Spectrum NF Clinic - Grand Rapids

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Helen DeVos Children's Hospital
Children's Outpatient Center
330 Barclay NE, Suite 203
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

PHYSICIANS: 
Bernard Eisenga, MD, internist
Cynthia Hingtgen, MD, neurologist 
Karen VanderLaan, MD, pediatrician

SUPPORT STAFF: 
Stephen Albrecht, PhD, child psychologist
Kathleen Delp, MSW, CGC, genetic counselor
Heather Hardiman, LMSW, clinical social worker
Rosemary Anderson & Kristin Bradley, patient advocates
  
HOURS: Friday, 8:15-4:00 pm
Children weekly; adults biweekly (afternoons only)

APPOINTMENTS: 616-391-2414
INFORMATION: 616-451-3699

Drs. VanderLaan, Eisenga, and Hingtgen work together with your doctor to provide expert NF diagnosis and follow-up care.  It is preferred that patients have a primary care provider (personal physician) before attending clinic.  For children this could be a pediatrician or family practitioner, for adults an internist or family practitioner.  The NF clinic will report the results of your exam and follow-up recommendations to your primary care provider.  If you have no primary care doctor, you may call the Spectrum Health Physician Finder Service at 616-391-5999 to help locate one in your area.

MAKING AN APPOINTMENT:  The initial referral to clinic should come from your PCP.  When you are scheduling that first visit, please be prepared to give names and addresses of additional doctors, hospitals and/or clinics that have your medical records.  Allow at least two hours for the first visit.  Return visits usually run under one hour.  Follow-up appointments are made by the patient, but your insurance provider may require advance approval.  
                                                                                                           
You may call any day of the week to schedule an appointment.  For further information, contact patient advocate Rosemary Anderson at 616-451-3699 or email nfwestmich@aol.com. 

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