Top Doctors

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

Grand Rapids Magazine's exclusive list of Top Doctors, as chosen by their peers...

Dr. Brett T. Brinker, board certified in hematology and oncology, received his undergraduate degree at Boston University and attended medical school at Emory University School of Medicine.

Dr. Lawrence Mallon is a Michigan native who has practiced in West Michigan for more than 20 years.

A native of Michigan, Dr. Adam S. Hassan has been serving the Grand Rapids area for nearly 15 years, striving to provide the highest quality of medical care to each of his patients.

Professional Research Services (PRS) is a research company located in Troy, Mich. They specialize in conducting peer review surveys of different professionals within markets nationwide. A large part of their research focuses on the medical field, specifically M.D. and D.O. physicians.

Dr. Ryan Freeland, a board-certified dermatologist through the American Board of Dermatology is a decorated U.S. Air Force officer and combat veteran.

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

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

Dr. Alan D. Campbell, board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology, focuses primarily on leukemia lymphoma and lung cancer, and has expertise in general oncology and hematology.

Dr. Amy C. Vander Woude is board certified in Medical Oncology and Hematology, and specializes in treating women and men with breast cancer.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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. They understand and embrace the multiple roles that specialists provide, including managing complex and life-threatening diseases, prescribing powerful medications, and ‘solving the riddle.’

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