cancer.

Bryan E. Figueroa when a patient chooses Great Lakes Neurosurgical Associates for treatment, they receive a team of providers committed to helping them through some of the most difficult challenges they can face, says Dr. Bryan E. Figueroa, a neurosurgeon at the clinic.

Dr. Erin M. Pettijohn is a hematology specialist who is board certified in hematology, internal medicine, and medical oncology.

Yuanbin Chen, Board certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology and fellow of the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, Dr. Yuanbin Chen specializes in lung cancer and melanoma care, and development of new treatments though clinical trials.

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Dr. Kathryn B. Alguire is a board-certified medical oncologist who received her undergraduate and medical school education from Michigan State University.