Hour Detroit Health Guide 2023

Why are so many adults being diagnosed with ADHD? Experts weigh in

Kirk Gibson Is Going to Bat

The Tigers’ All-Star has channeled his intensity on the ball field into a fight against Parkinson’s

Tips and a recipe to help improve your overall health, starting with your gut

The student who joined the school board to advocate for mental health services

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31 / The Healing Power of Art

Artwork in a cancer pavilion, dance/movement as therapy, and painting for pediatric patients are just some examples of how art can be just what the doctor ordered.

38 / A New Battlefield

After a career battling baseball and football opponents, Kirk Gibson and his foundation are fighting a new foe: Parkinson’s.

Small Doses

16 NEWSMAKERS

Local companies and individuals are making a difference in health care.

17 MEDICAL

For this cardiology student, studying a heart disease is personal: He has it himself.

18 RESEARCH

Unique findings from Michigan universities.

20 BUSINESS PROFILE

EmBraced in Comfort makes wearing a back brace bearable in many ways.

22 ADHD

It used to be something associated with kids, but then doctors started seeing more distracted adults. Why?

24 NUTRITION

Research shows a healthy gut is paramount for health. Here’s how to get yours in shape.

26 MENTAL HEALTH

Wanting her district to take mental health more seriously, this Detroit student took matters into her own hands.

28 FITNESS

When he turned 40, being “fit” took on a new purpose: living a long life.

Tool Kit for Life

Your resource for the best health care providers in metro Detroit

45 TOP DOCTORS

Parting Shot

92 THE WAY IT WAS

Once upon a time, hospitals would shut out Black patients. Not this one.

“Take care of your body and mind. Cardio and weight training are not enough. Meditation and recognizing negative thinking patterns will change your life. In the moment, ask yourself, Will this matter tomorrow? Will this matter in 10 minutes?”

Jenifer Veloso is a firstgeneration BrazilianAmerican, Flint-based photojournalist covering community, sports, and social activism. She developed her passion for storytelling while working as a trauma nurse in a level one emergency department. Her work has appeared in Bloomberg News, Click Magazine, MLive, The Flint Journal, and more.

“As a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War, I was assigned by the draft board to work as an orderly in a hospital operating room. Best advice: Trust the nurses and obey them.” Joe Lapointe is a Detroitarea journalist who graduated from Wayne State University. After working for the Chicago Sun-Times, the Detroit Free Press, and The New York Times, he taught journalism at four colleges, including New York University and the University of Michigan Dearborn.

“The best advice I received about my health is that the gut is the center to all health. If your gut health is poor, it can wreak havoc on your entire body, both physically and mentally. This article is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to gut health and its importance. So much new information has been released in the last decade on the topic, and new research is taking place all over the world on gut health.” Blake Miller is a Charlotte, North Carolina-based writer and editor whose work has appeared in Hour Detroit, Family Circle, O, The Oprah Magazine, Prevention, Redbook, Self, Southern Living, and other national and regional publications.

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EmBraced in Comfort specializes in designing undergarments for individuals who wear back braces to treat scoliosis. Their Scoliosis Brace Tank Top and Scoliosis Brace Shorts are pictured here. page 20

Cutting Edge

Local companies and individuals making a difference in health care

BY ARIANNA HEYMAN

Pediatric care facility opens in St. Clair Shores

According to estimates from the CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, about one in 44 children have been identified with autism spectrum disorder. For children with ASD, services like Lumen Pediatric Therapy can make a world of difference. Based in St. Clair Shores, Lumen Pediatric Therapy has opened a new state-of-theart facility at 26210 Harper Ave. As an organization, Lumen Pediatric Therapy provides evidence-based services to help patients maximize their potential. Using therapeutic methodologies based in applied behavior analysis, speechlanguage pathology, and occupational therapy, the compassionate team at Lumen Pediatric Therapy provides an individualized plan of care to each patient.

Suicide prevention nonprofit awarded millions for residential center

After losing their son, Garrett, (far left, with his siblings) to suicide at age 23, Julie and Scott Halpert recognized the lack of treatment options for young adults struggling with their mental health. In honor of their son, the Halperts founded “Garrett’s Space” (garrettsspace.org), a suicide prevention nonprofit that provides professionally facilitated weekly support groups. In support of Garrett’s Space, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor, secured a $4 million award for the nonprofit as part of the fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations package. Garrett’s Space was selected as one of the 15 community projects in Michigan’s 12th Congressional District to receive the funding. The funding will be utilized to build a new residential center that will provide more space for short-term stays as well as additional healing programming and activities. “We believe a space like this, immersed in nature, could have helped Garrett,” Scott Halpert says. “We want to provide this important option to the many young adults who need it.”

LGBT Detroit renews MDHHS partnership

LGBT Detroit has one mission: to activate, amplify, and sustain LGBT+ culture, education, advocacy, and human rights. “HIV is the No. 1 issue that we’ve organized around at LGBT Detroit,” says Jerron Totten, social justice engineer at LGBT Detroit. “Much like COVID, there’s a huge disparity in infection rates between Black LGBT+ men and our white counterparts. And so, again, like COVID, although HIV-related deaths are on the decline, HIV infections are still on the rise.” In recognition of its efforts to combat HIV, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has renewed its partnership with the Detroit nonprofit. LGBT Detroit will receive $300,000 from MDHHS to be used toward supporting HIV awareness programs and activities, a prevention and intervention video podcast series, a winter Pride event, and an audio podcast series, as well as additional programs to be launched later this year.

Assisted stretching studio debuts in metro Detroit

Believe it or not, one of the hottest new fitness trends dominating the health and wellness community is stretching. StretchLab, a premier assisted stretching boutique, is capitalizing on the stretching trend and opened a new location in West Bloomfield in February. StretchLab, located at 6893 Orchard Lake Road, offers a variety of personalized stretching services, including a 50-minute head-to-toe deep stretch that targets all major muscle groups and a 25-minute stretch that directly addresses the client’s current stretching needs. StretchLab West Bloomfield owner Shawn Byrnes says he is looking forward to introducing the metro Detroit community to the benefits of assisted stretching. “Assisted stretching is a modality that speaks to and can be utilized by all kinds of people, and I’m glad to help it reach the community where I live, work, and play,” Byrnes says.

From Patient to Ph.D. Candidate

BY SARAH STEIMER

VI TANG IS ONE of nearly a million people living in the U.S. with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a disease that affects the heart. But unlike many HCM patients, Tang is in the unique position to view the diagnosis from both an intimate angle and a clinical perspective: The 31-year-old University of Michigan student is studying physiology — with the intention of eventually dedicating himself to HCM research.

“It’s interesting to be standing in the middle of three: being a patient, having been a research subject in clinical studies, and now doing some of the research,” Tang says. It’s this positioning that he says has helped him have a familiarity of the heart condition but also temper his expectations for a cure or treatment — something he hopes other patients will understand and accept.

Tang’s experience with HCM began at age 15 when living in Vietnam. Upon visiting an after-hours clinic with cold-like symptoms, a doctor listened to his heart and detected a murmur. Tang was tested, referred to a cardiologist, and eventually diagnosed with HCM.

According to the the Mayo Clinic, in patients with HCM, the heart muscle becomes thickened, which can make it

harder for the heart to pump blood. It frequently goes undiagnosed because many people with HCM have few or no symptoms. In some, the condition can cause shortness of breath, chest pain, or changes in the heart’s electrical system, leading to life-threatening irregular heart rhythms or sudden death.

There are numerous possible complications and no known prevention for HCM. Treatment depends on the severity of symptoms, but can include medication, surgery, and other procedures. Over the course of his life, Tang has had a cardioverter defibrillator implanted and septal myectomy, an open-heart surgery to remove some of the thickened muscle.

These two procedures took place in the U.S. after Tang moved here to study biology as an undergraduate at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. After learning that the University of Michigan had a research team focused on HCM, he applied and was accepted into the Sharlene Day Lab. He’s now a student in the Ph.D. graduate program in molecular and integrative physiology, studying how proteins move inside of cells.

“My eventual goal is to do a

postdoctoral fellowship and study HCM, and maybe eventually, hopefully, have a career investigating HCM,” Tang says, hoping that any small impact he might have on the research community could ultimately improve patient experiences — with which he’s intimately familiar.

“I wouldn’t say that being a patient motivates me to work harder,” Tang says. “What it does help make me realize is the disconnect between the research community and the patient community. Sometimes it’s hard for patients to understand the research because it’s so technical. It’s good to have different organizations and advocacy groups to raise awareness of HCM and bridge these disconnections.”

Tang emphasizes the need to manage expectations around HCM research: Understand that not every new piece of information will be immediately actionable, and it may not apply to each individual case. He also advises to make sure your physician “is someone that you trust, that you can have a dialogue with. And then together, you can work as a team to make good decisions. I think that’s the best approach: Work with your doctors. It’s not nothing fancy.”

University of Michigan physiology graduate student’s history with a heart disease helps him better understand and temper his clinical expectations

Vi Tang was diagnosed with HCM at age 15 while living in Vietnam.

Study Breaks

Intriguing findings from Michigan universities

BY STEVE FRIESS & OLIVIA SEDLACEK

Surprise! The internet is full of lies!

THIS MAY COME AS A BIG SHOCK, but people who get their health-related news from social media and lesser-known websites believe more misinformation than folks who rely on more traditional, mainstream media, according to a study of media habits in the United States, Singapore, and Turkey. Researchers from the University of Michigan and scientists in both other countries surveyed more than 3,600 people about their views on vaccines, genetically modified foods, and alternative medicine. Respondents who sought information from “legacy” news outlets were less likely to fall for incorrect ideas about health matters, “perhaps because of editorial gatekeeping differences across news, social, and alternative media,” says researcher and U-M communications professor Scott Campbell.

Hooray for nanofoam padding!

More flexible padding for football helmets, tested in labs at Michigan State University, can offer players greater protection against concussions and brain injuries, according to a study published in the journal Matter. The material, reusable liquid nanofoam, has been shown to be more resilient and effective than the standard foam pads currently in use, says MSU engineer Weiyi Lu, the lead author. “The nanofoam was able to mitigate continuous multiple impacts without damage; the results were identical from test 1 through test 10,” Lu says.

Stopping bad bacteria

Researchers at Michigan State University say they have identified a new way to inhibit the production of proteins that are believed to play a role in causing Alzheimer’s disease, tetanus, botulism, and food poisoning, among other ailments. The findings, published in the journal eLife, are the result of work led by MSU biochemistry and molecular biology professor Lee Kroos, who says of the laborious research, “It was like putting together a 5,000piece jigsaw puzzle without knowing what it looks like.”

Seniors super satisfied with elective surgery

Two-thirds of Americans ages 50 to 80 reported being very satisfied after elective procedures — stuff like knee replacements, gall bladder removal, and cataract surgery that addresses non-life-threatening issues, according to the National Poll on Healthy Aging, a product of the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation in partnership with Michigan Medicine and AARP. Of people who are in excellent or very good health, 79 percent were pleased with the outcome of the surgery, versus 53 percent of folks in fair or poor health. Of the roughly 2,100 people polled across the country, 30 percent had considered having or had an elective procedure in the past five years.

Crowdfunding pays but shames

Hundreds of thousands of cash-strapped cancer patients turn to sites like GoFundMe to finance lifesaving treatments every year, but young people who must do so find the process humiliating, according to a survey published in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship GoFundMe hosts some 250,000 medical fundraisers that collectively raise more than $650 million each year, but only about half meet their goals. The process has become embarrassing but necessary as health care costs rise, and researcher and University of Michigan postdoctoral nursing student Lauren V. Ghazal says young cancer patients are in an especially vulnerable position because they’re “beginning to achieve financial independence and finding career employment” when cancer derails their plans.

Aging in place requires planning

Nearly 90 percent of Americans ages 50 to 80 say it is very or somewhat important to them to live in their homes when they’re old and infirm, but only 15 percent have given “a lot” of consideration to how to make that happen, according to findings of a survey from the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation. The National Poll on Healthy Aging, which surveyed 2,277 adults in early 2022, also found that 48 percent of those who live alone don’t have anyone who could provide care to them and only 19 percent of those surveyed are “very confident” they could afford to pay someone to do errands and help them out.

Predicting the next pandemic

RESEARCHERS AT Michigan State University have been awarded $2.7 million by the National Institutes of Health to further develop artificial intelligence algorithms that can predict how viruses will evolve. The team’s models have already made accurate predictions about new COVID-19 variants. “What we’re doing is making our predictions more accurate and more timely,” says Guowei Wei, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at MSU. “And now our work isn’t just for COVID but also for many other viral infections.” These algorithms could someday help with the creation of universal vaccines and medicines that are more effective against a variety of viral diseases, such as the flu, COVID, HIV, and Ebola — even as they evolve.

Rethinking sperm age

Fixing the medical supply chain

Wayne State University researchers are leading a $3.88 million national effort to build a better medical goods supply marketplace that could prevent the shortages that caught the country off guard as the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020. The effort involves creating an online system called the Rx Product Marketplace Orchestrator that will be capable of efficiently matching fluctuating consumer demands with manufacturers, says lead researcher Kyoung-Yun Kim of WSU’s Smart Manufacturing Demonstration Center. WSU shares the grant from the Department of Commerce with collaborators at Oregon State University and Iowa State University.

Staving off dementia

Addressing mental health disorders earlier in life could be an important way to avert neurodegenerative diseases later, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan, Duke University, and the University of Auckland. The analysis focused on a three-decade observation of some 1.7 million New Zealanders and was published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. The lead author, U-M psychologist Leah Richmond-Rakerd, says it’s unclear what exactly connects mental disorders and dementia, but knowing there is a link may prompt doctors to encourage patients with such disorders to engage in healthy behaviors that reduce dementia risk, such as exercise.

Most infertility studies assess the likelihood of pregnancy based in part on would-be parents’ ages, but new research at Wayne State University finds the “epigenetic” age of the male contribution may yield more accurate predictions. In the study, published in the journal Human Reproduction, lead author J. Richard Pilsner, WSU’s director of molecular genetics and infertility, asserts that a formula that accounts for genetic and environmental factors is better for assessing the true “biological age” of cells. (Smokers, for instance, have sperm with significantly higher epigenetic ages.) “The ability to capture the biological age of sperm may provide a novel platform to better assess the male contribution to reproductive success, especially among infertile couples,” Pilsner says. Knowing whether the sperm is epigenetically “old” would allow couples “to realize their probability of achieving pregnancy during natural intercourse.”

Down to the bone

Two experiments on bone density from University of Michigan engineers have been launched (literally!) on the International Space Station. The studies’ findings could provide insight into both osteoporosis, which affects about 10 million Americans, and astronauts’ bone health. The researchers hypothesize that when bone cells aren’t exposed to gravity, they become less stiff, causing changes similar to osteoporosis — and that they can prevent those changes by mechanically compressing bone cells to mimic gravity. If the hypothesis is correct, we may soon see astronauts wearing compressive space suits to prevent bone loss. For non-astronauts, the information gleaned could lead to better diagnostics and treatment for bone decay.

Left-right brain pingpong

A UNIVERSITY of Michigan psychology lab has identified key features of a brain rhythm that helps the brain’s left and right hemispheres communicate better, according to a study in the journal Cell Reports. The researchers call this rhythm “splines,” because the brain waves resemble the interlocking teeth of gears. “Spline rhythms … are like the left and right brains playing a game of very fast — and very precise — pingpong,” says lead author and professor Omar Ahmed. “[It] represents a fundamentally different way for the left brain and right brain to talk to each other.” Splines occur during REM sleep and during movement, becoming even more precise at faster running speeds. “This is likely to help the left brain and right brain compute more cohesively and rapidly when an animal is moving faster and needs to make faster decisions,” says U-M doctoral student Megha Ghosh. The researchers also discovered that spline rhythms are strongest in the retrosplenial cortex, which is one of the first brain regions to become impaired in people with Alzheimer’s disease — a finding that may soon help doctors identify the disease in early stages.

These briefs were previously published in Hour Detroit in 2022-2023.

I Have Your Back

BY RACHAEL THOMAS | PHOTOS BY JENIFER VELOSO

I RECEIVED TWO THINGS for my 10th birthday: a Nintendo Wii gaming system and a scoliosis diagnosis.

It was, of all people, my allergist who first noticed something was wrong. As I sat on the exam table just a few days before my birthday that year, he noticed that my right shoulder was slightly higher than the left. He told my mom I should have X-rays done to determine if scoliosis was the root of my uneven shoulders.

He was right, and I was fitted for a brace that August — a month before starting fifth grade — with instructions to wear it for 20 hours a day, year-round. That was my life for the next three years.

That period of time is a blur now, but I’ll never forget the dreaded T-shirts I had to wear under my brace to prevent chafing and irritation on my skin. Ever the fashionista, I found the bulky cotton T-shirts unflattering under nearly every

outfit. I did my best to hide them by rolling the sleeves under my tops and tucking any excess fabric into my pants or skirts, often creating a weird, bunchy layer. No matter what I did, those T-shirts were still too visible for my liking, and that extra layer could get unbearable when the weather was warmer.

How I wish I’d known of Tina Beauvais, who around that time was quietly creating an online business from her home in Fairgrove (northeast of Saginaw), designing clothing specifically for folks with scoliosis — clothing that, for the past 14 years, has helped individuals all around the world. Helping people everywhere so they don’t have to deal with the same struggles and insecurities that I did.

Founded in 2009 by Beauvais, EmBraced in Comfort offers garments for children and adults to wear under their back brace, including T-shirts, tank tops, camis, tube tops, shorts,

and bodysuits. All products are made in-house at the EmBraced in Comfort facility in Fairgrove. While Beauvais and her part-time employees follow a standard size chart when creating the products, customers can submit their measurements for a custom fit.

Beauvais is the only person in her household without scoliosis. Both of her children, Cynthia and Vaughn, were diagnosed at 5 years old and wore braces for years. Her husband, Andrew, was diagnosed with the condition as a teenager.

When it was time for Cynthia, Beauvais’ oldest, to start first grade, Cynthia’s doctors questioned how she’d use the restroom independently, as the brace she wore at the time had several elastic bands that wrapped around her torso and legs. Beauvais used her then-beginner sewing skills to create a bodysuit that snapped at the crotch, allowing Cynthia to use the restroom

For 14 years, a Michigan woman has created comfortable undergarments uniquely designed for people of all ages who wear back braces to treat scoliosis

Tina Beauvais, founder and CEO of EmBraced in Comfort, poses at her company’s facility in Fairgrove. All products are made in-house by Beauvais and a few part-time employees.

without taking her brace off.

“That worked for her for that brace,” Beauvais says of the bodysuit (she got a utility patent on the garment in 2010). Amazed, Cynthia’s medical providers asked Beauvais where she got the bodysuit. When she said she created it herself, they told her a lot of people could benefit from it. From there, EmBraced in Comfort was born. To sharpen her design skills, Beauvais — whose background is in engineering with a focus on manufacturing practices — took a few apparel design courses at Central Michigan University.

“It can be really overwhelming in the beginning,” Beauvais says, reflecting on her children’s scoliosis journeys. “That’s why I started my blog [Scoliosis Family Adventures] in the first place — that was before I had a business — because I had a hard enough time figuring out what we were going to do. If I can save another family from having to go through that, I will.”

The fabric used is what makes EmBraced in Comfort’s products a step above a cotton T-shirt or pair of shorts at a department store. Beauvais works with a textile company in California to procure fabrics in various colors made with rayon from bamboo, organic cotton, and spandex. “It has a nice four-way stretch and recovery,” Beauvais says of the material. “It’s a little lighter-weight, which is good because it’s cooler and softer.” The brand’s most popular item is the Scoliosis Brace T-Shirt, followed by the Scoliosis Brace Tube, a newer product that Beauvais says is long enough to wrap over the brace from both the bottom up and top down to enclose it, made possible by its elasticized hems.

Over Zoom, I told Beauvais how much EmBraced in Comfort could have helped me when I wore my back brace — the camis, tank tops, and tube tops would’ve been an amazing alternative to the T-shirts I wore. Nonetheless, it’s remarkable to see the business’s impact; to date, around 11,000 EmBraced in Comfort products have been sold in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the U.K.

“My hopes are just that more people can become aware of their options when it comes to treating the scoliosis of their loved ones,” Beauvais says. “We can be part of that team.”

Learn more about EmBraced in Comfort at embracedincomfort.com

MOVE WITH EASE

BY RACHAEL THOMAS

EmBraced in Comfort’s products are made with soft and stretchy fabric, optimal for folks needing a cozy garment to wear under their back brace. Here are some of those items.

1. Scoliosis Brace T-Shirt in Lagoon, $40 2. Scoliosis Brace Tank Top in Navy, $40 3. Scoliosis Brace Tank Top in Black, $40 4. Scoliosis Brace T-Shirt in Mulberry, $40 5. Scoliosis Brace T-Shirt in Navy, $40 6. Scoliosis Brace Cami in Black, $45. All products can be purchased at embracedincomfort.com

Distracted Development

BY ASHLEY WINN | ILLUSTRATION BY JAMES HEIMER

NOT SO LONG AGO, the popular conceptualization of attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, began and ended with visions of an elementaryaged boy bouncing around a classroom — even among mental health professionals.

In fact, it wasn’t until 1994 that the American Psychiatric Association recognized, in a new edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, that children may not “grow out of” ADHD, as previously thought. So striking was this reversal that Time magazine blazoned it across its cover: “Disorganized? Distracted? Discombobulated? Doctors Say You Might Have ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER. It’s not just kids who have it.”

But the tables have since turned. Adult ADHD diagnosis rates are rising four times faster than those of children in the U.S., with the number of Michigan adults affected by the condition estimated to be around 324,000. All this has fostered rising public awareness and waning stigma around ADHD, but it has some wondering how a congenital disorder could suddenly appear so … contagious.

Fran Parker is a clinical psychologist who specializes in ADHD at Dennis, Moye, Branstetter & Associates mental health clinic in Bloomfield Township. She has also served as coordinator for the Eastern Oakland County chapter of Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder, or CHADD — an ADHD education and support organization — for more than 20 years.

For her part, Parker isn’t surprised by the recent surge in cases of adult ADHD. “We live in a highly distracted world,” she says. She believes the constant overstimulation from social media, the 24-hour news cycle, and all the other distractions of modern life exacerbate the symptoms of ADHD. As a result, even those with mild cases that might have gone unnoticed in childhood are now finding themselves in need of treatment.

“There’s so much going on that I think people with ADHD who were once able to keep it together can no longer keep it together as well.”

A similar theory from Jennifer Kowalkowski, director of behavioral medicine for the Corewell Health Hospital Grosse Pointe Family Medicine Residency Program and assistant professor at Oakland University’s William Beaumont School of Medicine, is also based on the idea that some have, until recently, gotten along by managing or compensating for their ADHD symptoms. “There are many psychologists, including myself, who wonder if the stress of the pandemic and everything else that’s going on has been the tipping point for some people.”

In fact, it’s not particularly rare that ADHD goes unrecognized during childhood, and statistics show that it’s particularly common among women. “You’ve got some especially brilliant, gifted ADHD people who manage to keep it together and don’t have a problem getting through school, so they never needed treatment,” Parker says. But as those children become adults and the scope of their responsibilities broadens, it can become harder to maintain that level of control.

It’s here that Parker says another likely contributor to rising adult ADHD rates comes into play. As their genetically predisposed children are diagnosed, those “gifted ADHD people” are often diagnosed as well. “A therapist might ask if it runs in the family. And then you start looking at the symptom list and notice a lot of similarities.” This now-frequent occurrence has only developed in the years since the relatively recent acceptance of adult ADHD.

It’s something Parker has experienced personally. “When my son got diagnosed at the age of 5, I started looking at my husband and seeing everything I saw in my son.” At her suggestion, her husband, who was in his 40s at the time, visited a specialist and received a matching diagnosis. These experiences inspired her

to take up the condition as her clinical focus 35 years ago. Since then, she has published articles, taught classes, and spoken at local and national conferences on the topic of ADHD.

While Parker has no doubt there’s been an uptick in valid diagnoses, she also suspects those dramatic statistics are — to a degree — inflated. “To be honest, some people just want accommodations from their college. Or they want the medication,” she says. She’s referring to Adderall, which is used to treat ADHD and is sometimes misused by college students as a performance enhancer.

Kowalkowski agrees that the spike in adult ADHD is likely exaggerated, but she offers a different explanation for this phenomenon. “I think many people may not be getting an accurate diagnosis,” she says.

She believes most adults who end up misdiagnosed are truly experiencing symptoms, such as difficulty concentrating, and ADHD is simply what comes to mind — perhaps due to increased awareness and social media content about the condition. The actual cause could be anything from depression or anxiety to one of the many physical conditions that mimic ADHD symptoms, such as hypoglycemia, seizure disorders, and thyroid issues. “Unfortunately, most of these diagnoses are made in primary care, where we have 15 minutes with a patient and we also have to discuss all kinds of other things. … Perhaps they’re getting a quick diagnosis from someone who may not be skilled at detecting ADHD in adulthood.”

Still, there are likely many genuinely suffering who remain unaware they have ADHD — especially since the condition presents itself differently in adults than it does in children. This includes ADHD’s trademark hyperactivity, which in adulthood evolves into a nagging restlessness. According to Parker, other impairments common among adults with ADHD include self-regulation issues, such as compulsive overeating and verbal impulsivity, as well as forgetfulness and difficulty meeting deadlines or paying bills on time.

So, for those watching the adult diagnosis rates climb and wondering, “Could I have ADHD, too?” Parker recommends doing your homework. “Start reading about ADHD. Go to some CHADD meetings. As with anything in life, knowledge is power.”

Once only associated with children, ADHD may be affecting more adults than ever before

Gut Instinct

BY BLAKE MILLER

GUT HEALTH IS A TRENDY TOPIC — and for good reason. Researchers consider the gut microbiome to be the body’s second brain. “The link between the gut and overall health is growing immensely,” explains Micah Zuhl, a professor of health sciences at Central Michigan University. It’s believed that there are 39 trillion microbes and bacteria in your gut. And when those microbes and bacteria are disrupted — known as gut dysbiosis — by factors such as infections, poor dietary choices, obesity, and more, it can trigger a host of negative psychological, neurological, and behavioral reactions in the body.

“How the gut functions — or dysfunctions — can have an overwhelming influence on our overall health,” Zuhl says. In fact, research shows that gut dysbiosis can lead to a host of chronic conditions such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and depression. Additionally, metabolic conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and more are all linked to poor gut health.

Luckily, researchers have found that there are several things that you can do to improve your gut health and, in turn, improve your overall health. Here are three ways to clean up your gut.

1. Eat More Fiber

of adults and children in the U.S. don’t consume enough fiber daily. “Fiber in any form is the best thing we can do to promote a healthy gut microbiome,” says Robert Quinn, an assistant professor at Michigan State University. Americans consume an average of 15 grams per day. But for optimal health, total dietary fiber intake should be 25 and 38 grams per day for women and men, respectively, to reap the greatest gut health benefits.

2. Control Blood Sugars and Weight

Experts agree that Type 2 diabetes is undoubtedly linked to an unhealthy gut microbiome. According to a 2022 study in the journal Nutrients, “a plethora of studies have demonstrated a significant association between changes in the composition profile of gut microbiota and development of diabetes.” Maintaining a healthy gut microbiome can keep Type 2 diabetes and other metabolic conditions at bay. A 2021 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that increased gut microbial diversity can help combat insulin resistance, a common occurrence in pre-diabetic and diabetes patients. Gut health experts suggest consuming as many different plants as possible each day, including vegetables, fresh herbs, spices, and whole grains and fats such as avocados, nuts, and seeds.

3. Eat Gut-Healthy Foods

Fiber is critical to a

healthy gut

microbiome. A 2019 study in The Lancet found that those who consumed more dietary fiber were less likely to have a heart attack, die of heart disease, die of cancer, or be diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, among countless other positive health outcomes. However, a staggering 95 percent

Not all food is created equal, especially when it comes to good gut health. “When we eat fruits and vegetables that contain dietary fiber, our gut bacteria feeds on the fiber, which allows the microbiome ecosystem to thrive,” says Dr. William W.

Research shows that a healthy gut is one of the most important facets impacting overall health

Li, author of Eat to Beat Your Diet. “When the ecosystem is healthy, it leads to a more efficient metabolism, a stronger immune system, lower inflammation, better lipid control in your blood, faster wound healing, and improved mood, among other health benefits. Bacteria love diversity, so feeding them a variety of foods is much more beneficial than eating the same exact foods day after day.” Li’s top foods that promote a healthy gut microbiome are avocado, broccoli, bok choy, Napa cabbage, carrots, mushrooms, pears, and anything fermented, such as sauerkraut and kimchi.

So what about probiotics? Don’t believe the hype, Dr. Will Bulsiewicz writes in Fiber Fueled. While most people crave a quick-fix pill, the truth is, when it comes to a healthy gut, gulping down a probiotic won’t work. You can’t fix a bad diet with a probiotic (or any other pill, for that matter). For optimal gut health, our bodies need prebiotics (which come from consuming a variety of plants) plus probiotics (which often come from fermented foods) to create postbiotics, which are the key to a healthy gut. So without the plant variety, probiotics are really just a placebo with little to no effect. Focus on consuming a wide variety of plants in your diet every week, with the goal of consuming a minimum of 200 plants a week.

VEGETABLE CHILI

SERVES: 4

PREP TIME: 20 MINUTES

COOKING TIME: 45 MINUTES

PREPARATION:

Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. When the oil is shimmering, add the onion and cook until soft and translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, 30 seconds. Add the celery, carrots, and pepper and cook until vegetables have softened, about 5 minutes. Add the purple potatoes, crushed tomatoes, black beans, Great Northern beans, chili powder, cumin, paprika, oregano, basil, and salt and stir to combine. Add water. Raise the heat to high and bring the mixture to a boil, then lower the heat to medium-low and simmer, covered, until the potatoes have softened and flavors combine, about 30-35 minutes.

This vegan-friendly, warming meal of chili is made with black and white beans, plus anthocyanin-rich purple potatoes. Leftovers are perfect for the next day.

INGREDIENTS:

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1 red onion, coarsely chopped

3 garlic cloves, minced

2 ribs celery, coarsely chopped

2 carrots, peeled and coarsely chopped

1 green bell pepper, coarsely chopped

6 small purple potatoes, cut into eighths

1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes with the liquid

1 (15-ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed

1 (15-ounce) can Great Northern beans, drained and rinsed

2 tablespoons chili powder

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon paprika

¼ teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons fresh oregano leaves, chopped (dried can be substituted)

¼ cup basil, sliced into thin strips

1 cup water

Excerpted from Eat to Beat Disease by William W. Li, MD. Copyright © 2019 by William W. Li, MD. Reprinted with permission of Balance Publishing. All rights reserved.

Perriel Pace, in the hallway of her school, served as a student rep on the school board for part of her sophomore and junior years.

A Student Voice for Mental Health

An 11th grader at Martin Luther King Jr. High School has a seat at the table

BY KATE TOWNLEY | PHOTO BY SAL RODRIGUEZ

PERRIEL PACE HAS STRIVED to be a voice for her district’s student body, advocating for mental health awareness and advising the Detroit Public Schools Community District school board as a student representative.

An 11th grader at Martin Luther King Jr. High School, Pace is acutely aware of the mental health struggles she and her peers face at school. She notices how the work and stress associated with school, coupled with the pandemic, have affected how successful they are in the classroom.

“If you can’t survive in your head, you’re not surviving outside; you’re not able to do anything else,” Pace says.

So how do we change this? To Pace, the first step is giving a voice to the student body, bringing thoughts from students to the attention of decisionmakers. The school board first began including student representatives last fall. While students do not get a vote on the board, they do act as advisers and give input that helps the board make its decisions.

“The board is removed from the schools, so it’s important to be getting perspectives of people in the classrooms everyday,” says school board member Misha Stallworth West, who helped lead the initiative to include student representatives on the school board. When it came time to select representatives, Pace was encouraged by people in her school and community to run for a student representative position. And sure enough, she got it.

During her time as a student representative — her term ran from March to October 2022 — she strongly supported an initiative to add a session about mental health to the district’s Student Empowerment Experience, a conference that helps support and encourage young leaders, like Pace, while also providing various courses. She says that having this

addition discussed by the school board made her very happy.

“I felt like we were finally being seen, … and I felt so proud to speak up and mention that we add this to support our students,” Pace says. Her contribution didn’t go unnoticed. Stallworth West says that Pace was helpful in providing direction, giving input on what important issues needed to be discussed more by the board.

One thing Pace sees as lacking is the amount of social-emotional learning taught in schools. Pace says that at her previous school, Legacy Academy, the first two weeks of school were dedicated to building relationships, working in groups, learning together, and ultimately creating a foundation for the atmosphere of the school. She says that creating strong relationships helped establish a level of trust between students and teachers. Pace noted that after they focused on social-emotional learning, or SEL, fewer fights broke out and students treated each other more positively.

“Social-emotional learning involves teaching students about self-awareness, self-management, social skills, and responsible decision-making,” says Robin Tepper Jacob, faculty co-director and founder of the Youth Policy Lab at the University of Michigan. Tepper Jacob has helped lead the lab’s various research projects, including Transforming Research into Action to Improve the Lives of Students — better known as TRAILS. The TRAILS program includes three tiers, which focus on teaching socialemotional learning skills to students at varying levels of need.

Tepper Jacob says the program is practical and easy for teachers to use, adding that SEL programs in general are most successful when the entire school is involved in learning and teaching the skills. This means that when lunch monitors, bus drivers, custodial workers,

and other school staff, in addition to the teachers, are involved, students have more productive relationships at school.

And while social-emotional learning isn’t the same thing as learning about mental health, the skills acquired through SEL instruction help students be more mindful and self-aware. They’re the types of skills Pace thinks could help students feel more comfortable and emotionally safe in school.

“This is the stuff that I feel should be brought into every high [school] just to help students,” she says. Having relationships — in essence, building those interpersonal skills through SEL — can improve mental well-being.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health awareness has been on the rise, but Stallworth West points out that as with many systemic issues, the need for mental health support has always been there. “The pandemic did not reveal the need for student mental health support; it amplified it,” she says.

Pace herself is still adjusting to inperson learning post-pandemic. Her mental health suffered during the pandemic, and coming back to school, she notes that she wishes teachers were more understanding toward students. When people are at their breaking point, they need others there to support them, and Pace encourages students to be each other’s support systems. She believes the little stuff goes a long way.

Many in the Detroit Public Schools Community District have begun integrating SEL programs like TRAILS, but Pace still sees a need for improvement. She’s encouraging the start of a mental health week at her school. A big piece of this would be focusing on connecting with other students as well as encouraging students to focus on understanding themselves. Normalizing something like a mental health week, she says, is a step in creating more awareness and advocating for more resources.

“If you can’t survive in your head, you’re not surviving outside.”

—PERRIEL PACE

“My doctor told me you can’t outrun your genes,” he said.

Or, apparently, your age. In addition to struggling with blood pressure, I recently found out I had high cholesterol. My new doctor put me on medicine for that, too, but I wanted to try and lower it on my own first. I cut the booze down to almost nothing. I ate celery and Brazil nuts and took garlic supplements — all apparently good for lowering cholesterol. I worked out more. I was optimistic, but my numbers remained high. Maybe it shouldn’t be surprising. I have a family history of high cholesterol. That doctor was right — there was no outrunning it.

And so, I take the pills. I eat better, drink less, and work out regularly — if differently than I did before. The words “stroke” and “heart attack” still rattle around in my brain (as does the looming number 45 — according to the Mayo Clinic, it’s the magical age when men’s risk of heart attack increases), much better motivators than looking good on a beach.

Fitness After 40

again.” (If you’re wondering what jujitsu looks like, imagine high school wrestling performed by people dressed in ninja pajamas who are ignoring many of the rules of high school wrestling.)

BY SCOTT ATKINSON

IN MY 20s, my health goals were simple. In fact, you could hardly call them health goals. I just wanted to “look good” and get better at jujitsu, a lifelong obsession. Being healthy seemed like a nice and inevitable side benefit.

At 30, I had two kids, and had learned that the joke of men gaining weight during their wives’ pregnancies was not a joke at all. And so my goal in working out (something I figured I should probably start doing again) changed from “Look good” to “Don’t get fat.” “Get good at jujitsu” became “Maybe I should do jujitsu

As 40 approached, I found I could no longer take things for granted. I’d made being active a habit again in that last decade, ate fairly well, and had even opened my own jujitsu school, but one day during a checkup, the nurse, as always, took my blood pressure. Until then, all I knew about blood pressure was it consisted of two numbers, and that mine was always good.

Until it wasn’t. It was high enough, in fact, that they prescribed me little pink pills (I’d always felt a little smug checking that “no meds” box on health forms). The words “stroke” and “heart attack” came up in the conversation — words, it turns out, that do nothing to help one’s blood pressure.

I talked to my buddy, a year younger than me, and it turned out that he had high blood pressure, too. He took the same meds — prescribed when he was a personal trainer, two days after he’d run a half marathon.

I asked one of my longtime jujitsu and fitness coaches for advice on training for longevity. He told me that I was asking the right question. So many of the workouts we do are designed either to mimic professional athletes — which we are not — or to look like people on Instagram, who don’t really look that way. He put me on a program that’s easy to stick to and, according to some papers I’ve read, much better for me anyway, doing a variety of dumbbell lifts with long, slow reps. I ride a stationary bike, too, but not as hard as I once would have done. Turns out going slower for long periods, while easier, can actually be better for your heart. And I still do jujitsu. It’s great for cardio and gives me a social life, and outwrestling a 20-year-old never felt so good as it has since my last birthday.

I told my doctor about the lifting program. He’s a former wrestler, so he gets the jujitsu thing. We sometimes talk about our younger days (even though he’s younger than me — somewhere along the line, that became possible). He said the new weightlifting regime sounded good but was probably better for slow-twitch muscles, and didn’t jujitsu require training more fast twitch?

I said it did but that I wasn’t lifting to get better at jujitsu anymore. That instead, jujitsu was a part of my stay-healthy-anddon’t-die plan.

He nodded thoughtfully for a moment. “That’s a good plan,” he said.

Once upon a time I wanted to ‘look good.’ Now I just don’t want to die.

The Healing Power of A R T

INTENTIONAL ART

The pavilion at the Henry Ford Cancer Institute was designed for comfort and community

BY ROBIN WATSON

AAt the Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion at the Henry Ford Cancer Institute in Detroit, beauty — and open hearts — can be found in abundance.

From the moment they enter the building and in virtually every space throughout it, patients, their families, and caregivers are surrounded by gorgeous, thought-provoking, and emotion-evoking art. In gallery-like wall displays, the art is exhibited near elevators and in exam and treatment rooms, waiting areas, multipurpose spaces, and the soaring, light-filled atrium. Artwork — a dozen pieces commissioned specifically for the pavilion, approximately 200 additional pieces from Detroit-area artists, plus another 100 or so limited-edition artist prints in care rooms — soothes during hours of waiting and treatment.

“Art in health care is not a new concept,” says Megan Winkel, the philanthropy-funded curator for the pavilion’s collection. “What makes it feel different and unique here is there was a lot of intention working with local artists and local galleries and really representing the arts and culture community in the community we serve. Very early in the planning of the architecture and design of the building, art was part of those conversations.”

Channeling grief into inspiration

Large and complex works such as “Rust and Roses” honor cancer survivors and rally current patients. The customcommissioned 4-foot-by-8-foot mixedmedia landscape by former Detroit-area resident Johanna Curwood incorporates paper leaves autographed by cancer survivors who were treated at the facility.

Works of art such as “Skin” a sculpture by Marela Zacarías fill the pavilion. The colors in the piece were inspired by the skin tones in Diego Rivera’s “Detroit Industry Murals” at the DIA.

“The wonder of the Beautiful is its ability to surprise us. With swift, sheer grace, it is like a divine breath that blows the heart open.”

—IRISH POET JOHN O’DONOHUE (1956-2008)

As with many of her fellow artists in the collection, Curwood’s connection to cancer is personal.

“It was comforting to go back and deal with the grief of losing my dad to cancer,” Curwood writes of how his death inspired her to create the piece. “He was riding with me during this painting, so I felt every one of those survivors and what they’ve been through, and I get it.”

The 187,000-square-foot, six-floor pavilion, which opened in March 2021 as part of the Henry Ford Health System, also offers programs such as art and music therapy; writing workshops in partnership with InsideOut Literary; and

on-site concerts by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Detroit Opera.

“Art has been shown to be a calming source for people going through difficult times,” says Michael Ryan, clinical director for supportive oncology services at the Henry Ford Cancer Institute. “Patients may not start out thinking that art is a vital part of their treatment protocol, but when they discover it and their awareness is raised, they get a lot out of it. The end goal is symptom reduction, reduced stress, an increased sense of mental calmness, and distraction. Engaging in thinking that’s more flexible and creative can help lift moods from a depressive state.”

“A vibe of renewal”

Just ask Detroit artist and art teacher Nicole Key.

Diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in September 2020, Key initially received treatment at Henry Ford Hospital, then at the Pavilion.

“I was well into treatment — it was the most god-awful thing — I had to go every day or every week,” she says. “And then, after my double mastectomy, I was there every day for five weeks for radiation. The cancer pavilion offered this beautiful space. I felt like I was in an art gallery. It was a very calming place.”

Key, who has had three pieces of her own art exhibited at the pavilion, praises the power of uplifting work.

“You need something that makes you feel like you can get through it,” she says. “There are no sad pieces, nothing that makes you sad. There’s a vibe of renewal. You can lose yourself in the pictures. Every time I go there, I see something different.”

Key credits the art and the art therapy program for getting her through treatment on the way to what she calls “the survivorship point.”

“I owe them my life,” she says.

BADGES OF COURAGE

is a crew of whimsical animal imagery — stickers featuring darling pigs holding daffodils, little dogs (skateboarding, dressed as caped superheroes, or looking vaguely embarrassed in hospital gowns), squirrels in pink tutus, a grinning Cheshire cat, a kitty with wings, and a frog with a baseball cap. The stickers, donated by three Michigan companies — Healthmark Industries, Avanti Press, and Fathead — are strategically placed on ceilings, walls, floors, IV bags, and PICC-line

sleeves throughout Mott, including in the emergency department, surgical waiting rooms, and operating rooms, as well as in some patient rooms and clinics. Frog images direct families to the “frog desk” (aka the pre-op check-in desk) on the fourth floor. Children can also select animal-themed stickers for their patient gowns and casts. Donated faculty and staff scrub caps also feature animal imagery, which cheers both them and the pediatric patients.

“Hospitals can seem intimidating to children, and these joyful images

can offer some comfort and happiness for patients and families,” Ewald says. “Kids enjoy seeing the different animals on the walls, ceiling, and floor. The silly dog photos seem to be a favorite.”

Families are very appreciative.

“One mom said, ‘It makes a world of difference,’ and commented that Mott is such a warm, friendly place,” Ewald says.

The bottom line?

“During times of fear or uncertainty, something fun can make the difference,” she says.

“Sway” by Susan Goethel Campbell of Ferndale. The artist’s late husband, David, was treated for cancer at Henry Ford Health.

MISS GAIL’S MAGIC

BY SCOTT ATKINSON

the healing process.

A 2018 study shows that children engaging in artwork during hospital stays had lower heart rates and stress levels compared to a control group. “Giving these children an opportunity to express themselves through art clearly has a therapeutic effect physiologically and can become part of the healing process,” the authors of the study concluded.

TThere is a room in artist Gail Rosenbloom Kaplan’s house in Farmington that has, at least for one group of children, become famous.

It is full of tables and aluminum trays brimming with all colors of sand, shelves of paint brushes, art supplies, and T-shirts designed by the young artists who visit there every time they come from Haiti for a hospital visit .

“It makes me happy every time I do it,” says Knox Appelos Joasil, an 11-year-old who was visiting Kaplan — Miss Gail to him — late last year. Like the other children who visit Kaplan, he lives at the Have Faith Haiti Mission & Orphanage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which Detroit Free Press columnist and author Mitch Albom founded following an earthquake that devastated the country in 2010. When kids like Knox need medical attention, Albom brings them stateside for treatment at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Beaumont Hospital, or Mott Children’s Hospital at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, depending on their needs. In addition to seeing doctors, they also get to see Miss Gail. It’s a lot of fun, but it’s also part of

But Kaplan could have told you that. In addition to being an accomplished artist herself (her specialities include clay, mosaics, and mixed media, and her art has been displayed in embassies in Norway, Barbados, and Brazil) she’s been working with youth in hospitals and other organizations for more than 10 years and has seen what it can do for kids herself. Since 2019, she has been involved in Albom’s efforts to help children from Haiti. Knox has a disability that affects some of his gross and fine motor skills, and when Kaplan first met him, he had a difficult time holding onto things and climbing the stairs to get to her studio.

Now, she says, “He can go up and down the stairs probably faster than me. Look at what he’s doing now with his skill,” she says, gesturing to the boy who is on the other side of the room doing sand art — sticking colored sand to paper to make different patterns and images, a specialty of Kaplan’s. “He could not hold a safety pin the first time I met him,” she says. “[Now] he can help the other kids. And so, his confidence, even though he has this disability, is at the top of the scale.”

The first time Albom heard of Kaplan was about four years ago at Children’s Hospital of Michigan. He and his team had brought a Haitian child to the hospital who had a lung infection and a hole in his esophagus, making it impossible for him to eat or drink. No one knew where his parents were — or even who they were. The boy spent a month

When Haitian children come to the U.S. for medical attention, they don’t just see the doctor

Children at the mission and orphanage in Port-au-Prince sport the T-shirts they made with Gail Rosenbloom Kaplan.

at the hospital, and during that time, he got to meet Kaplan, who was there doing art projects with other children.

“It was the only thing he looked forward to,” Albom says. “I was so impressed not only with her kindness but with the quality of her work.”

When the boy went home, Kaplan told Albom, “If he has to come back, he can come to my house.”

As time went on, Albom and Kaplan developed a partnership, with her becoming a part of the children’s experience when they’re in the U.S. for treatment. “Let’s go to Miss Gail’s! Let’s go to Miss Gail’s!” became a constant refrain, Albom says. And when those children returned to Haiti holding art projects or wearing the T-shirts they’d painted, she became something of a legend.

Eventually, it seemed there was only one thing left to do — Miss Gail needed to go to Haiti.

She went last September as the organization’s artist-in-residence, and all the kids at the orphanage finally got to meet Miss Gail.

They created their own projects and T-shirts and collectively worked on a threepiece mosaic that is 7 feet wide and half as tall. Kaplan designed it to include imagery of the children’s dormitory, the pool, the gardens, and the gazebo where kids and staff like to hang out.

“It told the whole story of our orphanage,” Albom says. “It’s just beautiful.”

In addition to making T-shirts for themselves, they also made shirts for their nannies and chef.

“They don’t have money, and they don’t have things, but these kids were able to make their nannies presents,” Kaplan says. “It was just wonderful to see, through the art, … how they wanted to include everybody in getting something.”

With so many kids working on a project together, you might think it was a room of chaos, but Albom says it was just the opposite.

“You’d walk in and they were just quiet,” he says. “She’s a bit of a therapist.”

Eight children from the orphanage now attend college in the U.S., and they still make time to visit Miss Gail. It also looks like she has more travel in her future as well. The Have Faith mission recently opened a new facility in Port-au-Prince — one, Kaplan says, that does not have any art on the wall.

At least, not yet.

Kaplan works with 6-year-old Ziggy, who lives at the orphanage in Haiti set up by Mitch Albom, by making sand art in her home studio. The studio has become an ingrained part of the experience when children from the orphanage come to Michigan for medical care.

PHOTO: SCOTT ATKINSON

GETTING IN STEP WITH DANCE/MOVEMENT THERAPY

When words aren’t enough, Kandice Moss helps clients get in touch with their life experiences by using their bodies

BY ROBIN WATSON

CChoosing the kind of psychological treatment that’s best for you is a highly personal matter.

One exciting option gets therapy clients up off the couch and moving. It’s called dance/movement therapy, and according to the New York-based American Dance Therapy Association, the psychotherapeutic use of movement promotes the emotional, social, cognitive, and physical integration of an individual.

We asked Kandice Moss, a Royal Oakbased licensed professional counselor and ADTA-accredited dance/movement therapist to tell us about it.

Moss is licensed professional counselor and ADTA-accredited dance/movement therapist based in Royal Oak.

What’s dance/movement therapy all about? It’s about how life experiences live in the body. At times, verbal communication can only go so far. When an individual is unable to gather the right language or has a difficult time due to a trauma, their cognition is blocked. A person may want to access parts of their life through their body.

What about people with two left feet? No dance ability or experience is required.

How does it work? We use the body as an assessment tool to gain insight through the session and use movement or words to deepen the individual’s experience on an emotional level. “How is your experience showing up in your body? Shoulders shrunk? Not making eye contact?” Let’s talk about what’s contributing to that tension.

Maybe the first three or four sessions are traditional talk therapy during which I’m assessing the client, watching their posture, getting in tune with them. I use those skills and nonverbal ways to build rapport. I may mirror their posture in my body.

What kind of movement is involved? The spectrum of movement can range from breathing to proximity with another individual. They could walk around the room. Or skip around to explore their inner child. Or crawl around if we’re talking about birth. Or explore what it feels like to walk backward. We incorporate music, flags, scarves, and/or a Hula-Hoop to allow clients to move their body. Mambo, tango, salsa, or waltz for couples’ organized dance can teach the experience of being a leader, to delegate, to follow, and can even teach impulse control. “What’s it like when you don’t know where your partner’s leading you? What’s it like to look in their eyes? Does she step on your toes in real life?” Let’s see how partners respond.

Can you provide an example of what your observations tell you?

When an individual is challenged with parenting, we take the lens of proximity into account and how it affects the parent and child as they relate to each other.

What kind of homework do you assign? Give yourself a hug three days a week. Tell your partner nonverbally that you missed them. Consider what eye contact feels like to you and how that shows up in your professional life.

Is there a greater need for connection these days? The growth of the practice evolved during the pandemic among millennials and Gen Z. A lot of parents are requesting in-person sessions for their kids because of so much screen time.

Moss, pictured here at Dabls Mbad African Bead Museum, believes that dance/movement therapy can help clients express their feelings when words fail.

PHOTO: AP IMAGES/ DAVID DUROCHIK

A New Battlefield

After a career of battling baseball and football opponents with a warrior’s strength, stamina, and speed, Kirk Gibson is fighting a new foe — Parkinson’s disease — with his foundation and passion to help others

By Joe Lapointe

Photos by Chuk Nowak

Kirk Gibson is the ultimate hometown hero: He was a foursport standout at Waterford Kettering High School, an All-American wide receiver at Michigan State, and was drafted in the first round for the Detroit Tigers. In his 17-year MLB career he was a four-time All-Star and the 1988 National League MVP.

espite the gradually debilitating effects of Parkinson’s disease, former Detroit Tigers legend Kirk Gibson seems energetic and upbeat for this Zoom interview from Florida.

On screen, he wears a gray T-shirt that says “Battle” and white-rimmed glasses that match his short white beard. Only his torso and head show on the screen, but he looks fitter than many men half his age, which will be 66 on May 28. He smiles a lot. He exudes positive vibes.

Not necessarily known for a sunny disposition in his robust youth, how does Gibson avoid depression over this unfair fate as a senior citizen?

“Oh, I’m depressed,” he says. “I’m depressed. There are dark moments. There are tough times.”

Recently, he says, “Parky” had him discouraged. So, his wife, JoAnn, sat him down for a pep talk.

Although his voice, mobility, and facial expressions are limited, Gibson recounts this particular chat with great force, his clenched fist pumping and his face flashing the fire some Tigers fans might remember from his years as an explosive baseball icon of the Motor City.

“My wife said, just really emphatically, ‘You can do it! We’re gonna fight it! We’re not giving up!’” Gibson says of the moments he was low. “She was just like, ‘Stop that! Stop it right now!’”

Gibson returns this season as a commentator on Tigers telecasts for Bally Sports Detroit. He’s limiting himself to “around 40 or so” games out of 162.

“I’m much smarter about it,” he says of limiting work. “You don’t want to do seven games in a row.”

In the meantime, he represents the Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson’s, a charity devoted to helping people cope with the baffling disorder of the nervous system with no known cause or cure.

The foundation’s major fundraiser this

summer will be the seventh annual Kirk Gibson Golf Classic on Aug. 21 at the Wyndgate Country Club in Rochester Hills.

In 2015, when doctors diagnosed Gibson, the Waterford native speculated that it might be due at least in part to blows to the head suffered as an AllAmerican wide receiver for Michigan State University’s football team from 1975 through 1978.

Does he still feel that way?

“Football, you know, hitting with the head, you could speculate that had something to do with it,” Gibson says. “And certainly, people that progress on to dementia-type symptoms, that could be the factor.”

Shortly after his diagnosis, in an interview with the sports website Bleacher Report, Gibson said, “We were taught to use our helmet as a weapon. I’d catch the ball and come right at you. I’d put my helmet on yours. As hard as I could. And I had a good, hard head.”

This had immediate effects.

“I saw lightning, stars,” Gibson recalled then, “and I got up and ran back to the huddle.”

Parkinson’s also debilitated the boxing champion Muhammad Ali, who was diagnosed in 1984 and died in 2016. However, a contact sport is not a necessary factor in Parkinson’s. Its most famous victim — and the major fundraiser for the cause — is Michael J. Fox, the retired actor.

Gibson says there may be many genetic or environmental causes, some not yet known. “I’m not smart enough to tell you what they all are,” he adds.

Instead, he counsels those with Parkinson’s with the zeal of a missionary. “Always looking to find a way to make people feel much better about where they’re at in life,” Gibson says.

Fans under age 40 probably have little memory of Gibson — a speedy, left-handed, slugging right-fielder — as a dynamic Tiger of the 1980s generation. He first played in Detroit from 1979 through 1987.

After stints with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Royals, and Pittsburgh Pirates, Gibson finished his playing days with the Tigers from 1993 to 1995.

Later, commanding the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2010 to 2014, Gibson was manager of the year in the National League in 2011.

But in Detroit, the young Gibson played baseball with a football mentality, a Tiger

TEAMWORK

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THE MAN WHO RAISED FUNDS BY RUNNING A MARATHON — ON ONE LEG

BY JOE LAPOINTE

Steve Annear finished dead last in the Detroit Free Press Marathon last October, and he’s downright proud of it.

“Eight hours and 47 minutes,” Annear, the managing director of the Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson’s, says. “Had about 5 miles to go when the organizers came out in their car and told anybody still on the course they were shutting the course and we had to get on the sidewalk.”

Annear’s finish was exceptional because he ran the race on one leg and two crutches. He lost his left leg through amputation at age 11 due to circulatory problems when he lived in Australia. This was his first — and he says his only — marathon.

“Luckily, they hadn’t yet taken the finish line apart,” he says.

In finishing the 26.2-mile course, Annear, now 62, raised more than $100,000 from pledges for the foundation.

Although Annear doesn’t have the disease, he is the managing director of Gibson’s foundation and empathetic to those facing health challenges.

“I was really thrilled to get through it,” Annear says of the international race, which

PHOTO: COURTESY OF STEVE ANNEAR

Kirk Gibson and Steve Annear at the new office for the Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson’s in Birmingham. Since 2018, the foundation has raised more than $4 million for research and programs.

starts and ends in Detroit and passes through Canada. “It’s such an incredible event. Going over the Ambassador Bridge and the sun is coming up and all the people around — all passing me at that point — it was just an amazing experience. It was awesome.”

Gibson says Annear, who is a business consultant, has been a necessary component to the foundation, which recently moved to new offices in Birmingham, hiring more staff and planning bigger things beyond its annual fundraising golf event.

“Just because I hit a baseball doesn’t maybe mean that I know how to run a foundation at the level he’s doing,” Gibson says of Annear. “Maybe, also, you slip a little bit, when you have what I have. You lean on people. Steve is like a blessing.”

Annear says he sees Gibson “as a hero in the way he is handling his fight with Parkinson’s and the way he is living his life. When things go against you, it’s easy to withdraw. He’s fighting that battle and helping others fight it. They talk to him and are inspired by him. He is just so generous. I admire the hell out of him.”

Annear says the foundation’s expansion involves two main areas: providing exercise and activity-based programs for patients, and helping their families deal with challenges that come from Parkinson’s. Doing that, he says, means individual advice.

“Parkinson’s is different for every person,” he says. “There’s no cookie-cutter road map.” Getting Parkinson’s can be “like losing a limb. You end up defining a new normal. And you can really maximize your quality of life.”

burning bright who intimidated both foes and teammates and frequently flashed a dramatic knack for powerful production under pressure.

Although best remembered nationally for his pinch-hit home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning that won Game 1 of the 1988 World Series for the Dodgers over Oakland, Gibson is best recalled in Detroit for his home run in the eighth inning of Game 5 of the 1984 Series off San Diego’s Goose Gossage.

That ball soared through the muggy evening air into the upper deck in right field in the now-demolished Tiger Stadium to seal an 8-4 victory that clinched that World Series.

Should the Tigers ever add more statues to their center field sculpture garden at Comerica Park, one should show Gibson — at that peak moment — striking a victory pose, as photographed famously by Mary Schroeder for the Detroit Free Press.

Her picture — against the backdrop of the misty, double-decked grandstands — shows no bat, no ball, no glove, no base. Not even a hat or helmet on Gibson’s head. Just Gibson with arms raised, fists clenched, eyes tightly squinting, teeth bared, (his right pant leg ripped and dirty) with longish blond locks bristling in the moist breeze, his face twisted in the most aggressive smile imaginable.

The photo — one of the all-time money shots of Detroit sports history — adorns the cover of Gibson’s intriguing and candid book Bottom of the Ninth, published in 1997 with co-author Lynn Henning. A

mere year before that photo, Gibson wrote, he was, well, depressed.

While struggling with baseball — a relatively new sport to him at the time — he suffered injuries and endured hard feelings from teammates, his manager, the public, and the media with his loud, aggressive presence.

“I compounded all those setbacks by being selfish and immature,” Gibson wrote in his book. “I made life difficult for those around me. My image was becoming bad. I had a lot of bad habits. I was surly and demanding. I was unreasonable. ... I knew that I was a jerk, and that my life was out of control.”

Gibson wrote that he changed his attitude after four days of counseling by an adviser “with an aura” at The Pacific Institute, which he called “a kind of Seattle-based clinic for the mind and soul.” He learned there “how to get out of the negative world I was living in.”

Not everything before that was bad. Many moments were spectacular. In the previous season, 1983, early in a game against Boston, Gibson launched a home run over the right field roof of Tiger Stadium.

Later in the game, with Lou Whitaker on first base, Gibson hit a drive into the outfield gap and caught up to Whitaker rounding third base. As he neared home plate, Gibson crashed into the umpire (who didn’t expect him) and the Boston catcher (who saw him coming).

Gibson knocked that ump unconscious, and the first-base umpire called Whitaker

PHOTO: AP PHOTO/PAUL SANCYA

Gibson, shown here after throwing a ceremonial first pitch at the Tigers’ home opener in 2016, is in his 11th season as an analyst for Bally Sports Detroit’s coverage of the Tigers.

out and Gibson safe. As the medics raced out, Gibson merely jumped up and trotted to the dugout like a football player back to the huddle.

Tales of this Tiger, on and off the field, will be told for decades by Detroiters to their descendants. Even Gibson’s illness is public and dramatic. What is it like to be a living legend and a public person in his hometown?

“I don’t really look at myself that way,” Gibson says on Zoom. “In fact, I’m very humbled to have accomplished some great things. There were some tough things along the way, too. It didn’t just all come easy. I appreciate people who have better memories, way back in the ’80s.”

In those days, Gibson would ride his horse, sail his boat, hunt in the woods, fly his own airplane, and hit the hot nightspots. He was the epitome of physicality. He’s cut back on much of that, but, on Zoom, he waves a list of what he still does: golf, pickleball, table tennis, pool, and bowling.

“I don’t dance much,” Gibson says, adding that “it’s good for you” but he never could anyway.

But his body back in those days — his entire being — exuded energy, speed, strength, aggression, and power. The cruel irony is that Parkinson’s has stolen some of this. Also gone is Gibson’s fabled snarl, his 24/7 game face.

He doesn’t sense the irony when he reports that he had to learn how to smile again due to Parkinson’s. So, he is gently reminded that as a young man, he didn’t smile all that much even in the good times and that he now seems, somehow, happier despite his misfortune.

“I’m still competitive, but maybe not as intense,” Gibson says. “I was really intense. Maybe I’m paying for some of that now. But I think in life, people mellow a little bit as they get older.” Of his youth, Gibson recalls, it “maybe would come off that I didn’t care

about people, that I didn’t ask them to move over. I went through them.”

“So, has Parkinson’s humbled me? Hell yeah. Yeah. It’s a battle.”

Indeed. That particular word — “battle” — is over his heart, on his shirt. He takes heart in helping others afraid to confront Parkinson’s.

Late in the conversation, Gibson reaches for a smartphone and calls up an inspirational poem called “Smaller” by Andy McDowell. It is the poet’s conversation with his two daughters about how his world grew smaller as Parkinson’s diminished him.

Gibson plays a recording over Zoom. It reads, in part:

“My world got smaller / My handwriting / My voice / My walk / My spirit / My balance / My space in the world I take up / It crept up on me in micro-increments / ... And then it became Big and Scary / ... I may be

smaller, slower / But I’m still me.”

This is the key, Gibson stresses to those fighting the same battle: You are still you. People with this affliction can live active, happy lives in a loop of positive feedback. Gibson knows their fear. He recalls when his face and body “froze up” before a telecast on opening day 2015.

“I really didn’t want to go to the doctor because I was afraid of what I might hear,” Gibson says, “and what I heard was really scary. First thing I thought about was when I was going to die. After a while, over time, you realize it doesn’t have to be a death sentence. But it is scary.”

Looking ahead to the rest of his life, Gibson says, “It’s really humbling to realize what’s really going on in your life ... and how much I still have to learn and develop to become all what I can be before I depart.”

“SO, HAS PARKINSON’S HUMBLED ME? HELL YEAH. YEAH. IT’S A BATTLE.” —KIRK GIBSON

Annear raised $100,000 for the Kirk GIbson Foundation for Parkinson’s, through pledges for his run in the 2022 Detroit Free Press Marathon. Next up for the foundation is their biggest fundraiser, the Kirk Gibson Golf Classic on Aug. 21. Go to kirkgibsonfoundation. org for more.

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Winning doctors in adult and pediatric specialties, as voted on by their peers. Top vote-getters are denoted with an asterisk (*). In some categories, there are ties.

ADDICTION MEDICINE

* Aharonov, Julia D.O. Beaumont

Bulat, Elizabeth M.D. Henry Ford Health

Christensen, Carl M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Coffman, Eric D.O. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Fox, Michael D.O. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Hopper, John M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

King, Andrew M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Saad, Abdulhassan M.D. Beaumont

Saghir, Hassan M.D.

Schoeps, Peter D.O. Beaumont

Smith, Joshua M.D.

Weiner, Mark M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

ADOLESCENT MEDICINE - PEDIATRIC

* Alton, Karen M.D.

Bravender, Terrill M.D. University of Michigan Health

Caison-Sorey, Thelma M.D. Henry Ford Health

Marshall, Sharon M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Miller, Catherine M.D. University of Michigan Health

Taylor, Jaime D.O. Beaumont

ALLERGIES & IMMUNE DISORDERS - PEDIATRIC

Bahrainwala, Abdul M.D. Beaumont

Bathija, Malathi M.D. Beaumont

Daher, Roula M.D. Beaumont

Doshi, Devang M.D. Beaumont

Leo, Harvey M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Marks, Amy D.O. Beaumont

Nageotte, Christian M.D. Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan

Paris, Jason M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Patel, Pulin M.D Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, McLaren

Poowuttikul, Pavadee M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Secord, Elizabeth M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Seth, Divya M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Song, Benjamin M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

* Stryk, Steven M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY

Abraham, Tina D.O. Beaumont

Appleyard, Jennifer M.D.

Bahrainwala, Abdul M.D. Beaumont

Bathija, Malathi M.D. Beaumont

Daher, Roula M.D. Beaumont

Dass, Kathleen M.D. Beaumont

DeMore, Jennifer M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Doshi, Devang M.D. Beaumont

Kado, Rachel M.D. Beaumont

Kasmikha, Nena M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Krasnick, Jane M.D. Beaumont

Lauter, Carl M.D. Beaumont

Leflein, Jeffrey M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Luria, Cathryn M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Misiak, Rana M.D. Henry Ford Health

Nageotte, Christian M.D. Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan

Paris, Jason M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Patel, Bhavin M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Patel, Pulin D.O. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, McLaren

Savliwala, Mohammedi M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

* Stryk, Steven M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Tawila, Mohamad M.D. Beaumont

Ward, Claire M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Zoratti, Edward M.D. Henry Ford Health

ALZHEIMER’S

* Novikova, Marina D.O. Henry Ford Health

Paulson, Henry M.D. University of Michigan Health

ANESTHESIOLOGY

* Arbit, Philip M.D.

Ascension Michigan

Armstrong-Browder, Lavonda M.D. Henry Ford Health

Asbahi, Moumen M.D. Beaumont

Bernard, Michael M.D.

Berris, Joshua D.O. Beaumont

Cahill, Timothy M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Chhina, Anoop M.D. Henry Ford Health

Fuleihan, Samir M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Galusca, Dragos M.D. Henry Ford Health

Guruswamy, Jayakar M.D. Henry Ford Health

Hakim, Joffer M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Heskett, Luke M.D. Henry Ford Health

Lewis, Michael M.D. Henry Ford Health

Neff, Kevin M.D. Ascension Michigan

Osta, Walid M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Silvasi, Daniel M.D. Beaumont

Szymanski, Trevor M.D. Henry Ford Health

Yeldo, Nicholas M.D. Henry Ford Health

ANESTHESIOLOGY - PEDIATRIC

Aslani, Kaveh M.D. Beaumont

Choromanski, Dominik M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Durgham, Nasser M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Han, Richard M.D.

Haydar, Bishr M.D. University of Michigan Health

Meza, Praxediz M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

* Smith, Christopher M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, University of Michigan Health

Snell, Jamey M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Stricker, Lori M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Thomas, Suresh M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Zestos, Maria M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

BARIATRIC SURGXERY

Bacal, Daniel M.D. Beaumont

* Carlin, Arthur M.D. Henry Ford Health

Davies, Eric M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Edelman, David M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Genaw, Jeffrey M.D. Henry Ford Health

Hawasli, Abdelkader M.D.

Jonker, Mark M.D. Trinity Health Michigan, Trinity Health Michigan

Katz, Gary D.O. Ascension Michigan

Krause, Kevin M.D. Beaumont

LaFayette, Nathan M.D. Beaumont

Mavashev, Edward M.D. Beaumont

Patel, Puraj D.O. Henry Ford Health

Pesta, Carl D.O.

Sousa, Nicholas D.O. Ascension Michigan

Webber, John M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Ziegler, Kathryn M.D. Beaumont

BREAST SURGERY

* Bensenhaver, Jessica M.D. Henry Ford Health

Bland, Keiva M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Breslin, Tara M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Brown, Eric M.D. Beaumont, Karmanos Cancer Center

Choi, Lydia M.D. Karmanos Cancer Center

Costellic, Corinne D.O. Beaumont

Dekhne, Nayana M.D. Beaumont

Falk, Jeffrey M.D. Ascension Michigan

Gold, Linsey D.O. Beaumont, Karmanos Cancer Center

Johnson, Pamela M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Kimball, Beth M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Kiran, Sayee M.D. Beaumont

Kulick, Jennifer M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Nathanson, S. M.D. Henry Ford Health

Petersen, Lindsay M.D.

Rizk, Natalie M.D. Ascension Michigan

Schwartz, Theresa M.D. Henry Ford Health

BURN TREATMENT

Cullen, Marc M.D.

Klein, Justin M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Shanti, Christina M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

* White, Michael M.D. Detroit Medical Center

CARDIOLOGY

Abdul-Nour, Khaled M.D. Henry Ford Health

Alexander, Patrick M.D. Ascension Michigan

Alraies, Chadi M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Asfour, Abedelrahim M.D. Beaumont

Bowers, Terry M.D. Beaumont

Dass, Clarissa D.O. Beaumont

David, Shukri M.D. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center

Elder, Mahir M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Greenberg, Eric D.O. Beaumont

Gundlapalli, Sujana M.D. Beaumont

Halabi, Abdul M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Hubbard, Bradley M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Jiddou-Patros, Monica M.D. Beaumont

Kado, Herman-Simon M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

* Kaki, Amir M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Kim, Henry M.D. Henry Ford Health

Koneru, Srinivas M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

LaLonde, Thomas M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Lingam, Natesh M.D. Henry Ford Health

Marcotte, Robert D.O.

Modi, Shalini M.D.

Mohamad, Tamam M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Obeidat, Omar M.D. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Parikh, Sachin M.D. Henry Ford Health

Rabbani, Bobak M.D. Henry Ford Health

Shah, Dipak M.D. Ascension Michigan

Timmis, Steven M.D. Beaumont

Trivax, Justin M.D. Beaumont

Tucciarone, Michael M.D. Beaumont

Williams, Celeste M.D. Henry Ford Health

Zarghami, Jamal M.D. Ascension Michigan

CARDIOLOGY - PEDIATRIC

Al-Anani, Shada M.D. Ascension Michigan

* Anne, Premchand M.D.

Covi, Stuart M.D. Ascension Michigan

Cutler, Nancy M.D. University of Michigan Health

Forbes, Thomas M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Gonzalez Rangel, Ismael M.D. Beaumont

Humes, Richard M.D.

DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Prabhu, Anuradha M.D. Beaumont

Ross, Robert M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Sehgal, Swati M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Turner, Daniel M.D.

DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Alnajjar, Raed M.D. Henry Ford Health

Apostolou, Dimitrios M.D. Henry Ford Health

Batra, Sanjay M.D. Ascension Michigan

Lee, Michael M.D. Ascension Michigan

* Nemeh, Hassan M.D. Henry Ford Health

Pruitt, Andrew M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Schwartz, Charles M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Sood, Manak M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Tanaka, Daizo M.D. Henry Ford Health

Vivacqua, Alessandro M.D. Beaumont

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERYPEDIATRIC

* Al-Ahmadi, Mamdouh M.D.

DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Ohye, Richard M.D.

Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health

Romano, Jennifer M.D.

Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health

DeGraw, Marcus M.D. Ascension Michigan

Nazer, Dena M.D.

DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Norat, Bradley M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Smyth, Mary M.D. Beaumont

COLON & RECTAL SURGERY

Adeyemo, Adewunmi M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Alame, Amer M.D.

Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Bark, Kenneth M.D. Beaumont

Bauman, John M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Cleary, Robert M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

* Damadi, Amir M.D. Ascension Michigan

Drelichman, Ernesto M.D. Ascension Michigan

Eggenberger, John M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Gerken, Jeffrey D.O. Beaumont

Hain, Jon M.D. Beaumont

McClure, Amanda M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Nalamati, Surya M.D. Henry Ford Health

Peeples, Claire M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Rebock, Michael D.O. Beaumont

Reickert, Craig M.D. Henry Ford Health

Shanker, Beth-Ann M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Shellnut, Jason M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Turfah, Fuad M.D. Beaumont

Wasvary, Harry M.D.

Beaumont

Webb, Shawn M.D. Henry Ford Health

Ziegler, Matthew M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Franco Elizondo, René M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Gardner-Gray, Jayna M.D. Henry Ford Health

Gupta, Arielle M.D. Henry Ford Health

Miles, Steven M.D.

Najar, Ali M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

* Pasley, Amelia D.O. Beaumont

Pflaum-Carlson, Jacqueline M.D.

Rivers, Emanuel M.D. Henry Ford Health

Soubani, Ayman M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Tatem, Geneva M.D. Henry Ford Health

Trunsky, Matthew M.D. Beaumont

Uduman, Junior M.D. Henry Ford Health

Ventimiglia, William M.D. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

CRITICAL CARE MEDICINEPEDIATRIC

Bauerfeld, Christian M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

* Clark, Jeff M.D.

El-Wiher, Nidal M.D. Beaumont

Gebara, Bassam M.D. Beaumont, University of Michigan Health

Khandhar, Paras M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Mata, Angela M.D.

Meert, Kathleen M.D.

DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Witkowski, Alina M.D. Ascension Michigan

DERMATOLOGY

Abrou, Ayad M.D.

Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Altman, David M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Atanasovski, Mariana M.D.

Balle, David M.D. Beaumont

Caretti, Katherine M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Carter-Snell, Brittany D.O.

Cetner, Aaron M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Cetner, Leonard M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Daveluy, Steven M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Desai, Snehal M.D. Beaumont

Diggs, Shauna M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Dorman, Michael M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Ernst, Alexander M.D. Beaumont

Fivenson, David M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Gottam, Chethana M.D. Beaumont

Hamzavi, Iltefat M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan

Kado, Jessica M.D.

Kakar, Rohit M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Karimipour, Darius M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Kerr, Holly M.D. Henry Ford Health

Kerwin, Leonard M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Kohen, Laurie M.D. Henry Ford Health

Kwon, Jungho M.D. Henry Ford Health

Lim, Henry M.D.

McFalda, Wendy D.O. Beaumont, McLaren, Trinity Health Michigan

Merkle, Suzanne M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Mohammadi, Tarana M.D. Beaumont

Ozog, David M.D. Henry Ford Health

* Singer, Craig M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Singer, Robert M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Sklar, Lindsay M.D. Beaumont

Sofen, Bryan M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health

Watnick, Kay M.D. Beaumont

DERMATOLOGY - PEDIATRIC

Jahnke, Marla M.D. Henry Ford Health

* Shwayder, Tor M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Zarbo, Allison M.D. Henry Ford Health

DEVELOPMENTAL - BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS

Felt, Barbara M.D. University of Michigan Health

* Hines, Stefani M.D. Beaumont

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY

* Acho, Bernard M.D. Beaumont

Al-Katib, Sayf M.D. Beaumont

Awan, Lisa M.D. Beaumont

Brown, Manuel M.D. Henry Ford Health

Collins, Denise M.D. Henry Ford Health

Doshi, Shashin M.D. Beaumont

Griffith, Brent M.D. Henry Ford Health

Helmer, Sharon M.D.

Jain, Nitin M.D.

Kado, Karl M.D.

Kasotakis, Michael M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Myers, Daniel M.D. Henry Ford Health

Nandalur, Kiran M.D. Beaumont

Robinette, Natasha M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Van Holsbeeck, Marnix M.D. Henry Ford Health

Yousif, Alit M.D.

Yusaf, Nadia M.D.

EMERGENCY - PEDIATRIC

Benjamin, Lee M.D.

Trinity Health Michigan

Menoch, Margaret M.D. Beaumont

* Stankovic, Curt M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Deledda, John M.D. Henry Ford Health

Edwards, Robert M.D.

Goyal, Nikhil M.D. Henry Ford Health

* Gumma, Jason D.O. Trinity Health Michigan

Heinen, Daniel D.O.

Trinity Health Michigan

Hutchinson, Christopher M.D. Beaumont

Ibrahim, John-Mina M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Khoury, Rami M.D.

Ascension Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Kulish, John M.D.

LaLonde, Daniel M.D.

Ascension Michigan

McGillicuddy, Daniel M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Nixon, Barbara D.O.

Ascension Michigan

Shamoon, Zafar D.O. Beaumont

Takla, Robert M.D. Ascension Michigan

Vohra, Taher M.D. Henry Ford Health

Volz, Kathryn M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

ENDOCRINE SURGERY

* Czako, Peter M.D. Beaumont

Gauger, Paul M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Kimball, Beth M.D.

Trinity Health Michigan

Nagar, Sapna M.D. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Shah, Rupen M.D. Henry Ford Health

ENDOCRINOLOGY - PEDIATRIC

* Bishop, Jacalyn M.D. Henry Ford Health

Buggs-Saxton, Colleen M.D.

Ascension Michigan, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Degnan, Bernard M.D. Beaumont

Dekelbab, M. Bassem M.D. Beaumont

Gerrits, Peter M.D. Beaumont

Taha, Doris M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

* Berris, Karen M.D. Beaumont

Bhan, Arti M.D. Henry Ford Health

Blank, Howard M.D. Beaumont

Brennan, Michael D.O. Beaumont

Dawood-Farah, Farah M.D. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Edelson, Gary M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Krakauer, Jesse M.D. Beaumont

Lahiri, Sharon M.D. Henry Ford Health

Levy, Shiri M.D. Henry Ford Health

Rao, Sudhaker M.D. Henry Ford Health

Samantray, Julie M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Schmeltz, Lowell M.D. Beaumont

Shill, Jessica M.D. Henry Ford Health

Simon, Rebecca D.O.

Verma, Ashish M.D.

Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

FAMILY MEDICINE

Bryce, Richard D.O. Henry Ford Health

Costandi, Mariam M.D. Henry Ford Health

Eldirani, Mohamed M.D. Beaumont

* Erickson, Martin D.O. Beaumont

Gumma, Rhonda D.O. Trinity Health Michigan

Hanna, Jennifer D.O. Ascension Michigan

Ibrahim, Dina M.D. Henry Ford Health

Karmo, Brandon D.O.

Ascension Michigan

Kellman, J. D.O. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Khaneja-Sharrow, Rita D.O. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Martin, James D.O. Henry Ford Health

Ohs-Carnwath, Danielle D.O. Beaumont

Passerman, Daniel D.O. Henry Ford Health

Perkins, Denise M.D.

Rosenfeld, Sherri D.O. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Saghir, Hassan M.D.

Sanghvi, Kirti M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Sanghvi, Prakash M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Yalldo, Bashar M.D. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center

Zazove, Philip M.D. Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health

GASTROENTEROLOGY

Arman, Mohammed M.D. Beaumont

Azrak, Muhammad M.D. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Barawi, Mohammed M.D. Ascension Michigan

Bhan, Amit M.D. Henry Ford Health

Brown, Kimberly M.D. Henry Ford Health

Ghaith, Gehad M.D. Beaumont

Gunaratnam, Naresh M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Kutait, Anas M.D.

Lazarczyk, Dariusz M.D. Beaumont

Mansour, Ramy D.O. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Piraka, Cyrus M.D.

* Raphael, Michael D.O. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center

Salgia, Reena M.D. Henry Ford Health

Singla, Sumit M.D. Henry Ford Health

Sorser, Serge M.D. Ascension Michigan

Stoler, Robert M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Sultani, Nabil M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Takriti, Mones M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Zuchelli, Tobias M.D. Henry Ford Health

GASTROENTEROLOGYPEDIATRIC

Adler, Jeremy M.D. University of Michigan Health

Cares, Kristen M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

* El-Baba, Mohammad M.D.

DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Fatima, Ayesha M.D. Beaumont

Gebara, Souheil M.D. Beaumont

Kumar, Sanjay M.D.

Lulgjuraj, Tony M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Lyons, Hernando M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Singer, Andrew M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, University of Michigan Health

Zacur, George M.D.

Zoubi, Najeeb M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

GENERAL SURGERY

Bacal, Daniel M.D. Beaumont

Blyden, Dionne M.D. Henry Ford Health

Edelman, David M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Falvo, Anthony D.O. Henry Ford Health

Franco, Marianne M.D. Henry Ford Health

* Gerken, Jeffrey D.O. Beaumont

Gupta, Arielle M.D. Henry Ford Health

Iacco, Anthony M.D. Beaumont

Ivascu, Felicia M.D. Beaumont

Jacobs, Michael M.D. Ascension Michigan, Trinity Health Michigan

Kapur, Seema M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Kolbe, Nina D.O.

Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Meguid, Ahmed M.D. Ascension Michigan

Pasley, Amelia D.O. Beaumont

Rebock, Michael D.O. Beaumont

Robbins, James M.D. Beaumont

Siegel, David D.O.

Villalba, Mario M.D. Beaumont

Weaver, Donald M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Webber, John M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Woodward, Ann M.D. Henry Ford Health

Yaldo, Bashar M.D. Detroit Medical Center, McLaren, Trinity Health Michigan

GENERAL VASCULAR SURGERY

Aziz, Abdulhameed M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Bazzi, Mazen D.O. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Boules, Tamer M.D. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center

Brown, Otto M.D. Beaumont

* Fertel, David D.O. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Haouilou, Jimmy M.D. Beaumont

Heidenreich, Michael M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Iljas, John D.O. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Kabbani, Loay M.D. Henry Ford Health

Long, Graham M.D. Beaumont

Lorelli, David M.D. Beaumont

Nypaver, Timothy M.D. Henry Ford Health

Oppat, William M.D. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center

Patel, Bipinchandra D.O. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

THE LIST Top Doctors

Pensler, Elizabeth D.O. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Reddy, Pritham M.D.

Rimar, Steven M.D. Beaumont

Rits, Yevgeniy M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Rizk, Youssef D.O. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Shepard, Alexander M.D. Henry Ford Health

Silver, Scott M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Uzieblo, Maciej M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Weaver, Mitchell M.D. Henry Ford Health

GENETICS

Jay, Allison M.D. Ascension Michigan

Roberson, Jacquelyn M.D. Henry Ford Health

Simon, Michael M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

* Zakalik, Dana M.D. Beaumont

GENETICS - PEDIATRIC

Flore, Leigh M.D.

Quinonez, Shane M.D. Michigan Medicine

* Stockton, David M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

GERIATRIC MEDICINE

Jayakar, Shaun M.D. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center

* Muckey, Brian M.D. Beaumont

Pai, Amita M.D. Beaumont

Plizga, Linda D.O. Ascension Michigan

Sengstock, David M.D. Beaumont

GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY

Al-Wahab, Zaid M.D. Beaumont

Buekers, Thomas M.D. Henry Ford Health

* Gadzinski, Jill M.D. Beaumont

Hicks, Michael M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Liu, J. Rebecca M.D. Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health

Morris, Robert M.D.

Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Munkarah, Adnan M.D. Henry Ford Health

Rosen, Barry M.D. Beaumont

Winer, Ira M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Institute, McLaren

GYNECOLOGY

Bark, Soyoun M.D. Beaumont

Corsi, Paul M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Davidson, Brent M.D. Henry Ford Health

Fisher, Jay M.D. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Joshi, Chandrika M.D.

Love, Joseph M.D. Beaumont

McBride, James M.D. Beaumont

Morgan, Sandra M.D. Beaumont

* Newman, Alan M.D.

Paladino, Paige D.O. Beaumont

Peng, Jennifer M.D. Beaumont

Pittenger, Eleni M.D. Beaumont

Speier Schafer, Carrie D.O. Beaumont

Swain, Monique M.D. Henry Ford Health

Tumaneng, Daphne D.O. Ascension Michigan

HAND SURGERY

Altman, Perry M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

* Arora, Avery M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Babushkina, Anna M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Baron, Andrew M.D. Henry Ford Health

Bohm, Kyle M.D.

Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Bush, Ara M.D. Beaumont

Ciullo, Jeremy M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Colen, Alexander D.O. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

DeSilva, Stephen M.D. Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan

Dietz, James M.D. Beaumont

Gorski, John M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Hankin, Fred M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

King, Elizabeth M.D. Henry Ford Health

Placzek, Jeffrey M.D. Ascension Michigan

Rohde, Rachel M.D. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Samona, Scott M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health

Singer, Richard M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Sobol, Gregory M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

HAND SURGERY - PEDIATRIC

* Lochner, Heather M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

HEMATOLOGY

Chisti, Mohammad M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Dabak, Vrushali M.D. Henry Ford Health

Donthireddy, Vijayalakshmi M.D. Henry Ford Health

Garg, Sandeep M.D. Henry Ford Health, Trinty Health Michigan

Goodman, Judie D.O. Trinity Health Michigan

* Kuriakose, Philip M.D. Henry Ford Health

Margolis, Harold D.O. Beaumont

Margolis, Jeffrey M.D. Beaumont

Musa, Faisal M.D. Beaumont

Nadeau, Laura M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Vakhariya, Cynthia D.O. Ascension Michigan

HEMATOLOGY - PEDIATRIC

Bell, Danielle M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Chitlur, Meera M.D.

DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

* Gowans, Laura M.D. Beaumont

Kitchen, Brenda M.D. Beaumont

Lorenzana, Adonis M.D. Ascension Michigan

Rajpurkar, Madhvi M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE MEDICINE

Chasteen, Kristen M.D. Henry Ford Health

Clary-Lantis, L. Raquel D.O. Trinity Health Michigan

Crader, Christine M.D. Ascension Michigan

Grech, Anthony M.D. Henry Ford Health

* Katzman, Steven D.O. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Lewandowski, Jeanne M.D. Beaumont

Newman, Elisheva M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Schwartzenfeld, David D.O. Beaumont

Stellini, Michael M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Tremonti, Nadia M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

* Abreu Lanfranco, Odaliz M.D. Henry Ford Health

Alangaden, George M.D. Henry Ford Health

Carpenter, Christopher M.D. Beaumont

Chandrasekar, Pranatharthi M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center, McLaren

Chen, Anne M.D. Henry Ford Health

Chittick, Paul M.D. Beaumont

Drelichman, Vilma M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Gilpin, Nicholas D.O. Beaumont

Gordon, James M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Hanna, Michel M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Herc, Erica M.D. Henry Ford Health

Jiddou-Yaldoo, Renee M.D. Beaumont

Johnson, Leonard M.D.

Kalyan, Shamla M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Kirsch, Denise M.D. Beaumont

Lauter, Carl M.D. Beaumont

Levine, Miriam M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Little, Tania D.O. Beaumont

Mahayni, Rula M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Malani, Anurag M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Moudgal, Varsha M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Ramesh, Mayur M.D. Henry Ford Health

Sharma, Mamta M.D. Ascension Michigan

Sims, Matthew M.D. Beaumont

Wahiduzzaman, Md M.D.

Weinmann, Allison M.D. Henry Ford Health

Zervos, Marcus M.D. Henry Ford Health

INFECTIOUS DISEASESPEDIATRIC

Abdel-Haq, Nahed M.D.

DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

* Abu-Khdeir, Maha M.D. Beaumont

Ang, Jocelyn M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Asmar, Basim M.D. Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Freij, Bishara M.D. Beaumont

Krasan, Graham M.D. Beaumont

McGrath, Eric M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Thirumoorthi, Muthayipalayam M.D.

Ascension Michigan, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

INTERNAL MEDICINE

Abreu Lanfranco, Odaliz M.D. Henry Ford Health

Asbahi, Redwan M.D. Beaumont

Askar, Maan M.D.

Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Baker-Genaw, Kimberly M.D. Henry Ford Health

Covieo, Tiffanie D.O. Ascension Michigan

Garg, Manisha M.D. Ascension Michigan

Grewal, Rajinder M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Hazin, Ribhi M.D.

Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health

Jonnalagadda, Samuel M.D.

* Katzman, Steven D.O. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Khansa, Mohamad M.D. Beaumont

Levine, Diane M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Lubera, Richard M.D.

Maddens, Michael M.D. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Mohyi, Michelle D.O.

Sabin, Bradley M.D. Beaumont

Scher, Eric M.D. Henry Ford Health

Shuker, Ala M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Skoney, Joseph M.D. Beaumont

Xavier, Angela M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Zaki, Gamal M.D. Beaumont

INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

Aoun, Hussein M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Ciacci, Joseph D.O. Beaumont

Critchfield, Jeffrey M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Getzen, Todd M.D. Henry Ford Health

Handel, Jeremy M.D. Beaumont

Jain, Nitin M.D.

Kakos, Roger M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Marciano Agostinelli, Paolo M.D. Beaumont

Marin, Horia M.D.

DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Metz, Terrence M.D. Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Osher, Matthew M.D.

Rubin, Joshua M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Sarosi, Michael M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Schwartz, Scott M.D. Henry Ford Health

* Zaki, Mina M.D. Beaumont

LIPID DISORDERS

Doyle, Michael M.D. Beaumont

* Gowman, David D.O. Beaumont

LIVER SPECIALIST

Al Sibae, Mohamad M.D. Beaumont

* Brown, Kimberly M.D. Henry Ford Health

Gordon, Stuart M.D. Henry Ford Health

Jafri, Syed-Mohammed M.D. Henry Ford Health

Moonka, Dilip M.D.

Salgia, Reena M.D. Henry Ford Health

Venkat, Deepak M.D. Henry Ford Health

NEONATOLOGY

* Adams, John M.D.

Judge, Lisa M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Natarajan, Girija M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Pappas, Athina M.D.

Patel, Deepak M.D.

Pryce, Cynthia M.D. Beaumont

NEPHROLOGY

Hannoudi, Ghadeer M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Henderson, Heather D.O. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Maru, Vidooshi M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Novak, James M.D. Henry Ford Health

* Ramamurthi, Kalyana M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Soman, Sandeep M.D.

Topf, Joel M.D. Beaumont

NEPHROLOGY - PEDIATRIC

Baracco Maggi, Rossana M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Blatt, Neal M.D. Beaumont

Gregory, Melissa M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Trinity Health Michigan

Jain, Amrish M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

* Kapur, Gaurav M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Kershaw, David M.D. Michigan Medicine

Lombel, Rebecca M.D. Michigan Medicine

Mattoo, Tej M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Valentini, Rudolph M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Wickman, Larysa M.D. Beaumont

NEUROLOGY

Barkley, Gregory M.D.

Basha, Maysaa M.D. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center

Boudouris, William D.O. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Fellows, Jonathan D.O. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Hickenbottom, Susan M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Jamwal, Neena M.D. Henry Ford Health

Jolly, Surindar M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Lorigan, Holly D.O. Henry Ford Health

Megally, Mary D.O. Henry Ford Health

Memon, Anza M.D. Henry Ford Health

Newman, Daniel M.D. Henry Ford Health

Sesi, Veronica D.O. Beaumont

* Singer, Daniel D.O. Beaumont

Turner, Isaac M.D. Henry Ford Health

Young, Esther D.O. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Zaki, Monica D.O. Beaumont

Zaki, Nadia M.D. Beaumont

Zaman, Iram D.O. Henry Ford Health

NEUROLOGY - PEDIATRIC

Allarakhia, Iqbal M.D. Ascension Michigan

Arndt, Daniel M.D. Beaumont

Constantinou, Jules M.D. Henry Ford Health

Leber, Steven M.D. University of Michigan Health

Leleszi, Elizabeth M.D. Beaumont

Luat, Aimee M.D.

DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Ruprecht, Beata D.O. Ascension Michigan

* Sivaswamy, Lalitha M.D.

DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Williams, Mitchel M.D.

NEUROSURGERY

Abdulhak, Muwaffak M.D. Henry Ford Health

Air, Ellen M.D.

Henry Ford Health

Brodkey, Jason M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Carr, Daniel D.O. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Chamiraju, Partha M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Chedid, Mokbel M.D. Henry Ford Health

Dashnaw, Matthew M.D. Beaumont

Fahim, Daniel M.D. Beaumont

Hoover, Devon M.D. Ascension Michigan

Houseman, Clifford D.O. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Jacob, Jeffrey M.D.

Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Junn, Fred M.D.

Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Kalkanis, Steven M.D. Henry Ford Health

Kelkar, Prashant D.O. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Lee, Ian M.D. Henry Ford Health

Mehra, Ratnesh D.O. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Pannu, Tejpaul M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Perez-Cruet, Miguelangelo M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Rapp, Lawrence M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Rapp, Steven M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Richards, Boyd D.O.

Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Robin, Adam M.D. Henry Ford Health

Rock, Jack M.D. Henry Ford Health

Schwalb, Jason M.D. Henry Ford Health

* Setty, Pradeep D.O. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Soo, Teck-Mun M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Staudt, Michael M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

NEUROSURGERY - PEDIATRIC

Arko IV, Leopold M.D. Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Garton, Hugh M.D. University of Michigan Health

* Marupudi, Neena M.D. Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Sood, Sandeep M.D.

Ascension Michigan, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

OBSTETRICS

Bark, Soyoun M.D. Beaumont

Bartholomew, Frederick M.D. Beaumont

*Brickman, Neil M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Lingam, Deepthi M.D. Beaumont

Peng, Jennifer M.D. Beaumont

Pittenger, Eleni M.D. Beaumont

Pitts, D’Angela M.D. Henry Ford Health

Reinke-Young, Michelle D.O.

Shaman, Majid M.D. Henry Ford Health

Swain, Monique M.D. Henry Ford Health

OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE

* Metropoulos, George M.D.

Metropoulos, Peter D.O. ONCOLOGY

Ali, Haythem M.D. Henry Ford Health

Ashkar, Ayham M.D. Beaumont

Assad, Hadeel M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Balaraman, Savitha M.D. Beaumont

Beekman, Kathleen M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Chisti, Mohammad M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Cotant, Matthew M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Flaherty, Lawrence M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Gadgeel, Shirish M.D. Henry Ford Health

Garg, Sandeep M.D. Henry Ford Health, Trinty Health Michigan

Goodman, Judie D.O. Trinity Health Michigan

Heath, Elisabeth M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Howard, George M.D. Beaumont

Jaiyesimi, Ishmael D.O. Beaumont

Kafri, Zyad M.D.

Loutfi, Randa M.D. Henry Ford Health

* Margolis, Jeffrey M.D. Beaumont

Muskovitz, Andrew M.D. Beaumont

Nadeau, Laura M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Vakhariya, Cynthia D.O. Ascension Michigan

Wollner, Ira M.D. Henry Ford Health

Zekman, Richard D.O. Beaumont

ONCOLOGY - PEDIATRIC

Bhambhani, Kanta M.D.

DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Chu, Roland M.D.

DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Gowans, Laura M.D. Beaumont

Henry, Meret M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Lorenzana, Adonis M.D. Ascension Michigan

Martin, Alissa M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

* Taub, Jeffrey M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

OPHTHALMOLOGY

Amirikia, Arezo M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Bergman, Ronald M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Black, Evan M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Dhaliwal, Avinder M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Fahim, Abigail M.D. University of Michigan Health

Farjo, Ayad M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Gladstone, Geoffrey M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Goldman, David M.D. Henry Ford Health

Goyal, Anju M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Grant, Joshua M.D. Beaumont

* Holm, Holly M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Imami, Nauman M.D. Henry Ford Health

Juzych, Mark M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Kahana, Alon M.D.

Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Trinity Health Michigan

Lupovitch, Jeffrey M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Murad-Kejbou, Sally D.O. Beaumont

Page, Timothy M.D. Beaumont

Patel, Anu M.D. Detroit Medical Center

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Nonsurgical Rejuvenation: When you smile, laugh, frown, or look puzzled, you contract the muscles of your face. Over time, these contractions produce permanent furrows and deep wrinkles in the skin, especially around the eyes and mouth, between the eyebrows, and on the forehead. Options to fix these issues include skin tightening with fractional CO2 laser and Botox and fillers treatments.

Consultants in Ophthalmic & Facial Plastic Surgery has multiple locations around metro Detroit including Southfield, Livonia, Rochester Hills, Troy, Novi, and Southgate. They also have locations in Flint. ■

Consultants in Ophthalmic & Facial Plastic Surgery, PC 29201 Telegraph Rd., Ste. 324 Southfield, MI 48034 800-245-8075

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Rolain, Mark M.D. Beaumont

Salter, Amanda M.D.

Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Shanbom, Steven M.D. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Stec, Lori M.D. Beaumont

Tewari, Asheesh M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

OPHTHALMOLOGY - PEDIATRIC

Bohra, Lisa M.D. Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Dennehy, Patrick M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Gappy, Christopher M.D. University of Michigan Health

Gappy, Shawn M.D. Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Trinity Health Michigan

Gianfermi, Elena M.D. Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Rao, Rajesh M.D.

Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, University of Michigan Health, Trinity Health Michigan

* Roarty, John M.D. Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Rotberg, Leemor M.D. Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

Barbetta, Benjamin M.D. Henry Ford Health

Ramirez-Neyra, Carlos M.D. Ascension Michigan

Schmakel, Timothy M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

ORGAN TRANSPLANT

* Abouljoud, Marwan M.D. Henry Ford Health

Bedi, Damanpreet M.D. Beaumont

Collins, Kelly M.D.

DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Granger, Darla M.D. Ascension Michigan

Kim, Dean M.D.

DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Nagai, Shunji M.D. Henry Ford Health

Rizzari, Michael M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Yoshida, Atsushi M.D. Henry Ford Health

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Acker, Steven D.O. Trinity Health Michigan

Afsari, Alan M.D.

Ascension Michigan

Alosh, Hassan M.D. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan

Bak, Sean M.D.

Ascension Michigan

Charters, Michael M.D. Henry Ford Health

Cooke, Christopher M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Davis, Jason M.D. Henry Ford Health

El-Yussif, Eddie D.O. Henry Ford Health

Frisch, Nicholas M.D.

Ascension Michigan

Frush, Todd M.D.

Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center

Greene, Perry M.D. Beaumont

Guthrie, Stuart M.D. Henry Ford Health

Hakeos, William M.D. Henry Ford Health

Hill, Derek D.O. Ascension Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Hoegler, Joseph M.D. Henry Ford Health

Kassab, Safa M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Kohen, Robert M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Kornblum, Martin M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Lasater, Peter M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Marshall, Nathan M.D.

Ascension Michigan

McCarty, Scott M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Mendelson, David M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Mendelson, Jeffrey M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Mendelson, Stephen M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Michaelson, Jefferey M.D. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Milia, Marc M.D. Beaumont

Mott, Michael M.D.

Muh, Stephanie M.D. Henry Ford Health

Munk, Andres M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Nasr, Kerellos M.D. Detroit Medical Center

* Prieskorn, David D.O. Beaumont

Ren, Emily M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Vaidya, Rahul M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Yusaf, Michael M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERYPEDIATRIC

* Bazzi, Ahmed D.O. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Li, Gertrude M.D. University of Michigan Health

Minnock, Christopher M.D. Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Settecerri, Jeffrey M.D. Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Yassir, Walid M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Zaltz, Ira M.D. Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan

OTOLARYNGOLOGY

Akervall, Jan M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Aronovitz, James D.O.

Babu, Seilesh M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Bahu, Sam M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Bojrab, Dennis M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Carron, Michael M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Chang, Steven M.D. Henry Ford Health

Craig, John M.D. Henry Ford Health

Dickson, Clark M.D. Beaumont

* Farrugia, Matthew D.O. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Folbe, Adam M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Fozo, Michael M.D. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Gardner, Glendon M.D. Henry Ford Health

Ghanem, Tamer M.D. Henry Ford Health

Hoff, Paul M.D. Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health

Hotaling, Jeffrey M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Jones, Lamont M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Kewson, Danny M.D. Beaumont

Ko, Alvin M.D. Henry Ford Health

Korkigian, Shant D.O. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Lin, Ho-Sheng M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Metz, Christopher D.O. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Reddy, Pavan M.D.

Rontal, Daniel M.D. Beaumont

Rontal, Matthew M.D. Beaumont

Rubin, Adam M.D.

Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Salama, Dhafer M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Seel, David D.O.

Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Standring, Robert M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Succar, Eric M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Toma, Mark M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Toma, Roger M.D. Beaumont

Varjabedian, Gregory D.O. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Yaremchuk, Kathleen M.D. Henry Ford Healt

Yerman, Howard M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Yoo, George M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center, McLaren

OTOLARYNGOLOGY - PEDIATRIC

Bohm, Lauren M.D. University of Michigan Health

Darrat, Ilaaf M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

* Gonik, Nathan M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Haupert, Michael D.O. Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Helwig, Cecilia M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

O’Niel, Mallory M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Siegel, Bianca M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Thottam, Prasad D.O. Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

PAIN MANAGEMENT

Feldman, Daniel M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

* Freydl, Karl D.O. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Glisky, Natalia M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Haddad, Roger D.O. Henry Ford Health

Hall, M. Wednesday D.O. Trinity Health Michigan

Icaza, Eduardo M.D. Ascension Michigan, Trinity Health Michigan

Lee, Kevin M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Marshall, John M.D.

Mulawa, Jason M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

NabityJr., Thomas M.D. Beaumont

Oddo, Anthony D.O. Trinity Health Michigan

Osta, Walid M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Peter, Jason D.O.

Saad, Ramsey M.D. Henry Ford Health

Sabbagh, Mahmoud M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Sibai, Nabil M.D. Henry Ford Health

Siddiqi, Shad D.O.

Sikorsky, Michael D.O.

Tong, Henry M.D.

Upadhyay, Aman M.D. McLaren

Vakhariya, Rakesh D.O.

Wittenberg, Marc M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Wright, Timothy M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

PATHOLOGY

Allo, Ghassan M.D. Henry Ford Health

Amin, Mitual M.D. Beaumont

Chitale, Dhananjay M.D. Henry Ford Health

* Green, Alex M.D.

Keller, Christian M.D. Henry Ford Health

Kupsky, William M.D. Karmanos Cancer Center

Sakr, Wael M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Tworek, Joseph M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Wasco, Matthew M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Zarbo, Richard M.D. Henry Ford Health

PEDIATRICS - PEDIATRIC

Abu-Khdeir, Maha M.D. Beaumont

Doss, Doss M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Faber, Seth M.D. Beaumont

* Forman, Seth M.D.

Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Gappy, Rubin M.D. Ascension Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Gendelman, Brian M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan

Jubran, Ihab M.D. Henry Ford Health

Kumar, Banu M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Lauter, Jonathan M.D. Beaumont

Metz, Jacqueline D.O. Henry Ford Health

Smitherman, Lynn M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

PERINATAL-NEONATAL MEDICINE

Chawla, Sanjay M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Natarajan, Girija M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

* Whitten, Amy M.D. Beaumont

PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION

Acho, Tamara M.D.

Achtman, Shawn D.O.

Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, McLaren, Trinity Health Michigan

* Arbit, Steven M.D. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, McLaren, Trinity Health Michigan

Bandemer Jr., Dennis D.O.

Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Bauer, Raymond M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Belen, Jack M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Bill, Christopher M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, McLaren

Grant, Lisa M.D. Beaumont

Hysni, Craig M.D.

Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Kovan, Eric D.O. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

McElroy, David M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Michaels, Jenny M.D. Beaumont

Papalekas, Pano M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Riutta, Justin M.D. Beaumont

Roth, Brian M.D.

Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan

Rothman, Kori D.O. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan

Seidel, Geoffrey M.D. Henry Ford Health

Sesi, Timothy M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Zacharias, Ritu M.D. Henry Ford Health

PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY (NOT COSMETIC)

Ali, Mohammad M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Almufarrej, Faisal M.D. Beaumont, Karmanos Cancer Center

Atisha, Dunya M.D. Henry Ford Health

Black, Evan M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Busuito, Christina M.D. Beaumont

Busuito, Michael M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Cederna, Paul M.D. Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health

Chaiyasate, Kongkrit M.D. Beaumont

* Compton, Andrew M.D. Beaumont

Darian, Vigen M.D. Henry Ford Health

Elswick, Sarah M.D. Beaumont, McLaren

Evangelista, Maristella M.D. Henry Ford Health

Griffin, DeLorean M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Lyons, Daniel M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Meininger, Michael M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Moquin, Kenneth M.D. Nava, Guillermina M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Oliver, Lauren D.O. Beaumont

Puri, Pravin M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Reisin, Elan M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health

Sachanandani, Neil M.D. Beaumont

* Sayal, Navdeep D.O. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Siddiqui, Aamir M.D. Henry Ford Health

Sugg, Kristoffer M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Tepper, Donna M.D. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Williams, Jeffrey M.D. Beaumont

PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY (NOT COSMETIC) - PEDIATRIC

Chaiyasate, Kongkrit M.D. Beaumont

Kasten, Steven M.D. Michigan Medicine, Trinity Health Michigan

* Rozzelle, Arlene M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Vercler, Christian M.D. Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health

PREVENTIVE

MEDICINE

* Metropoulos, George M.D. Metropoulos, Peter D.O. PSYCHIATRY

Akinyemi, Esther M.D. Henry Ford Health

Espiritu, Doree Ann M.D. Henry Ford Health

Frank, Cathrine M.D. Henry Ford Health

* Gupta, Bal M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Joseph, Kalappurackal M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Kakar, Davinder M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

MacLean, Lisa M.D. Henry Ford Health

Morreale, Mary M.D. Karmanos Cancer Center

Patel, Hetal M.D.

Sivananthan, Mauran D.O. PSYCHIATRY - PEDIATRIC

Kakar, Davinder M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Malas, Nasuh M.D. University of Michigan Health

Mekhael, Hany M.D. Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Trinity Health Michigan

* Weingarden, Brooke D.O.

RADIATION ONCOLOGY

Abu-Isa, Eyad M.D. Ascension Michigan, University of Michigan Health

Antonucci, John M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Aref, Amr M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Boike, Thomas M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Chan, June M.D. University of Michigan Health

Chen, Peter M.D. Beaumont

Chuba, Paul M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Deraniyagala, Rohan M.D. Beaumont

Dominello, Michael D.O. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Elshaikh, Mohamed M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health

Ezz, Ahmed M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Ghilezan, Michael M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Grills, Inga M.D. Beaumont

Kestin, Larry M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Lee, Kuei M.D. Beaumont

Levin, Kenneth M.D. Henry Ford Health

Maier, Jordan M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Martinez, Alvaro M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Miller, Kay M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Movsas, Benjamin M.D. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Nandalur, Sirisha M.D. Beaumont

Shah, Mira M.D. Henry Ford Health

* Siddiqui, Farzan M.D. Henry Ford Health

Siddiqui, M. Salim M.D. Henry Ford Health

Vaishampayan, Nitin M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Vicini, Frank M.D.

Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Walker, Eleanor M.D. Henry Ford Health

RADIOLOGY

Brown, Manuel M.D. Henry Ford Health

Griffith, Brent M.D. Henry Ford Health

Kado, Karl M.D.

Kasotakis, Michael M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Mandava, Sabala M.D. Henry Ford Health

* Nandalur, Kiran M.D. Beaumont

Robinette, Natasha M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Trivax, Cory M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Van Holsbeeck, Marnix M.D. Henry Ford Health

Yusaf, Nadia M.D.

RADIOLOGY - PEDIATRIC

* Altinok, Deniz M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Collins, Denise M.D. Henry Ford Health

Gibson, Donald M.D. Beaumont

Metz, Terrence M.D. Beaumont, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Saleem, Sheena M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY/INFERTILITY

Gago, Laura M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Hammoud, Ahmad M.D. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Kowalczyk, Carole M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Mersol-Barg, Michael M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

* Miller, Bradley M.D. Beaumont

Moskovitz, Brenda M.D. Beaumont

Stentz, Natalie M.D. Ascension Michigan, McLaren, Trinity Health Michigan

Wheeler, Karen M.D. Beaumont

Wolf, Lynda M.D. Beaumont

RESPIRATORY/PULMONARY CARE

Allen, Samuel D.O. Beaumont

Awdish, Rana M.D. Henry Ford Health

Buckley, John M.D. Henry Ford Health

Curran, Christine M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Diaz Mendoza, Javier M.D. Henry Ford Health

* Dogra, Sanjay M.D. Beaumont

Dunn, Marc M.D. Beaumont

Dunn, Michael M.D. Henry Ford Health

Ehtesham, Muhammad M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont

Farra, Mohammad M.D. Beaumont

Ghabsha, Ahmad M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Mina, Nader M.D. Beaumont

Simoff, Michael M.D.

Soubani, Ayman M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Tatem, Geneva M.D. Henry Ford Health

RESPIRATORY/PULMONARY CARE - PEDIATRIC

* Abdulhamid, Ibrahim M.D.

DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Trinity Health Michigan

Jain, Indu M.D. Beaumont

Srivastava, Ruma M.D.

DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

RHEUMATOLOGY

Alkhatib, Ayad M.D. Henry Ford Health

Bateman, Judith M.D. Beaumont

* Bishnoi-Singh, Amita M.D. Henry Ford Health

Dhar, Josephine M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Kado, Ruba M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Maksimowicz-McKinnon, Kathleen D.O. Henry Ford Health

Meysami, Alireza M.D.

Pevzner, Martin M.D. Beaumont

Qazi, Parveen M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Qazi, Sabrina D.O. Beaumont

Santos, Delfin M.D. Beaumont

Silverman, Larry M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Skender, Joseph M.D. Beaumont

Stewart, Shironda M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Tower, John D.O. Beaumont

RHEUMATOLOGY - PEDIATRIC

Adams, Matthew M.D.

* Fathalla, Basil M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

SLEEP DISORDERS

Badr, M. Safwan M.D.

* Bazan, Luisa M.D. Henry Ford Health

Dogra, Sanjay M.D. Beaumont

Mina, Nader M.D. Beaumont

Ranganathan, Chakrapani M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Rowens, Bradley M.D.

Sesi, Veronica D.O. Beaumont

Skiba, Virginia M.D. Henry Ford Health

SPORTS MEDICINE

Cooke, Christopher M.D. Detroit Medical Center

* Ellenberg, Michael M.D. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health

Frush, Todd M.D. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center

Haque, Sadiq D.O. Detroit Medical Center

Jaskulka, Bradley M.D. Henry Ford Health

Kakos, Brandon M.D. Detroit Medical Center

Karageanes, Steven D.O. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Kolowich, Patricia M.D. Henry Ford Health

Lasater, Peter M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Makhni, Eric M.D. Henry Ford Health

Mendelson, David M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Mendelson, Jeffrey M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Mendelson, Stephen M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Moeller, James M.D.

Moore, Nicholas M.D. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center

Morasso, John D.O. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Moutzouros, Vasilios M.D. Prieskorn, David D.O. Beaumont

Samani, John M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Shehab, Ramsey M.D. Henry Ford Health

SURGERY - PEDIATRIC

Akay, Begum M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Brahmamdam, Pavan M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Cullen, Marc M.D.

Donoghue, Lydia M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

* Klein, Justin M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Langenburg, Scott M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Lelli Jr., Joseph M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Morden, Robert M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Novotny, Nathan M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Shanti, Christina M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Stallion, Anthony M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Berri, Richard M.D. Ascension Michigan

Keidan, Richard M.D. Beaumont

Kim, Steve M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

* Kwon, David M.D. Henry Ford Health

Raofi, Vandad M.D. Beaumont

Shah, Rupen M.D. Henry Ford Health

Weaver, Donald M.D. Detroit Medical Center

THORACIC SURGERY

* Adams, Kumari M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Coello, Michael M.D. Beaumont

Edwards, Melanie M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Hammoud, Zane M.D. Ascension Michigan

Hilu, John M.D. Beaumont

Jamil, Kevin M.D. Beaumont

Minanov, Oktavijan M.D. Beaumont

Okereke, Ikenna M.D. Henry Ford Health

Popoff, Andrew M.D. Henry Ford Health

Welsh, Robert M.D. Beaumont

UROLOGY

Ahmed, Muzammil M.D. Beaumont

Atiemo, Humphrey M.D. Henry Ford Health

Burks, Frank M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center

Cher, Michael M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Dabaja, Ali M.D. Henry Ford Health

Fischer, Melissa M.D. Beaumont

Gudziak, Marko M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Hafron, Jason M.D. Beaumont

Hurley, Patrick M.D.

Kernen, Kenneth M.D. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Kleer, Eduardo M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Lucas, Steven M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center

Maralani, Shiva M.D. Beaumont

Nagaraju, Pradeep M.D. Beaumont

Nelson, Ryan D.O. Beaumont, Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan

O’Connor, Jeffrey M.D.

Peabody, James M.D. Henry Ford Health

Peters, Kenneth M.D. Beaumont

Relle, James M.D. Beaumont

Rivers, Kandis M.D.

Rogers, Craig M.D. Henry Ford Health

Rosenberg, Bradley M.D. Ascension Michigan, Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health

* Schock, Jeffrey D.O. Beaumont, Trinity Health Michigan

Semerjian, Alice M.D. Trinity Health Michigan

Sobol, Jennifer D.O. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Stricker, Hans M.D. Henry Ford Health

Wenzler, David M.D.

UROLOGY - PEDIATRIC

Lakshmanan, Yegappan M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

*Liss, Zachary M.D. Beaumont, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan

Preece, Janae M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

Schober, Megan M.D. Beaumont

Suson, Kristina M.D. DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health

THE LIST Top Dentists

Top Dentists

Need your teeth cleaned? Does your child need braces? Do you want a brighter smile? Where do you begin? Knowing that Hour Detroit readers want the best for themselves and their families, we poll dental professionals to help us determine the top professionals in their fields. General dentists, orthodontists, periodontists, and other specialists were asked which local dentist they would choose for a member of their immediate family. The results — listed by specialty — are below.

Note: Once the ballots were returned, each nominee was carefully evaluated on the basis of the survey results, the legitimacy of their license, and their current standing with the Michigan State Dental Board.

ENDODONTICS

Sarmad M. Alyas-Askar Precision Endodontics

Livonia

Ali Aminlari

A2 Endodontics

Ann Arbor

Vajra Bentur DDS, MS Professional Endodontics 23829 Little Mack Ave. Ste. 300 St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 586-779-9690 stclairshores@profendo.com profendo.com

Kari Brodsky Precision Endodontics

Livonia

Dominic Calek

Goodis Endodontic Specialists

Grosse Pointe Woods

Tiffeny Chimelak Endodontic Associates PC Commerce Twp.

Ashley Coulter Signature Endodontics St. Clair Shores

Nils E. Danielson

Danielson Endodontics Clawson

Timothy Daws

Orchard Endodontics Shelby Twp.

Gianni DeCarolis

Endodontics, PC

Dearborn

Angela S. DeKock

D. Kinra, DDS MS and A. DeKock, DDS MS

Flint

Erik DeYoung

Endodontic Specialists PC East Lansing

Anthony E. Dietz

Troy Dental Care Troy

Clay C. Dietz

Personal Endodontics, PC Troy

Gerald Dietz Endodontic Associates PC Bloomfield Hills

Craig Duhaime Endodontic Associates PC Clarkston

Steven Edlund Root Canal Specialty Associates Ann Arbor

Todd V. Ester Renaissance Endodontics, PLLC Southfield

Richard Gardner Endodontic Associates PC Ann Arbor

George T. Goodis

Goodis Endodontic Specialists Grosse Pointe Woods

Brad G. Griffin Renaissance Endodontics, PLLC Southfield

Gerald J. Halk

Goodis Endodontic Specialists Sterling Heights

Matthew G. Healy

Dexter Endodontics Dexter

Bradley A. Hirschman

Advanced Endodontics Novi

Jay Lang

Orchard Endodontics Shelby Twp.

Jeffrey Marderosian DDS

Professional Endodontics 29201 Telegraph Rd., Ste. 110 Southfield, MI 48034 248-358-2910 southfield@profendo.com profendo.com

Stephen T. McInerney DDS, MS Root Canal Specialists 31100 Telegraph Rd., Ste. 120 Bingham Farms, MI 48025 248-540-9191 info@ rootcanalspecialistspc.com rootcanalspecialistspc.com

M. Kay McNeight

Signature Endodontics St. Clair Shores

Christopher McWatters Root Canal Specialty Associates Livonia

Brian Meade Brian Meade DDS Ypsilanti

Kimberly K. Melegari Signature Endodontics St. Clair Shores

Jeremy Michaelson Endodontics, PC Dearborn

Drew Moeller Elite Endodontics Lake Orion

Stephen Navarre Endodontic Associates PC Clinton Twp.

Gabrielle Noory DDS Professional Endodontics 29201 Telegraph Rd. Ste. 110 Southfield, MI 48034 248-358-2910 southfield@profendo.com profendo.com

James Nowicki Endodontic Associates PC Rochester

Susan B. Paurazas

Goodis Endodontic Specialists New Baltimore

Eric Richardson DDS, MS

Professional Endodontics

16151 Nineteen Mile Rd., Ste. 101 Clinton Twp., MI 48038 586-286-7000 clintontownship@profendo.com profendo.com

Mark Robinson

Endodontic Associates PC Ann Arbor

Richard Rubinstein

Endodontic Associates PC Farmington Hills

Ross Ryan

Endodontic Associates PC Rochester

Andrew Schoelch DDS

Professional Endodontics 23829 Little Mack Ave. Ste. 300 St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 586-779-9690 stclairshores@profendo.com profendo.com

Michael Shapiro

Root Canal Specialty Associates West Bloomfield

Lou Shoha DDS, MS

Professional Endodontics

6803 Dixie Hwy., Ste. 3 Clarkston, MI 48346 248-625-8070 clarkston@profendo.com profendo.com

Steve Shoha DDS

Professional Endodontics 16151 Nineteen Mile Rd. Ste. 101 Clinton Twp., MI 48038 586-286-7000 clintontownship@profendo.com profendo.com

Chad Speirs

Endodontic Associates PC Farmington Hills

Rachel Stockhausen

Precision Endodontics

Livonia

Xianli Tang

Lifetime Dental Group

Canton

James P. Thomas

Rochester Hills Family Dentistry Rochester Hills

Andrea Tory

Lakeshore Dental Implant Specialists Eastpointe

Steve J. Vlahakis

Plymouth Endodontics Plymouth

Dmitry Vodopyanov Root Canal Specialty Associates

Ann Arbor

Thomas Vokal

Macomb Endodontics Chesterfield

Mayank D. Vora Roots Endodontics, PLC Brighton

Hassan Yehia Endodontic Center Royal Oak

Michael Zuroff Endodontics, PC Dearborn

GENERAL DENTISTRY

Nicholas Abdallah Platinum Dental Care Livonia

Al Abdelnour

Levan Dental Group Livonia

Alexander Alkass Alkass Dental Waterford

Salam Awad SmilePro Dental Dearborn Heights

David Banooni Lifetime Dental Group South Lyon

Dolores Baran, DDS Royal Oak Dentist 1103 N. Main St. Royal Oak, MI 48067 248-548-1440 drbarancommunications@ gmail.com royaloaksmiles.com

Murray S. Baruch Baruch Dentistry West Bloomfield

William G. Bender

William G. Bender, DDS Grosse Pointe Woods

Allen Berman Berman Family Dentistry

Plymouth

Michael Berman Berman Family Dentistry Plymouth

Robin Bernard

Lifetime Dental Group

Canton

Richard S. Bernstein

Richard S. Bernstein, DDS Farmington Hills

Daniel R. Blazo

Advanced Smile Dearborn

Ihor Bohay

I. Bohay, MS, DDS Warren

Edward A. Borio

Edward A. Borio, DDS Bloomfield Hills

Ana Brajak

Preferred Dental Practice Eastpointe

Carly Cassleman St. Clair Tooth Co. St. Clair Shores

Sam Cohen Parkside Dental Team Westland

Steven Cohen Parkside Dental Team Westland

Joseph L. Colon J.L. Colon Dentistry Roseville

James M. Cooper

James M. Cooper, DDS Grosse Pointe Woods

Michael Danelia My Family Dental Grosse Pointe Woods

Paul Darmon

Paul Darmon, DDS, PC Beverly Hills

Tim DeMeulenaere Preferred Dental Practice Eastpointe

Arnaldo DiRezze Shelby Dental Shelby Twp.

Lawrence Duffield Duffield Dentistry Royal Oak

David Eberhard DDS Eberhard Family and Cosmetic Dentistry 44710 Van Dyke Ave. Utica, Michigan 48317 586-739-0550 davideberhard1000@gmail.com eberhardfamilydentistry.com

James A. Everett Healthy Pointe Dental, PC Grosse Pointe

Allison Everett Elston Healthy Pointe Dental, PC Grosse Pointe

Horacio Falcón, DDS Falcón Dental Group 20690 Vernier Rd. Harper Woods, MI 48225 313-884-3050 info@falcondentalgroup.com falcondentalgroup.com

Jennifer S. Fanti Southgate Dental Southgate

Daniel C. Fischer Fischer Family Dentistry Garden City

Bruce Fisher Plymouth Family Dentistry Plymouth

Danielle Gehlert, DDS Clairpointe Family Dental 23995 Greater Mack Ave. St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 586-775-1040 clairpointe@hotmail.com clairpointefamilydental.com

Hiba George Precious Smile Dental Walled Lake

Marc S. Globerman LakeView Family Dental West Bloomfield Twp.

Craig Goldin Cosmetic Dentistry Institute Troy

Marcy Goldin Cosmetic Dentistry Institute Troy

Raphael V. Goldstein Goldstein Dental Group, PLLC Novi

Joseph Gondoly Cavalier Family Dental Canton

Linda Goodman MayFair Dental Associates Farmington Hills

Jeffrey Grabiel Newingham Dental Center Birmingham

Howard L. Graef

Howard L. Graef, DDS, and Martina S. Richardson, DDS Clawson

Alan R. Grodin Dr. Alan R. Grodin, DDS Clawson

Kevin Groth Groth Dental Bingham Farms

Nancy Hartrick, DDS Hartrick Dentistry 32609 Woodward Ave. Royal Oak, MI 48073 248-549-0950 frontdesk@hartrickdentistry.com hartrickdentistry.com

Kevin Homer Edward Street Dental, PC Madison Heights

Eryn Huber Jamie L. Hafke, DDS, and Associates Walled Lake

Joseph R. Nemeth, D.D.S., MaCSD

Patient care extends far beyond the scope of traditional oral healthcare at Nemeth & Katranji Periodontics. Drs. Joseph Nemeth and Amar Katranji specialize in treating gum disease, gum recession, and providing dental implant services—the optimal solution for missing teeth. The office is also world-renowned for its bad breath treatment center and cosmetic smile procedures.

Dr. Nemeth coined the phrase, “Healthy mouth, healthier body!” because of the connection between gum disease and other systemic illnesses such as Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.

Through analyzing thousands of microscopic cultures from patients, Nemeth & Katranji Periodontics is one of the most experienced periodontal offices in the country to treat specific gum infections. The doctors utilize precise diagnostic tools, advanced technology, and sedation dentistry to maximize treatment results and ensure comfort and wellness. Patients are the number one priority, from the first phone call to follow-up care post-procedure.

“Before my LANAP surgery, my A1C levels were almost 14. After surgery, they dropped from almost 14 down to 8.6. I am just overwhelmed and ecstatic because they have

never been that low,” says Juanita, a LANAP patient with type 2 diabetes. “Dr. Nemeth was a gracious doctor who sent me flowers after surgery, and it just warmed my heart. It made me feel like he cared about me, and he cared for my diabetes.”

As board-certified periodontists, Nemeth and Katranji are widely respected by their peers and dental industry leaders for utilizing groundbreaking advancements.

Known as a trailblazer in periodontics, Nemeth has served patients for more than 30 years. His practice was the first to treat gum disease using LANAP, or advanced laser

Left: Joseph R. Nemeth, D.D.S., MaCSD

Right: Amar Katranji, D.D.S., M.S.

Amar Katranji, D.D.S., M.S.

technology, in the United States. Nemeth is also the first periodontist in the world certified for the advanced pinhole technique, which is a minimally invasive treatment for gum recession.

Dr. Katranji has earned a reputation as one of the area’s leading experts in handling complex dental implant cases. He is published in prestigious professional journals and lectures internationally on periodontal-related topics.

“After seeing Dr. Katranji’s credentials from Hour magazine, I thought I would see him. I’ve had four implants done, and I was so thoroughly satisfied. The time, consultation, and explanations were priceless. Dr. Katranji gave

me the greatest mouth I could ever ask for,” says Dennis, an implant patient.

Nemeth & Katranji Periodontics is located in Southfield. Patients travel from all over the world to receive the finest and most advanced periodontal care. For a comprehensive list of services or to schedule an appointment, visit drnemeth.com ■

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Joseph R. Nemeth, D.D.S., MaCSD

Amar Katranji, D.D.S., M.S. 29829 Telegraph Road, Suite 111 Southfield, MI 48034

877-783-7374

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Alexander Hunt, DDS Distinctive Dental Smiles 2120 Grand River Annex Brighton, MI 48114 810-225-0022 brighton@ distinctivedentalsmiles.com distinctivedentalsmiles.com

Brian J. Hunt, DDS Dr. Brian J. Hunt, DDS 24641 Jefferson Ave. St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 586-772-7373 info@brianjhuntdds.com brianjhuntdds.com

Jason Ingber

Metropolitan Dental Center Waterford Twp.

Jeffrey Ingber

Metropolitan Dental Center Waterford Twp.

Carla Ismail

Sheldon Family Dental Canton

Jacob Itskovich LakeView Family Dental Keego Harbor

Stephen E. Jacobson

Jacobson Dental Group Walled Lake

Steven P. Jaffe Goldstein Dental Group, PLLC Novi

Jeffrey Jaghab

Drs. Jeffrey and Stephanie Jaghab & Associates Northville

Stephanie Jaghab

Drs. Jeffrey and Stephanie Jaghab & Associates Northville

Martin G Janower Janower & Monkman Dentistry Madison Heights

Kulbir Jassal

Glowing Smiles Dental Troy

Jessica J. Kakos

Jessica J. Kakos, DDS West Bloomfield

David Kam

Lifetime Dental Group

Canton

Joel Kerwin

Hartland Smilemakers

Hartland

Richard Klein

Michigan Head & Neck Institute

Warren

Eric M. Kruske

Farmbrook Dental Group Bloomfield Hills

Mark W. Langberg

Mark W. Langberg, DDS, MAGD, PC Southfield

Christine Lash-Farion

Heritage Dental Clawson

James S. LoPrete

Bloomfield Hills Dental Group Bloomfield Hills

Michelle Maltese Paint Creek Dentistry Rochester

Christopher J. Manduzzi

Christopher J. Manduzzi, DDS, PC Utica

Michael J. Marderosian Farmbrook Dental Group Bloomfield Hills

Mitchell S. Milan Birmingham Center for Cosmetic Dentistry

Birmingham

Renee Miller Groth Dental Bingham Farms

Courtney Miller-Reid Farmington Smiles Farmington

Andrea B. Monkman Janower & Monkman Dentistry Madison Heights

Katharine A. Murphy-Brown Katharine Murphy Dental West Bloomfield

Robert G. Nakisher LakeView Family Dental West Bloomfield Twp.

Melissa Novetsky Fischer Family Dentistry Garden City

Matthew C. Ora Ora Family Dental Hartland

Paula Ottaway Wellspring Dental Grosse Pointe Woods

Jun Sup Park Goldstein Dental Group, PLLC Novi

Alexandra Peri MI-nt Dental Bloomfield Hills

Martina S. Richardson

Howard L. Graef, DDS, and Martina S. Richardson, DDS Clawson

Alexander S. Roach Dental 1 Waterford

Daniel Rogers Parkside Dental Team Westland

Mark Rosenberg Lakeview Family Dental Keego Harbor

Ali Y. Saad Saad Oral Health & Beauty Birmingham

Nicholas Schesnuk Chesterfield Laser Dental Chesterfield

Bashar E. Sedki B. Sedki, DDS Commerce Twp.

Darshika Shah, DDS Troy Dental Care 38865 Dequindre Rd., Ste. 105 Troy, MI 48083 248-879-7755 troydentalcare2@gmail.com troydental.net

Amanda Sheehan, DDS, MAGD. DICOI, D. ABDSM Oakland Family Dental 4626 W. Walton Blvd. Waterford, MI 48329 248-674-0384 sheehandds@gmail.com oaklandfamilydental.com

Sue Shoha Bio Dentistry MI Bloomfield Hills

Jeffrey M. Solomon Signature Smiles Brighton

Eric J. Steiner Smile Farmington Hills Farmington Hills

Stephanie Stephan The Hills Dental Studio Auburn Hills

Scott Stinnet LakeView Family Dental West Bloomfield Twp.

Mary Sue Stonisch, DDS, AAACD, FICOI Faircourt Dental Smile Studio 20040 Mack Ave. Grosse Pointe Woods MI 48236 313-882-2000 thesmileartist@comcast.net faircourtdental.com

Kenneth D. Thomas

Our Neighborhood Dentist Clarkston

Matthew B. Thomas

Our Neighborhood Dentist Clarkston

Doug G. Thompson

Integrative Oral Medicine Bloomfield Hills

Ben Underwood

Village Place Dental Warren

Suela Veizaj

Wyandotte Family Dental Wyandotte

P. Steven Wainess

P. Steven Wainess, DDS

St. Clair Shores

Gary J. Warr

Beacon Square Dentistry Southfield

John P. Warr

Towne Center Dentistry Waterford

Jeffrey L. Weinfeld

Jeffrey L. Weinfeld, DDS West Bloomfield

David Whalen

Cosmetic Dentistry Institute Troy

Mark Wolowiec

Farmbrook Dental Group Bloomfield Hills

Robert W. Wood

LakeView Family Dental West Bloomfield

Krista Wortman

Summit Family Dental Shelby Twp.

Mark Wortman

Summit Family Dental Shelby Twp.

David R. Zamler

David R. Zamler, DDS + Maggie E. Silvasi, DDS Royal Oak

Jacqueline Zoma

Zoma Dental Family and Cosmetic Dentistry West Bloomfield Twp.

ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

Zaid Abu-Seir

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Associates of Michigan, PC Farmington Hills

Joe Alamat

Alamat Oral Surgery Group Shelby Twp.

Jonathon Anderson Birmingham OMS, PLC Birmingham

Shyam Aravindaksha

Greater Michigan Oral Surgeons & Dental Implant Center Oxford

Mark A. Azzopardi

Oakland Oral Surgery & Dental Implant Center Novi

Norman Betts

Plymouth Ann Arbor

Oral and Facial Surgery, PLC Plymouth

Chad E. Betz

Specialized Surgeons

Livonia

Gregg D. Bobier

Gregg D. Bobier, DMD Rochester

Comfort Dental Spa

The team of professionals at Comfort Dental Spa has something they like to tell all of their patients: “Smile! You’re in good hands!”

Dr. Aziza Askari, who works extensively with dental implants, sleep apnea, and TMJ patients, is dedicated to delivering a personal and friendly approach to dental care. This means getting her patients — and keeping them — out of pain.

Dr. Askari meets her patients’ goals with warmth and compassion. She also works closely with specialists to perform cosmetic smile makeovers that may require implants or clear aligner therapy treatment, rather than braces and veneers.

“It’s an amazing feeling to bring a smile to people’s faces when they feel confident about themselves,” she says.

Jasmine Cheema, D.M.D., MS, specializes in diagnosing, preventing, and treating dental and facial irregularities through the use of braces, early orthodontic intervention, clear aligners, orthodontic therapy for orthognathic surgery, and dentofacial orthopedics.

“I value building trust with my patients and making sure their goals are understood so I can customize treatment plans that suit their individual needs and goals,” Dr. Cheema says. “Seeing a patient go through treatment and obtain ideal cosmetic and functional results is always amazing and rewarding for me. However, the thing that gives me the greatest professional satisfaction is when a patient tells me just how comfortable they felt in my chair and under my care.” ■

Comfort Dental Spa. 33966 West 8 Mile Road, Ste. 104 Farmington Hills, MI 48335 248-306-8907

comfortdentalspa.com

Thomas Bolten

Michigan OMS

West Bloomfield

Nicholas Bournias

Michigan OMS

West Bloomfield

Henry G. Bryan

Henry G. Bryan, DDS, Facial Surgery and Implant Institute

Roseville

Robert N. Chames

Oakland Oral Surgery & Dental Implant Center

Novi

Jeffrey S. Cohen

Lakes Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, PC West Bloomfield Twp.

Yuksel Erpardo, DDS, PhD Center for Implant Dentistry & Oral Surgery 28124 Orchard Lake Rd., Ste. 100 Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248-702-6622 info@c4implantdentistry.com drerpardo.com

Anthony C. Fasi

Michigan Oral Surgeons

Ann Arbor

Dalbert W. Fear

Legacy Oral and Facial Surgery Center

Ann Arbor

Norbert E. Fernandez

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor

Adam Fisher

Lakeshore Dental Implant Specialists Eastpointe

Dexter K. Flemming

Michigan Center for Oral Surgery Southgate

Gary Forgach

ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers

Southfield

Southfield

Arvind Gulati

Novi Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Novi

Anish Gupta

Lyon Dental Implants and Oral Surgery

New Hudson

John Hackenberger

Summit Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Grosse Pointe Woods

Curtiss P. Haskins

Oakland Oral Surgery & Dental Implant Center

Livonia

Joseph M. Hildebrand

Dr. Joseph M. Hildebrand, DDS, PC Shelby Twp.

Paul Ho

South Shore Oral Surgery

Brownstown

Marvin Jabero

The Center for Dental Implants Oral & Facial Surgeons of Michigan

Hartland

Robert C. John

Greater Michigan Oral Surgeons & Dental Implant Center

Oxford

Bryan Johnson

Oral & Facial Surgeons of Michigan

Clarkston

Anthony Kasper

Keystone Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, PC Clinton Twp.

P. Andrew Kissoondial

Oakland Oral Surgery & Dental Implant Center Sterling Heights

Michael Kraemer

Summit Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Warren

Vejayan Krishnan

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Associates of Michigan, PC Farmington Hills

Sanjot Lehal

Oral & Facial Surgeons of Michigan

Waterford

Paul C. Lopez Michigan Oral Surgeons

Ann Arbor

Jeffery A. McFadden Specialized Surgeons

Livonia

Ronald P. Morris Downriver Surgery Center

Wyandotte

James A. Muller

The Huntington Group, PC

Huntington Woods

Brian C. Murphy Michigan OMS West Bloomfield

Derek Nykiel

Bingham Farms Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Bingham Farms

Aaron M. Pokorny

Rochester Hills Oral Surgery

Rochester Hills

Paul A. Renke

Rochester Hills Oral Surgery

Rochester Hills

David M. Rombach

The Huntington Group, PC

Huntington Woods

Aaron Ruskin

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Associates of Michigan, PC Farmington Hills

Timothy Schmakel

Bingham Farms Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Bingham Farms

Russell Sclafani

Summit Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Macomb

Kathryn A. Sonpal

Rochester Hills Oral Surgery

Rochester Hills

David Sturtz

Plymouth Ann Arbor Oral and Facial Surgery, PLC Plymouth

Gregory Thomas

Summit Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Rochester Hills

William L. Thompson

iCare Oral Surgery Commerce Twp.

Jeffrey Wasielewski

Plymouth Ann Arbor Oral and Facial Surgery, PLC Plymouth

James D. Williams

James D. Williams, DDS Clarkston

ORTHODONTICS

Philip Badalamenti

Badalamenti - Ferlito Orthodontics

St. Clair Shores

Marsha Beattie

Hersh-Beattie-Isenberg Orthodontics

West Bloomfield Twp.

Mark Berkman

Outstanding Orthodontics Commerce Twp.

Mark A. Bieszki

Macomb Orthodontics

Macomb Twp.

Dr. Jen Bonamici Reynolds Orthodontics 4299 Orchard Lake Rd. Ste. 196 West Bloomfield, MI 48323 248-344-8400 info@myamazingsmile.com myamazingsmile.com

Roger L. Bookwalter

Drs. Bookwalter, Fee and Wright Plymouth

Thomas Borgula

Thomas Borgula, DDS, MS, PC Shelby Twp.

Richard Bruno Bruno Orthodontics Clawson

Eric Brust Stieper & Brust Orthodontics Taylor

Bridget Bushon-Miller Sterling Orthodontics PLC Sterling Heights

Hadi Daia

Rivercrest Orthodontics Rochester Hills

Andrew DeHaan DeHaan Orthodontics Lake Orion

Archana Dhawan, DDS, MS Oakland Orthodontics 2789 Rochester Rd. Troy, MI 48083 248-817-2623 adhawan@oaklandorthodontics.com oaklandorthodontics.com

John J. Dumas

TDR Orthodontics Birmingham

Kathy Elias

Elias Orthodontics Utica

Cynthia L. Fee Drs. Bookwalter, Fee and Wright Plymouth

Thomas Gebeck Orthodontic Associates PC Birmingham

Christian G. Groth

TDR Orthodontics Birmingham

Susan Guest Drs. Nolan & Guest Canton

Michael R. Hardy Metropolitan Dental Center Waterford Twp.

Aaron Havens Havens Orthodontics St. Clair Shores

David Havens Havens Orthodontics St. Clair Shores

Gregory Hummon Orthodontic Associates PC Birmingham

Mark S. Hunter Mark S. Hunter, DMD Northville

Rodney Hyduk Ortho by Hyduk Troy

Amy Isenberg

Hersh-Beattie-Isenberg Orthodontics West Bloomfield Twp.

Nicole M. Jane

The Big Smile Orthodontics Livonia

Brynn Jezdimir

LakePointe Orthodontics St. Clair Shores

Thomas D. Jusino The Smile Engineer Farmington Hills

Dr. Dolores Baran, D.D.S.

Dr. Dolores Baran is a nationally respected dentist, and for good reason. While her educational credentials and professional accomplishments are quite remarkable, it’s the care she offers and the results she achieves that really make her stand out.

A graduate of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Dr. Baran is a highly skilled dentist with more than 35 years of experience. She has earned recognition and accolades not only for being a highly skilled dentist, but also because of her warm and caring personality. In fact, many of her patients also call her a friend.

Royal Oak smiles is a full-service, comprehensive dental spa that’s committed to meeting its patients’ oral health needs and providing a comfortable, serene dental experience. For those who suffer from migraines, headaches, and severe grinding and clenching, Dr. Baran offers Botox to help. “I’ve provided relief to many patients who, over the years, have tried various types of medications with no success,” she says.

Dr. Baran and her entire team provide excellent general and family dentistry care and use state-of-the-art cosmetic and restorative dentistry to give patients healthy, dazzling smiles. “Our dentists and team utilize advanced dental technology and fully customized care to provide a comfortable dental experience with high-quality results,” Dr. Baran says. “We enjoy caring for our patients, and it shows through the level service we provide.”

Most dental procedures are performed in the office, including Invisalign, restorative work, tooth gems, cosmetic veneers, same-day crowns, root canals, implants, and wisdom tooth extraction. ■

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G. Michael Kabot, DDS, MS

Kabot Orthodontics 655 W. 14 Mile Rd., Ste. 200 Clawson, MI 48017 248-280-2944 kabotoffice@sbcglobal.net kabodontics.com

Alan J. Ker

Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontic Specialists of Michigan Clinton Twp.

Kishawn Kole-James Superior Orthodontics Harper Woods

William Krieg

LakePointe Orthodontics St. Clair Shores

Maureen Kuhta

Aligned House of Orthodontics

Birmingham

Michael L. Lanzetta

Michael L. Lanzetta, DDS, PC

Taylor

John J. Lupini

True Orthodontics, PC

Wyandotte

Nawaf Masri

Masri Orthodontics

Livonia

Betsy Meade

Betsy Meade Orthodontics Ypsilanti

Jennifer K. Mertz

Grosse Pointe Orthodontics Grosse Pointe Woods

Mary Beth Moenssen

Dexter Orthodontics

Dexter

Charles F. Munk

Munk Orthodontics Clarkston

Dr. Owais Naeem DDS, MS

Today’s Orthodontics 44633 Joy Rd., Ste. 300 Canton, MI 48187 734-454-9200 smile@todaysortho.com todaysortho.com

Andrea Nakisher

Nakisher Orthodontics Farmington Hills

Kenneth A. Norwick

Norwick Orthodontics Dearborn

Valmy Pangrazio-Kulbersh

Sterling Orthodontics PLC

Sterling Heights

Jerek Petrous Petrous Orthodontics Royal Oak

Nicholas Rafaill

Straight Smiles Orthodontics Shelby Twp.

Ashley L. Reynolds Crescent Orthodontics South Lyon

James Reynolds DDS, MS Reynolds Orthodontics 4299 Orchard Lake Rd. Ste. 196 West Bloomfield, MI 48323 248-344-8400 info@myamazingsmile.com myamazingsmile.com

Rebecca Rubin

Lash Rubin Orthodontics West Bloomfield

Lainie Shapiro Outstanding Orthodontics Commerce Twp.

Randall L. Shaw The Best Braces Southfield

Prasanna-Kumar Shivapuja Kumar Orthodontics Roseville

Brandon Shoukri Dexter Orthodontics Dexter

Mamnoon Siddiqui Siddiqui Orthodontics Dearborn

Bradley Stieper Stieper & Brust Orthodontics

Taylor

Nicole Teifer DDS, MSD Today’s Orthodontics & Pediatric Dentistry 44110 W. 12 Mile Rd. Novi, MI 48377 734-454-9200 smile@todaysortho.com todaysortho.com

Ari G. Thanasas

Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontic Specialists of Michigan Clinton Twp.

Scott A. Tyler

TDR Orthodontics

Birmingham

Algirdas Vaitas

Birmingham Orthodontic Specialists

Birmingham

Gerald W. Wesley Bright Side Dental & Orthodontics St. Clair Shores

Nicole S. Wright

Drs. Bookwalter, Fee and Wright

Plymouth

PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

Salwa Atwan

Salwa Atwan, DDS, MS, Pediatric Dentistry PC

Plymouth

Elizabeth Barber

Blossom Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics

Ann Arbor

Samuel Blanchard

Golnick Pediatric Dental Associates

Taylor

Andreina Castro

Golnick Pediatric Dental Associates

Taylor

Natalie Datien Northline Dental Southgate

Jeffrey S. Daulton

Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontic Specialists of Michigan Clinton Twp.

James Delaney

Drs. Delaney, Root & Associates, PC Waterford

Naila Farooq Lakes Pediatric Dentistry Commerce Twp.

Renee Fraser

Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontic Specialists of Michigan Clinton Twp.

Jason Golnick

Golnick Pediatric Dental Associates

Taylor

Noam Greenbaum

Golnick Pediatric Dental Associates

Taylor

Dawn Yuen Harvey

Toothworks Pediatric Dentistry

Grosse Pointe Woods

Danny Kalash

Golnick Pediatric Dental Associates

West Bloomfield Twp.

Martin Makowski

Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontic Specialists of Michigan Clinton Twp.

Sam Malcheff

Canton Pediatric Dentistry

Canton

Ray Maturo

Ann Arbor Pediatric Dentistry

Ann Arbor

Amy C. Parker

Dr. Amy C. Parker, DDS, MS Southfield

Aimee Picard

Ann Arbor Pediatric Dentistry

Ann Arbor

Curt Ralstrom

Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontic Specialists of Michigan Clinton Twp.

Elizabeth Ralstrom

Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontic Specialists of Michigan Clinton Twp.

Jocelyn M. Robelli

Jocelyn M. Robelli, DDS, MS, PLLC

Roseville

Megan E. Stowers

Megan E. Stowers, Specialist in Dentistry for Children

West Bloomfield

Stacy Sullivan

Growing Smiles Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics

Chesterfield

Arnold Tracht

Arnold Tracht, Daniel Briskie, & Lisa Goldberg, DDS, PC Rochester Hills

David Vazquez

Motor Mouth Pediatric Dentistry Dearborn

Christopher Walsh

Clarkston Pediatric Dentistry

Clarkston

Cari M. Zupko

Dr. Cari M. Zupko & Associates

Beverly Hills

PERIODONTICS

Heba Abuhussein

Great Lakes Family Dental Group

Livonia

A. G. Alsaidi

Michigan Gum Docs

Southfield

Lauren Anderson

Anderson Periodontal Wellness

Bloomfield Hills

Monish Bhola

Advanced Periodontics & Implantology

Plymouth

Julius Bunek

Michigan Implants & Periodontics

Ann Arbor

Leyvee Cabanilla Jacobs

Advanced Periodontics & Implantology

Plymouth

Sandra S. Chang

Michigan Perio

Canton

David G. Darany

Periodontic & Implantology Associates

Dearborn

Linda L. Dobis

Periodontic & Implantology Associates

Dearborn

Omar El-Banhawy

Dental Implant Center of Royal Oak

Royal Oak

Mark E. Frenchi

Mark Frenchi, DDS, MS, PC

Clarkston

Top Dentists «

David M. Juliani, D.D.S.,

After graduating from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, David M. Juliani, D.D.S., served two years at the United States Air Force Academy before landing in Rochester Hills in 1997. There, he not only found a home, but a future — and it was the future that has been the centerpiece of his practice.

“I’ve always believed that it’s important to be as far ahead as possible when it comes to technology,” Dr. Juliani says, “so we built this office based on what dentistry would become in the future and the technology that will be available. This space is state-of-the-art, and there’s nothing that we can’t offer our patients.”

That includes Cerec, an incredible technology that allows dentists to complete many treatments in a single visit. “Cerec is same-day crowns and bridges,” Dr. Juliani explains. “We do everything in-house, which makes for a much easier and more comfortable experience for our patients.”

Dr. Juliani, who practices general, family, cosmetic, reconstruction, orthodontic, and emergency dentistry, says there’s been a “whirlwind of change” in technology since he started his practice.

“There are things today I never even imagined we could do when I graduated from dental school,” he says. “Technology improves the patient’s experience and our ability to deliver better-quality dental care more efficiently. It has moved dentistry beyond what we ever imagined it could be.”

For the ninth consecutive year, Dr. Juliani has been listed as one of America’s Top Dentists by the Consumers’ Research Council of America, and has been named one of Detroit’s Top Dentists by Hour Detroit magazine. ■

THE LIST Top Dentists

Mark S. Isler

Mark Isler, DDS, MS

West Bloomfield

Mitchell D. Kaplan

Mitchell D. Kaplan, DDS, PhD, PC

Ann Arbor

Amar Katranji DDS, MS

Joseph R. Nemeth, DDS & Associates 29829 Telegraph Rd., Ste. 111 Southfield, MI 48034 248-357-3100 info@drnemeth.com drnemeth.com

Bassam M. Kinaia

Michigan Periodontics & Implants

Sterling Heights

Shilpa Kolhatkar

Advanced Periodontics & Implantology

Plymouth

Lloyd W. Lariscy

Periodontic & Implantology Specialists

Farmington Hills

Peter Leone

Periodontal Specialties

Clinton Twp.

David Lipton

Michigan Dental Specialists

Bloomfield Hills

Stephen J. Meraw

Professional Periodontics & Implant Services

Warren

Kelly A. Misch

Michigan Implants & Periodontics

Ann Arbor

Anthony L. Neely

Renaissance Endodontics, PLLC Southfield

Joseph R. Nemeth, DDS, MACS

Joseph R. Nemeth, DDS & Associates 29829 Telegraph Rd., Ste. 111 Southfield, MI 48034 248-357-3100 info@drnemeth.com drnemeth.com

Alexandra B. Plonka

Professional Periodontics & Implant Services

Grosse Pointe Woods

Michael Ramos

Michigan Oral Rehabilitation and Periodontics

Rochester Hills

Lindsey Steele

Periodontic & Implantology Associates

Dearborn

Jacob Steiger

Periodontic & Implantology Specialists

Farmington Hills

Lauren M. Syrowik

Periodontic & Implantology Associates

Dearborn

Russell Thaler

Lifetime Dental Group

Canton

Paul VanRaaphorst

Rochester Periodontics & Dental Implants, PC

Rochester Hills

Whitney D. Weiner

Whole Dental Wellness

Birmingham

Michael S. Wojcik

Periodontal Specialties

Clinton Twp.

Steve L. Wolf

Legacy Periodontics & Implants

Novi

Joanne Yihan

Rochester Periodontics & Dental Implants, PC Rochester Hills

Mark D. Zahn

Mark D. Zahn, DDS, MS, PC Ann Arbor

Samir F. Zakaria DDS, MSD Periodontics & Dental Implants Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology 37619 Pembroke Ave. Livonia, MI 48152 734-542-9904 zakariaperio.com

Aaron Zeevi

Periodontics Implant Dentistry, Aaron Zeevi, DDS, MS

Huntington Woods

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Midhat Asfar

Karmanos Cancer Institute

Detroit

David Bartolovic

Hilton Progressive Dental Ferndale

Benjamin Czerniawski

Pointe Prosthodontics

Grosse Pointe Woods

Andrew N. Dill West Ann Arbor Dentistry

Ann Arbor

Chady A. Elhage

Dental Implant Center of Royal Oak

Royal Oak

Furat M. George

Enamel Dental Studio

Farmington Hills

Emily Giroux

Giroux Prosthodontics and General Dentistry

Sterling Heights

Douglas A. Henke

Douglas A. Henke, DDS, MS Farmington Hills

Rami Jandali Dental Rehabilitation Center

Southfield

Darnell Kaigler

Detroit Dental Specialty Center

Detroit

Jesse Kane

Kane & Bloem Prosthodontics and Implant Dentistry

Ann Arbor

Lisa Kane

Cranbrook Dental Care

Bloomfield Hills

Neil L. Matthews

Neil Matthews Prosthodontics

Rochester Hills

Ajay Ojha

Comprehensive Dental Clinic

Sterling Heights

Jennifer Wiens Priebe

Prosthodontic & Implant Consultants of MI

West Bloomfield

Stephen J. Riedy

Michigan Prosthodontics

Plymouth

Robert Stewart

Robert B. Stewart, DDS, MS, PC Grosse Pointe Woods

Sharitha V. Uchil

SAAV Prosthodontics PC

Livonia

Jonathan P. Wiens

Prosthodontic & Implant Consultants of MI West Bloomfield

Abdullah Sayed DDS, MS

Pristine Periodontics and Implants 2425 E. Lincoln St., Ste. 100 Birmingham, MI 48009 248-901-0000 dentalimplant@gmail.com pristineperioimplants.com

Amanda M. Sheehan, D.D.S.

Dr. Amanda M. Sheehan feels a sense of pride and satisfaction when one of her patients walks out the door of Oakland Family Dental with a life changing smile. “I’m proud to help patients regain their confidence,” she says.

Dr. Sheehan, who opened Oakland Family Dental in Waterford in 2016, has made it her mission to treat patients with care and compassion from the moment they walk in the door until they flash their new, confident smile. “I owe it to our patients to offer the best treatment options out there,” she says. Oakland Family Dental offers patient-centered dental health care that includes a full slate of services: general dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, orthodontics, sleep dentistry, sedation dentistry, and dental implants.

Dr. Sheehan is known for her dedication to education; she graduated summa cum laude from Franklin Pierce College, received her doctorate from SUNY at Buffalo, and went on to receive her certificate in dental oncology from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in 2012. She has earned more than 3,000 hours of continuing education, is the recipient of a Diplomate in the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, and the American Board of Oral Implantology. Dr. Sheehan is among only two percent of dentists in North America who have achieved a Mastership in the Academy of General Dentistry, and she holds the title of Faculty Director at the Resnik Implant Institute, where she mentors colleagues on implant surgery and prosthetics. Most recently, she became the first and only female dentist in Michigan to obtain board certification in implants. Dr. Sheehan has also been awarded the Lifelong Learning and Service Recognition from the MAGD. By continuously proving her dedication to her field and her patients, Dr. Sheehan has established herself as one of Michigan’s premier dentals providers. ■

Top Dentists Falcon Dental Group

Falcon Dental Group, known for excellence in dentistry in Harper Woods and the surrounding Grosse Pointe communities, is constantly looking for new ways to improve its five-star experience by putting patients at the center of the practice. Their ongoing commitment to advanced technology, a relaxing environment, and fully individualized treatment is what has patients returning to Falcon Dental Group for many years.

Dr. Horacio Falcón, a University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry graduate and owner of Falcon Dental Group in Harper Woods, has years of experience in both general dentistry and comprehensive dental treatments. Dr. Falcón, who has been recognized over the years for his clinical and leadership excellence, has extensive training in dental implants and aesthetic dentistry. He has been named a Top Dentist by Hour Detroit magazine for multiple consecutive years.

Over the years, Dr. Falcón has helped many of his patients transform their lives by enhancing their unique smile. He says he believes that people with great smiles are perceived to be more competent, attractive, sincere, confident, and sociable. “That’s the power of a great smile, and it’s rewarding to help people transform their lives” Dr. Falcón says.

Falcon Dental Group is all about the five-star patient experience. “We provide a relaxing and comfortable environment with state-of-the-art technology, from digital impressions to 3-D CBCT radiographs,” he adds.

Falcon Dental Group offers general dentistry — including aesthetic, sedation, and implant dentistry — for the whole family. “I look forward to the personal relationships developed with treating people and strive to provide patients with the best experience,” Dr. Falcón says. “Never underestimate the power of a healthy, beautiful smile.” ■

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Top Chiropractors

How many times have you heard friends say that they only got relief from their back problem after they saw a chiropractor? They’ve tried medication, back-strengthening exercises, injections, and maybe even surgery. Yet once they were under the care of a chiropractor, their whole outlook changed. Public interest in complementary and alternative medicine has risen in the past several decades, and chiropractors are a natural choice for addressing many issues that affect overall health.

Hour Detroit’s Top Chiropractors list is based on a peer-review survey conducted by Professional Research Services (PRS). Participants cast thousands of votes honoring excellence in chiropractic services. Professionals are screened and selected through the verification of licensing and review of any infractions through various applicable boards, agencies, and rating services. Inclusion in the listings cannot be purchased. It is solely the result of PRS’ research. For additional information, visit prscom.com or email PRS at info@prscom.com.

Bill (William) Abbott Abbott Family Chiropractic Northville

Mazin Abdelmalek

Renaissance Burton Chiropractic Spine & Injury Center

Burton

Mohamed Ahmad Applied Modern Health Canton

Nichole C. Anderson Eight Mile Chiropractic Clinic Detroit

Amanda Apfelblat Michigan Chiropractic Specialists Garden City

Cass Jaye Bader Dr. C.J. Bader, D.C. Taylor

Bryan A. Baetens

Baetens Chiropractic Center St. Clair Shores

Andrew A. Bajaj

Total Health Systems Center Line

Cory R. Baltazar Health for Life Chiropractic Northville

Erik Barazsu OmniKinetics Birmingham

Larry A. Bartell

Bartell Chiropractic Life Center Dearborn

Jamie Bell

Advanced Health Chiropractic Troy

Lisa Bell

Advanced Health Chiropractic Troy

Emma Belland Claddagh Chiropractic Wellness Center Ferndale

Tonya Beltran Total Health Systems Center Line

Pavel Bence Bence Chiropractic Wellness Center Macomb

William Bender Bender Chiropractic Health & Vitality Center Clinton Township

David A. Betts Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center Detroit

Sharon M. Bianco Hofmann Chiropractic Clinic Allen Park

Nick Binder StayWell Chiropractic Novi

Brooke Bittner Aligned to Shine Chiropractic, PC Howell

Jeff Bosman Bosman Chiropractic Auburn Hills

Brigette Bowler Essential Chiropractic, Inc. Ferndale

Erik Brace Embrace Life Chiropractic Rochester Hills

Michael Brackney Brackney Chiropractic Health Centers, PLLC Canton

Donald Bretz Organic Approach Chiropractic & Wellness Clinton Township

Christopher Brioc Metropolitan Chiropractic Clinic Clinton Township

Davis Brockenshire Innovative Health Solutions Plymouth

Sara Brostek Spinal Solutions Chiropractic & Wellness Center Shelby Township

Amanda G. Brown Henry Ford Center for Athletic Medicine Detroit

Martin Brown Macomb Chiropractic Centers, PC Sterling Heights

Michael J. Brown Brown Chiropractic Sterling Heights

Jeffrey E. Buller Buller Chiropractic Clinic Rochester Hills

Matthew Burger Anchor Bay Chiropractic New Baltimore

Austin R. Buschbacher Simply Well Chiropractic Livonia

Jason A. Butzin Butzin Chiropractic Clinic Sterling Heights

Stephen Cain

Total Health Systems Washington Township

Mike (Michael) Cameron Wyandotte Chiropractic Wyandotte

Mark Campbell HealthQuest of Farmington Farmington

Marc A. Carafelli Carafelli Chiropractic Trenton

Kevin Caron Performance Health Chiropractic Clinton Township

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Sam Caruso

Caruso Chiropractic Lake Orion

William Clugston

Clugston Chiropractic Center Livonia

Solomon Leonard Cogan

HealthQuest of Farmington Farmington

Daniel Cohen

Levine Clinic of Chiropractic Farmington Hills

Jessica Cohen

Utica Chiropractic Clinic, PC Utica

Mark Cohen

Utica Chiropractic Clinic, PC Utica

Kellee Lynn Conant Dr. Kellee Conant Chiropractic Monroe

John Conflitti

Madison Heights Chiropractic Center Madison Heights

Jeffrey A. Conn

Pointe Village Chiropractic Clinton Township

Kyle Conn

Lifetime Family Chiropractic Brighton

Ryan C. Cooper

Health for Life Chiropractic Northville

Dan Corne

Odette & Corne Chiropractic Family Health Center Brownstown

David T. Craig

Pointe Village Chiropractic Clinton Township

Jamie Cramer

Precise Chiropractic Troy

Brooke Crandall

Endeavor Chiropractic Livonia

Douglas Daley

Total Health Systems Washington Township

Ronda Dalton

Healing Rhythm Chiropractic Center Rochester Hills

Christophe Dean

Dean Chiropractic Berkley

Jon Dean

Dean Chiropractic Berkley

Timothy Dehr

Performance Health Chiropractic - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor

Bridget A. Devlin-Smith

Claddagh Chiropractic Wellness Center Ferndale

Eric DiMartino

DiMartino Chiropractic Chesterfield

Craig A. Dobek

Mt. Clemens Chiropractic Mount Clemens

Robert Dotto

Dotto Family Chiropractic PLLC Livonia

Teddy Drussel Summit Chiropractic & Pain Relief Waterford Township

Jeffrey Duchene Duchene Chiropractic Center Clinton Township

Eric Duncan

The Fix Chiropractic Group

Keego Harbor

Jeffrey Eisman

Eisman Chiropractic Clinic Detroit

Ali El-Habhab MI Spine Chiropractic Allen Park

Leigh A. Elceser

Joslyn Chiropractic Pontiac

Khaled Elganainy

Renaissance Burton Chiropractic Spine & Injury Center Burton

Derek Elwart Elwart Family Chiropractic Clinton Township

Francis Elwart Total Health Systems Chesterfield

Chris Emmert

Claddagh Chiropractic Wellness Center Ferndale

Joseph G. Estrada New Leaf Chiropractic Sterling Heights

Robert Facca

Facca Chiropractic Clinic

Birmingham

Summer Fakhouri

Prodigy Spinal Rehabilitation Dearborn

Jeffrey E. Fantich

Chiropractic & Integrative Health Specialists PLLC West Bloomfield

Daniel Farkas

Back to Health Chiropractic Center

Troy

Haroun Fetteh Core Chiropractic Southfield

Bill (William) Finn

Finn Chiropractic Center

Walled Lake

Olivia A. Fitch

Fitch Chiropractic Allen Park

Cecil I. Forbes Jr. iCare Spine and Rehabilitation Center

Detroit

Peter Fox Precise Chiropractic Troy

Mary Frye

1st Chiropractic Life Center

Warren

Gina Fuga

Greater Chiropractic St. Clair Shores

Michael Gasiewicz

Claddagh Chiropractic Wellness Center Ferndale

Otto Geiseman IV

Structure & Function Chiropractic Plymouth

Thomas J. Gerou

Gerou Chiropractic Canton

Hael Ghaleb Michigan Sports and Spine Management Madison Heights

Charles Gilcher xflake Lincoln Park

Craig Gill Diverse Health Services PLLC Novi

Herman J. Glass Jr. Glass Chiropractic Detroit

Jack Goss

Goss Chiropractic Clinic

Sterling Heights

Marc Gray II Chiropractic and Wellness Center Bloomfield Hills

Samuel Gray

Summit Chiropractic & Pain Relief

Waterford Township

Jeffrey Greer

Greer Chiropractic

Plymouth

Sean Gregory Canton Center Chiropractic Clinic

Canton

Michael Greiner

Spinal Recovery Center

Warren

John Grgicak Progressive Chiropractic

Royal Oak

David A. Guzzardo

Guzzardo Chiropractic Center

Clinton Township

Kenneth L. Hamilton

Harper Chiropractic Center St. Clair Shores

Michael Hanselman Precise Chiropractic Troy

Hamdan Mohsin Harhara

Hershman Chiropractic Southfield

Mohammad (Moe) Hazimi

Applied Modern Health Chiropractic Livonia

James Herman Dr. James Herman PLLC Bloomfield

Steven Heuer

Spinal Recovery Center

Warren

Jason Hilla

Total Health Systems

Clinton Township

Raymond Hillenbrand

PRO Chiropractic

Beverly Hills

Michael Hilton

Duncan Chiropractic Group

Brighton

Keith Hobbs

Keith Hobbs Chiropractic Clinic Flint

Linda E. Holland

Henry Ford Medical Center - Ford Road Dearborn

Jennifer Hudson

Total Health Systems

Washington Township

Rob Iannucci

Birmingham Wellness Center

Birmingham

Mitch Israel REACH Rehab + Chiropractic Performance

Plymouth

Gary P. Johnson

Johnson Chiropractic Health Center

Shelby Township

Karl R.O.S. Johnson

Johnson Chiropractic Neurology & Nutrition

Shelby Township

Kevin Jonca

Duncan Chiropractic Group

Brighton

Reid Kaminski

Birmingham Wellness Center

Birmingham

Kevin Karadeema

Renaissance Chiropractic Taylor

Dennis R. Kash

Rochester Hills Chiropractor Rochester Hills

Keith J. Khalil

Khalil Family Chiropractic Eastpointe

David Kirsch

Birmingham Chiropractic Clinic Birmingham

Joel Kirsch

Birmingham Chiropractic Clinic Birmingham

Sarah Kirsch Balanced Health & Wellness Berkley

James E. Kraft Kraft Chiropractic Troy

Mark Kraft

Kraft Chiropractic Center Warren

Gregory Kramer Kramer Chiropractic - Livonia Spine & Injury

Livonia

Bradley Krawczyk

Back and Body Chiropractic Center Shelby Township

Marsh Kroener

Macomb Chiropractic Centers, PC Sterling Heights

Nathan Kruse

Innovative Health Solutions

Plymouth

Corey Laber Duncan Chiropractic Group

Brighton

Heidi M. LaBo

LaBo Family Chiropractic

Dearborn

Megan Lambert

Complete Care Chiropractic Clinic Warren

Angela Lawrence The Nutritional Healing Center of Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor

Richard Levine

Levine Clinic of Chiropractic Farmington Hills

Robert Levine

Levine Clinic of Chiropractic Farmington Hills

Bill A. Logan

Logan Chiropractic Center Warren

Marc Lukosavich

Lukosavich Chiropractic Center

Shelby Township

Ryan Lukowski D.C. Lukowski Family Chiropractic 34529 Utica Road Fraser, MI 48026 586-285-1090 info@lukowskichiropractic.com lukowskichiropractic.com

Aaron Lundgaard Total Health Systems Clinton Township

Jeffrey Lupo Lupo Chiropractic Life Center, P.C. Roseville

Jessie Lupo

Lupo Chiropractic Life Center, P.C. Roseville

Joseph Lupo Lupo Chiropractic Life Center, P.C. Roseville

Adam Mandziuk Star Chiropractic Shelby Township

Ronda Vaughn Marshall Vaughn Chiropractic Waterford

Dustin Mattila HealthSource of Farmington Farmington

Kevin McCartney McCartney Chiropractic Livonia

Jennifer A. McDannel Michigan Chiropractic Specialists of Garden City, P.C. Garden City

David McFadden Bath City Chiropractic Clinic Clinton Township

Michael P. McPharlin

Bridge Chiropractic & Integrated Health Port Huron

Ryan Mercier Duncan Chiropractic Group Brighton

Kevin Michalak Duncan Chiropractic Group Brighton

Rose Minkiewicz Total Health Systems Chesterfield

Frank C. Miramonti

Miramonti Chiropractic, PLLC Mount Clemens

Duncan Mukeku BSc., D.C., D.A.A.M.L.P. 21790 Coolidge Hwy., Ste. A Oak Park, MI 48237 248-398-1650 info@chiropracticworksforyou.com chiropracticworksforyou.com

James R. Muldoon NeuroLogic Chiropractic Center Wixom

Ken Murkowski II Pro-Active Chiropractic and Wellness Clarkston

Jason R. Naborczyk Optimum Chiropractic Lake Orion

Kevin Naborczyk Optimum Chiropractic Lake Orion

Hamzi Naserdean 1st Choice Chiropractic Dearborn Heights

Katrina Nicholson HealthQuest of Farmington Farmington

Laura Nicholson Rochester Family Chiropractic Rochester Hills

Renee Noomie Back & Neck Chiropractic Wellness Center Troy

Kevin O’Dell O’Dell Family Chiropractic Lathrup Village

Amy Olson StayWell Chiropractic Novi

Lisa S. Olszewski Dr. Lisa O Chelsea

Lanny E. Orr Henry Ford Medical Center - Bloomfield Twp Bloomfield

Jonathan M. Orvis Progressive Chiropractic Royal Oak

Catherine J. Oster-Kostuch Oster Chiropractic Clinic St. Clair Shores

Quinn Joseph Ouillette Duncan Chiropractic Group Brighton

Nicholas Palladinelli Atlas Chiropractic Health and Wellness Center PC Howell

Nicole Lee Palmer Serenity Family Chiropractic, P.C. White Lake

Neelam Patel Total Health Systems St. Clair Shores

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Erica Peabody D.C.

Cafe of LIFE Chiropractic @ Peabody Center for Well-Being 202 W Shiawassee Ave., Ste. 100 Fenton, MI 48430 810-629-6023 Erica@cafeoflifefenton.com cafeoflifefenton.com

Adeela Peer Peer Chiropractic Wellness Center Rochester Hills

Christopher Perkins Premier Family Wellness Farmington

Donald G. Pethtel Van Born Chiropractic Clinic P.C. Dearborn Heights

Theresa M. Pigott Authentic Living Center Troy

John Pispidikis Spinal Recovery Center Warren

Nicole Poirier Poirier Chiropractic Shelby Township

Michael J. Porter II LaBo Family Chiropractic Dearborn

Danielle P. Potter Canton Center Chiropractic Clinic Canton

Jessie L. Potter Innovative Holistic Centered Care Brighton

Robert E. Potter Jr. Canton Center Chiropractic Clinic Canton

Lisa A. Price Dr. Lisa A. Price, D.C., P.C. Roseville

David M. Purdy Purdy Chiropractic, PLC Mount Clemens

Sarah B. Radtke Sarah B. Radtke, DC Bloomfield Hills

Jeffrey K. Rauch

Rauch Chiropractic Life Center Sterling Heights

Mohamed Raychouni Mi Spine Chiropractic Dearborn

Mustafa Jamal Raychouni Mi Spine Chiropractic Dearborn

Hassan Reichouni Wyoming Chiropractic Health Clinic Dearborn

Charles Reid Reid Chiropractic Clinic Rochester Hills

Donald M. Reno Reno Chiropractic Center, P.C. Sterling Heights

Aaron Rice Journey to Health Sterling Heights

Ashley Rich Balanced Health & Wellness Berkley

Adam Rodnick Rodnick Chiropractic Commerce Township

Alex Rodnick Triumph Chiropractic Livonia

Luther Rosemond Rosemond Chiropractic Health Center Detroit

Amanda B. Rossi

Amanda B. Rossi, D.C. Birmingham

Stuart Rubin Dr. Stuart Rubin, Chiropractor Farmington Hills

Ruvayn Rubinstein Thrive Chiropractic Troy

Paula Ruffin New Hudson Chiropractic & Wellness New Hudson

B.J. Rumph Rumph Chiropractic Waterford

Becky Rumph-Pender Rumph Chiropractic Waterford

John J. Saab Saab Chiropractic Care & Health Services West Bloomfield

Bashar Salame, DC, CCN 1420 Was hington B lvd. 4th Floor Detroit, MI 48226 313-433-1251 primechiro.com

John Schafer Schafer Chiropractic Life Center Waterford Township

Sarah Schafer Sarah Danielle Schafer, DC Lapeer

Heather Schueler O’Dell Family Chiropractic Lathrup Village

Gary Sclabassi

Oakland Chiropractic Clinic

Walled Lake

Robert Anthony Selvaggi

Selvaggi Chiropractic of Romeo Romeo

Jeremiah Shaft

True Health Chiropractic | Legel & Shaft

Chiropractic Romulus

Raymond Shin

Performance Health Chiropractic

Clinton Township

Joe Shusteric

Achieve Health & Performance, PLLC Riverview

David Silbert

Silbert Chiropractic Clinic, P.C. Wyandotte

Karen M. Slota

Soft Tissues Solutions

Farmington Hills

Thomas G. Smith

Chiropractic Associates of Michigan

Warren

Joseph Smola

Dynamic Health Chiropractic

Novi

Jesse Snider

Total Health Systems

Clinton Township

Nicholas Solverson

Endeavor Chiropractic

Livonia

Elisabeth Steczek

Complete Care Chiropractic Clinic

Warren

Jason Tagai

Duncan Chiropractic Group

Brighton

R.E. Tent Diverse Health Services PLLC Novi

Terry L. Tipton

Tipton Chiropractic Center

Livonia

Pam Tomaszycki

Total Health Systems

Clinton Township

Sean M. Totten

Birmingham Chiropractic Clinic

Birmingham

Emily Tripp

Balanced Health & Wellness

Berkley

Colleen Trombley-VanHoogstraat

Lifetime Wellness Family Chiropractic & Nutrition Center Oxford

Jennifer Turnbull Bonde

Birmingham Wellness Center Birmingham

Stephen M. Upchurch

Upchurch Chiropractic Royal Oak

Scott W. Vande Veegaete

Lakepointe Chiropractic Clinic Grosse Pointe Woods

Marc G. VanHoogstraat

Lifetime Wellness Family Chiropractic & Nutrition Center Oxford

Laura Louise Vanloon Synergy Wellness Birmingham

Alison E. Ramsden

Balanced Health & Wellness Berkley

Mallory N. Wales

Henry Ford Medical Center - Cottage Grosse Pointe Farms

Alonda T. Walker Herfert Chiropractic Clinic Eastpointe

Demerius L. Ware ChiroOne Centers of Michigan Southfield

Timothy Wasmund Purdy Chiropractic Rochester

Sara Whedon Stiles Chiropractic Novi

Jennifer L. Whitman Downtown Dewitt Chiropractic Dewitt

James J. Woda Back Wellness Center PC Dearborn

Ryan Yanez

Semlow Chiropractic Troy

Nora Zoma

Embody Health Chiropractic Troy

Rasha Zora

Balanced Health & Wellness Berkley

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RPT can help with many issues, including back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, migraines, carpal tunnel, TMJ, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, and other muscular issues. It has also been successful in aiding the mobility issues faced by those suffering from multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s disease, and cerebral palsy.

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“Living in pain affects every part of a person’s life,” says therapist Benjamin Blankenship. “Clients often come to Robotic Precision Therapy Clinic having tried countless other remedies without lasting relief. It’s so rewarding to see them be more mobile, happier, and back to the activities they love — and, in some cases, able to avoid surgery.”

RPT Clinic is home to five RX2600 Therapeutic Robot machines. RPT therapists determine the muscle group causing the pain, and then the robotic arm administers gentle pressure in set intervals to those specific muscles. When muscles are shortened by repetitive motion, injury, or accident, it puts pressure on the surrounding bone structure and nerves, resulting in pain. The pressure exerted by the robotic arm works to lengthen the muscle back to its original state, reducing or even eliminating pain.

One of RPT Clinic’s early clients was Julie Pulte. Pulte didn’t think she would be able to avoid hip surgery after years of constant pain. “I could barely walk,” Pulte says. “After three

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The robotic arm used by RPT’s therapists is more precise and accurate than performing the therapy by hand. With the RX2600 Therapeutic Robot, the amount of pressure is controlled, the precision of the placement is consistent, and the amount of gentle pressure applied is measured. Blankenship has also patented several innovative improvements to the technology, like gentle heat and vibration, making RPT even more effective.

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RPT is a complement to traditional physical therapy, chiropractic, massage, and other therapies. For those who have plateaued in

Senior Services

Aging means having to make adjustments to fit evolving needs at each stage of life. Hour Detroit’s Senior Services directory includes resources for seniors in metro Detroit and their caregivers. Facilities and trained professionals in the area offer a wide array of senior services, from basic supervision to specialized medical care. Because everyone’s needs are different, the listings below are broken down by type and level of care, ensuring that you and your family members receive the ideal form of assistance.

INDEPENDENT LIVING

This model of care affords seniors the greatest amount of flexibility over their daily schedules. The facilities, which often take the form of apartment complexes, generally provide seniors with basic services like meals, laundry, and professional supervision. They foster a community-oriented atmosphere and frequently provide programs for social engagement.

LIVINGSTON

Brookdale Brighton

833 E. Grand River Ave., Brighton; 810-229-9190. brookdale.com

Oakhaven Manor 1320 Ashebury Lane, Howell; 517-548-9870. oakhavenmanor.com

Village Manor Retirement 9501 E. Highland Road, Howell; 810-632-6200. vmretirement.com

MACOMB

American House East I 17255 Common Road, Roseville; 586-298-3121. americanhouse.com

American House East II 18760 13 Mile Road, Roseville; 586-298-3114. americanhouse.com

American House Lakeshore 28801 Jefferson Ave., St. Clair Shores; 586-439-3122. americanhouse.com

American House Lakeside 15731 19 Mile Road, Clinton Township; 586-913-8038. americanhouse.com

American House Park Place 29250 Heritage Pkwy., Warren; 586-298-3115. americanhouse.com

American House Sterling Heights 11255 15 Mile Road, Sterling Heights; 586-978-1060. americanhousemi.com

American House Sterling Meadows 33433 Schoenherr Road, Sterling Heights; 586-298-3137. americanhouse.com

American House Sterling Woods 36430 Van Dyke Ave., Sterling Heights; 586-480-1403. americanhouse.com

The Orchards Armada Village 22600 W. Main St., Armada; 586-784-5322. theorchardsmi.com

Northpoint Village of Utica 45201 Northpointe Blvd., Utica; 586-739-9545. npointvillage.com

Pine Ridge of Garfield 36333 Garfield Road, Clinton Township; 586-723-0000. trueconnectioncommunities.com

Pine Ridge of Hayes 43707 Hayes Road, Sterling Heights; 586-247-0901. titansenguest.com

Pine Ridge of Plumbrook 8350 Plumbrook Road, Sterling Heights; 586-274-2500. trueconnectioncommunities.com

Pine Ridge Villas of Shelby 4200 W. Utica Road, Shelby Township; 586-739-5520. trueconnectioncommunities.com

Rose Senior Living 44003 Partridge Creek Blvd., Clinton Township; 586-840-0840. roseseniorliving.com

Shorehaven 14560 Lakeside Circle, Sterling Heights; 586-247-3220 . shorehavenseniorliving.com

Town Village Sterling Heights 4500 Dobry Drive, Sterling Heights; 586-803-0900. townvillagesterlingheights.com

Villa Bella of Clinton Township 15894 19 Mile Road, Clinton Township; 888-792-3552. villa-bella.net

Waltonwood Lakeside

14750 Lakeside Circle, Sterling Heights; 586-207-7797. waltonwood.com

OAKLAND Abbey Park at Mill River 28413 Abbey Lane, New Hudson; 248-437-6550. abbeypark.com

All Seasons of Birmingham 111 Elm St., Birmingham; 947-226-3296. allseasonsbirmingham.com

All Seasons of Rochester Hills 175 E. Nawakwa Road, Rochester Hills; 248-952-8562. allseasonsrochesterhills.com

All Seasons of West Bloomfield 5600 Drake Road, West Bloomfield; 248-841-4286. allseasonswestbloomfield.com

American House Elmwood 2251 W. Auburn Road, Rochester Hills; 248-852-1980. americanhouse.com

American House Milford 700 Napa Valley Drive, Milford; 248-714-7073. americanhouse.com

American House Stone 3741 S. Adams Road, Rochester Hills; 248-257-4011. americanhouse.com

American House Troy 2300 Grand Haven Drive, Troy; 248-436-4621. americanhouse.com

American House Village of Rochester Hills 3617 S. Adams Road, Rochester Hills; 248-327-3554. americanhouse.com

American House West Bloomfield 5859 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield; 248-436-4085. americanhouse.com

Baldwin House 200 Chester St., Birmingham; 248-540-4555. baldwinhouseseniors.com

Baldwin House Oakland 1915 Baldwin Ave., Pontiac; 248-335-7020 . baldwinhouseseniors.com

The Baptist Manor 30301 W. 13 Mile Road, Farmington Hills; 248-626-6100. thebaptistmanor.org

Brookdale Farmington Hills 36550 Grand River Ave., Farmington Hills; 248-476-7478. brookdale.com

Brookdale Novi 45182 W. Park Drive, Novi; 947-227-7494. brookdale.com

Brookdale Southfield 25800 W. 11 Mile Road, Southfield; 313-736-9082. brookdale.com

Canterbury on the Lake 5601 Hatchery Road, Waterford; 248-791-9737. canterburyonthelake.com

Cedarbrook of Bloomfield Hills 41150 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills; 248-985-8546. cedarbrookofbloomfieldhills.com

Elmhaven Manor 600 W. Walton Blvd., Pontiac; 248-451-1370. elmhavenmanor.com

Halsted Place 29451 Halsted Road, Farmington Hills; 248-489-8988. halstedplace.com

Hechtman Apartments 6690 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield; 248-661-1836. jslmi.org

The Inn at Cass Lake 900 N. Cass Lake Road, Waterford; 248-780-7724. holidayseniorliving.com

Jewish Senior Life Oak Park 15000 W. 10 Mile Road, Oak Park; 248-661-1836. jslmi.org

Jewish Senior Life West Bloomfield 6710 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield Township; 248-661-1836. jslmi.org

Meer Apartments 6760 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield; 248-661-1836. jslmi.org

The Park at Franklin 28301 Franklin Road, Southfield; 248-289-5448. parkatfranklin.com

The Park at Trowbridge 24111 Civic Center Drive, Southfield; 248-352-0208. parkattrowbridge.com

Park House Southfield Senior Living 27577 Lahser Road, Southfield; 947-366-1994. parkhousesouthfield.com

Pomeroy Orion 101 E. Scripps Road, Orion Charter Township; 248-621-3100. pomeroyliving.com

Pomeroy Rochester 3466 West South Blvd., Rochester Hills; 248-564-2200. pomeroyliving.com

Rose Senior Living at Providence Park 47400 Heritage Drive, Novi; 248-513-8900. roseseniorliving.com

Samaritas Affordable Living 2566 Walton Blvd., Rochester Hills; 248-375-1810. samaritas.org

Samaritas Senior Living of Bloomfield Hills 6257 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills; 248-723-6275. samaritas.org

The Village of Royal Oak 3442 Devon Road, Royal Oak; 248-629-7392.

Waltonwood Twelve Oaks 27475 Huron Circle, Novi; 248-504-4093. waltonwood.com

Waltonwood University 3250 Walton Blvd., Rochester Hills; 947-479-4070. waltonwood.com

WASHTENAW

American House Carpenter 3470 Carpenter Road, Ypsilanti; 734-961-4578. americanhouse.com

Brecon Village

200 Brecon Drive, Saline; 734-429-1155. ehmss.org

Brookhaven Manor 401 W. Oakbrook Drive, Ann Arbor; 734-747-8800. brookhavenmanorapartments.com

WAYNE Allegria Village

15101 Ford Road, Dearborn; 313-584-1000. allegriavillage.com

American House Dearborn Heights

26600 Ann Arbor Trail, Dearborn Heights; 313-278-6430. americanhousemi.com

American House Grosse Pointe at Cottage

161 Kercheval Ave., Grosse Pointe Farms; 313-228-4090. americanhouse.com

American House Livonia 11525 Farmington Road, Livonia; 734-447-5029. americanhouse.com

Angel Gardens Assisted Living 38910 Six Mile Road, Livonia; 734-464-2772. angelgardensassistedliving.com

American House Riverview 20300 Fort St., Riverview; 734-720-1159. americanhouse.com

American House Southgate 16333 Allen Road, Southgate; 734-720-9285. americanhouse.com

American House Southland 25250 Eureka Road, Taylor; 734-720-1160. americanhouse.com

American House Westland Hunter 35700 Hunter Ave., Westland; 734-447-5037. americanhouse.com

American House Westland Joy 39201 Joy Road, Westland; 734-961-4695. americanhouse.com

American House Westland Venoy 1660 S. Venoy Road, Westland; 734-326-7777. americanhousemi.com

Atria Kinghaven 14800 King Road, Riverview; 734-497-5900. atriaseniorliving.com

Cedarbrook of Northville 15700 Haggerty Road, Plymouth; 734-865-2765. cedarbrookofnorthville.com

Maple Heights 4600 Allen Road, Allen Park; 313-383-6226. maplehts.com

Beaumont Commons Dearborn 16351 Rotunda Drive, Dearborn; 800-642-4663. beaumontcommonsdearborn.org

Parkside of Livonia 28815 Jamison St., Livonia; 734-335-8911. parksideoflivonia.com

The Village of Westland 32001 Cherry Hill Road, Westland; 734-728-5222. pvm.org

Waltonwood Carriage Park 2000 N. Canton Center Road, Canton; 734-404-8035. waltonwood.com

Waltonwood Cherry Hill 42600 Cherry Hill Road, Canton; 734-259-3864. waltonwood.com

Westhaven Manor 34601 Elmwood St., Westland; 734-729-3690. westhavenmanor.com

ASSISTED LIVING

These residences can vary from apartment-style complexes to singlehome accommodations. In addition to providing basic services like meals, laundry, and housekeeping, these centers are also equipped to provide personalized care, including dressing and bathing. Many of these facilities also provide services for residents with memory issues, including Alzheimer’s disease.

LIVINGSTON

Ashley Court of Brighton 7400 Challis Road, Brighton; 810-225-7400. ashleycourtofbrighton.com

Brookdale Brighton 833 E. Grand River Ave., Brighton; 810-844-1070. brookdale.com

Hidden Creek 2848 Hartland Road, Hartland; 810-923-9601. hiddencreekafc.com

Village Manor Retirement 9501 E. Highland Road, Howell; 810-632-6200. vmretirement.com

MACOMB

American House East I 17255 Common Road, Roseville; 586-298-3121. americanhouse.com

American House East II 18760 13 Mile Road, Roseville; 586-298-3114. americanhouse.com

American House Lakeshore 28801 Jefferson Ave., St. Clair Shores; 586-439-3122. americanhouse.com

American House Park Place 29250 Heritage Pkwy., Warren; 586-298-3115. americanhouse.com

American House Sterling Heights 11255 15 Mile Road, Sterling Heights; 586-978-1060. americanhousemi.com

American House Sterling Meadows 33433 Schoenherr Road, Sterling Heights; 586-298-3137. americanhouse.com

American House Sterling Woods 36430 Van Dyke Ave., Sterling Heights; 586-480-1403. americanhouse.com

Arden Courts Memory Care Community 11095 14 Mile Road, Sterling Heights; 586-795-0998. arden-courts.com

The Arbor Inn 14030 E. 14 Mile Road, Warren; 586-296-3260. thearborinn.net

Baldwin House Lakeside 15731 19 Mile Road, Clinton Township; 586-263-0081. baldwinhouseseniors.com

Brookdale Utica 45969 N. Pointe Blvd., Utica; 586-991-1904. brookdale.com

Church of Christ Assisted Living 23621 15 Mile Road, Clinton Township; 586-791-2471. cofccc.org

Cranberry Park at ShorePointe 26101 Jefferson Ave., St. Clair Shores; 586-498-4500. cranberrypark.net

Leisure Manor Residence For Seniors 68453 Stoecker Lane, Richmond; 586-430-5009. richmondleisuremanor.com

My Doctor’s Inn 8384 Metropolitan Pkwy., Sterling Heights; 586-838-5900. mydoctorsinn.com

Northpoint Village of Utica 45201 Northpointe Blvd., Utica; 586-739-9545. npointvillage.com

The Orchards Armada Village 22600 W. Main St., Armada; 586-784-5322. theorchardsmi.com

Our Place Senior Assisted Living 22410 Glenwood St., Clinton Township; 586-625-2231. ourplacesal.com

Rose Senior Living 44003 Partridge Creek Blvd., Clinton Township.; 586-840-0840. roseseniorliving.com

Shorehaven 14560 Lakeside Circle, Sterling Heights; 586-247-3220. shorehavenseniorliving.com

Villa Bella of Clinton Township 15894 19 Mile Road, Clinton Township; 888-792-3552. villa-bella.net

The Village of East Harbor 33875 Kiely Dr., Chesterfield; 586-725-6030. villageofeastharbor.org

Waltonwood Lakeside 14750 Lakeside Circle, Sterling Heights; 586-930-5707. waltonwood.com

OAKLAND Abbey Park at Mill River 28413 Abbey Lane, New Hudson; 248-437-6550. abbeypark.com

American House

Farmington Hills 24400 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills; 248-471-9141. americanhousemi.com

American House Milford 700 Napa Valley Drive, Milford; 248-714-7073. americanhouse.com

American House Elmwood 2251 W. Auburn Road, Rochester Hills; 248-852-1980. americanhousemi.com

American House Freedom Place Rochester 3565 S. Adams Road, Rochester Hills; 248-260-2655. americanhouse.com

American House Stone 3741 S. Adams Road, Rochester Hills; 248-257-4011. americanhouse.com

American House Troy 2300 Grand Haven Drive, Troy; 248-436-4621. americanhouse.com

American House Village of Rochester Hills 3617 S. Adams Road, Rochester Hills; 248-327-3554. americanhouse.com

American House West Bloomfield 5859 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield; 248-436-4085. americanhouse.com

Anthology of Rochester Hills 1775 S. Rochester Road, Rochester Hills; 586-884-7615. anthologyseniorliving.com

Anthology of Troy 3400 Livernois Road, Troy; 248-781-2744. anthologyseniorliving.com

Arden Courts Memory Care Community 24005 W. 13 Mile Road, Bingham Farms; 248-644-8100. arden-courts.com

The Avalon of Auburn Hills 3151 E. Walton Blvd., Auburn Hills; 248-221-1210. theavalonofauburnhills.com

The Avalon of Bloomfield Township 100 W. Square Lake Road, Bloomfield Twp.; 248-282-4088. theavalonofbloomfieldtownship.com

The Avalon of Commerce Township 2500 Martin Pkwy., Commerce Township; 248-387-2961. theavalonofcommercetownship.com

Baldwin House Hazel Park 777 E. Woodward Heights Blvd., Hazel Park; 248-545-0707. baldwinhouseseniors.com

Baldwin House Oakland 1915 Baldwin Ave., Pontiac; 248-335-7020. baldwinhouseseniors.com

Beaumont Commons Dearborn 16351 Rotunda Drive, Dearborn; 800-642-4663. beaumontcommonsdearborn.org

Belmar Oakland 5990 N. Adams Road, Troy; 248-602-2400. belmaroakland.com

Brookdale Farmington Hills North 27950 Drake Road, Farmington Hills; 248-489-9362. brookdale.com

Brookdale Troy 4850 Northfield Pkwy., Troy; 248-289-7989. brookdale.com

Brown Memory Care Pavilion 6710 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield; 248-661-1836. jslmi.org

Cambrian Senior Living 52365 10 Mile Road, South Lyon; 248-344-0001. cambrianseniorliving.com

Canterbury on the Lake 5601 Hatchery Road, Waterford; 248-791-9737. canterburyonthelake.com

Cedarbrook of Bloomfield Hills 41150 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills; 248-985-8546. cedarbrookofbloomfieldhills.com

Chester Street Residence 1725 Chester St., Royal Oak; 248-439-6800. chesterstreetresidence.com

Courtyard Manor of Farmington Hills 29750 Farmington Road, Farmington Hills; 248-539-0104. courtyardmanor.com

Coville Assisted Living Apartments and Memory Care Community 15100 W. 10 Mile Road, Oak Park; 248-661-1836. jslmi.org

Farmington Hills Inn 30350 W. 12 Mile Road, Farmington Hills; 248-851-9640. farmingtonhillsinn.com

Fleischman Residence/ Blumberg Plaza

6710 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield; 248-661-1836. jslmi.org

Halsted Place 29451 Halsted Road, Farmington Hills; 248-489-8988. halstedplace.com

Haworth Center 30225 W. 13 Mile Road, Farmington Hills; 248-539-3131. thebaptistmanor.org

Jewish Senior Life Oak Park 15000 W. 10 Mile Road, Oak Park; 248-661-1836. jslmi.org

Jewish Senior Life West Bloomfield 6710 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield Township; 248-6611836 . jslmi.org

Park of Franklin 28301 Franklin Road, Southfield; 248-353-2810. parkatfranklin.com

Park House Southfield Senior Living 27577 Lahser Road, Southfield; 947-366-1994. parkhousesouthfield.com

Pomeroy Orion 101 E. Scripps Road, Orion Charter Township; 248-621-3100. pomeroyliving.com

Pomeroy Northville 40033 Eight Mile Road, Northville; 248-349-0400. pomeroyliving.com

Pomeroy Rochester 3466 W. South Blvd., Rochester Hills; 248-564-2200. pomeroyliving.com

Pomeroy Sterling 2220 E. 15 Mile Road, Sterling Heights; 586-554-7200. pomeroyliving.com

Rose Senior Living at Providence Park 47400 Heritage Drive, Novi; 248-513-8900. roseseniorliving.com

Samaritas Senior Living of Bloomfield Hills

6257 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills; 248-723-6275. samaritas.org

The Sheridan at Birmingham 2400 E. Lincoln St., Birmingham; 248-940-2050. seniorlifestyle.com

St. Anne’s Mead 16106 W. 12 Mile Road, Southfield; 248-557-1221. stannesmead.org

Waltonwood Main 1401 N. Rochester Road, Rochester; 248-413-4624. waltonwood.com

Waltonwood Royal Oak 3450 W. 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak; 248-633-8633. waltonwood.com

Waltonwood Twelve Oaks 27475 Huron Circle, Novi; 248-504-4093. waltonwood.com

Waltonwood University 3250 W. Walton Blvd., Rochester Hills; 947-479-4070. waltonwood.com

Waterford Oaks Senior Care 3385 Pontiac Lake Road, Waterford; 248-971-2765. waterfordoaksseniorcare.com

WASHTENAW

American House Carpenter 3470 Carpenter Road, Ypsilanti; 734-961-4578. americanhouse.com

Atria Park of Ann Arbor 1901 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor; 734-741-9500. atriaseniorliving.com

Brecon Village 200 Brecon Drive, Saline; 734-429-1155. ehmsolutions.org

Brookdale Ann Arbor 2190 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Ann Arbor; 734-996-7760. brookdale.com

Brookdale W. Eisenhower Parkway 750 W. Eisenhower Pkwy., Ann Arbor; 734-996-7620. brookdale.com

The Memory Support Center at Brecon Village 101 Brecon Drive, Saline; 734-295-9292. ehmss.org

WAYNE

Addington Place Memory Care 42010 W. Seven Mile Road, Northville; 248-305-9600. seniorlifestyle.com

Allegria Village 15101 Ford Road, Dearborn; 313-584-1000. allegriavillage.com

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American House Livonia 11525 Farmington Road, Livonia; 734-447-5029. americanhouse.com

American House Dearborn Heights 26600 Ann Arbor Trail, Dearborn Heights; 313-278-6430. americanhousemi.com

American House Grosse Pointe at Cottage 161 Kercheval Ave., Grosse Pointe; 313-228-4090. americanhouse.com

American House Riverview 20300 Fort St., Riverview; 734-720-1159. americanhouse.com

American House Southgate 16333 Allen Road, Southgate; 734-720-9285. americanhouse.com

American House Southland 25250 Eureka Road, Taylor; 734-720-1160. americanhouse.com

American House Westland Hunter 35700 Hunter Ave., Westland; 734-447-5037. americanhouse.com

American House Westland Joy 39201 Joy Road, Westland; 734-961-4695. americanhouse.com

American House Westland Venoy 1660 S. Venoy Road, Westland; 734-326-7777. americanhousemi.com

Angel Gardens Assisted Living 38910 Six Mile Road, Livonia; 734-464-2772. angelgardensassistedliving.com

Arden Courts Memory Care Community 32500 Seven Mile Road, Livonia; 248-426-7055. arden-courts.com

Aspen Assisted Living 32406 W. Seven Mile Road, Livonia; 248-987-4460. aspenalf.com

Atria Kinghaven 14800 King Road, Riverview; 734-479-5900. atriaseniorliving.com

The Bellaire Senior Living 12621 Hale St., Riverview; 734-283-8000. thebellaire.com

Cedar Woods Assisted Living 44401 I-94 South Service Drive, Belleville; 734-699-2900. cedarwoodsllc.com

Cedarbrook of Northville 15700 N. Haggerty Road, Plymouth; 734-749-9521. cedarbrookofnorthville.com

Crystal Creek Assisted Living 8121 N. Lilley Road, Canton; 734-453-3203. crystalcreekassistedliving.com

Elmcroft of Downriver 19697 Allen Road, Brownstown Township; 734-288-7307. elmcroft.com

Manoogian Manor 15775 Middlebelt Road, Livonia; 734-522-5780. manoogianmanor.com

The Orchard at Redford 25330 W. Six Mile Road, Redford; 313-531-6874. theorchardsmi.com

Plymouth Terrace Senior Living 205 Haggerty Road, Plymouth; 734-451-0700. plymouthterrace.net

Pomeroy Northville 40033 W. Eight Mile Road, Northville; 248-349-0400. pomeroyliving.com

The Village of Westland

32001 Cherry Hill Road, Westland; 734-728-5222. pvm.org

Waltonwood Carriage Park 2000 N. Canton Center Road, Canton; 734-259-3189. waltonwood.com

Waltonwood at Cherry Hill 42600 Cherry Hill Road, Canton; 734-456-6454. waltonwood.com

The Westland House 36000 Campus Drive, Westland; 734-326-6537. thewestlandhouse.com

IN-HOME CARE

The flexibility of this model makes it a suitable option for seniors who need some level of assistance during the day but who wish to maintain their independence. Caregivers provide basic services such as housekeeping and grocery shopping or, if necessary, medical treatment. Frequency of care can be tailored to the needs of the individual.

LIVINGSTON

BrightStar Care

2300 Genoa Business Park Drive, Ste. 290, Brighton; 810-225-4000. brightstarcare.com

Classic Home Care Livingston 135 W. North St., Brighton; 810-229-2271. agingcare.com

Comfort Keepers 903 E. Clinton St., Ste. 102, Howell; 810-229-0200. comfortkeepers.com

Home Instead Senior Care 211 N. First St., Ste. 209, Brighton; 734-752-4303. homeinstead.com

Visiting Angels 121 W. Grand River Ave., Brighton; 810-844-0210. visitingangels.com

OAKLAND

Affordable Home Care

30640 W. 12 Mile Road, Farmington Hills; 248-419-5010. affordablehomecare.org

Ameristaff Nursing Services

1938 Woodslee Drive, Troy; 248-288-2270. ameristaffservices.com

Angels at Home Care

32781 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills; 877-735-1050. angelsathomecare.com

Assured Home Nursing Services

725 S. Adams Road, Ste. 258, Birmingham; 248-593-8134. myassuredhomenursing.com

Bright Star Care

37000 Grand River Ave., Ste. 370, Farmington Hills; 248-449-5110. brightstarcare.com

Hannah’s Home Care Inc. 29488 Woodward Ave., Royal Oak; 248-312-0040. hannahshomecare.com

Marisa Home Care 43750 Woodward Ave., Ste. 103, Bloomfield Hills; 248-354-7600. marisahomecare.com

Synergy Home Care 23290 Farmington Road, Ste. B, Farmington; 248-919-1244. synergyhomecare.com

MACOMB Attendant Care Services of Michigan 51145 Nicolette Drive, New Baltimore; 586-228-9991. accofmi.com

Home Instead Senior Care 51432 Van Dyke Ave., Shelby Township.; 586-992-0100. homeinstead.com

Our Place Senior Living 22410 Glenwood St., Clinton Township; 586-625-2231. ourplacesal.com

Pure Home Care Services

31275 Fraser Drive, Fraser; 586-293-2457. purehomecareservices.com

Senior Helpers Farmington Hills

30701 W. 10 Mile Road, Ste. 300, Farmington Hills; 248-284-4871. seniorhelpers.com

WASHTENAW

EHM Senior Solutions

400 W. Russell St., Saline; 734-2959292. ehmss.org

Shared Services Home Health Care

400 W. Russell St., Saline; 734-2959292. ehmss.org/healthcare

WAYNE

Home Instead Senior Care

16013 Middlebelt Road, Livonia; 734-525-5300. homeinstead.com

Hospice Advisors

296 S. Main St., Ste. 203, Plymouth; 734-658-6162. hospiceadvisors.com

HOSPICE

Hospice care provides a compassionate, peaceful, and restful environment for patients during the final stages of terminal illness. These centers offer pain management services as well as emotional and spiritual support. Bereavement care is frequently offered to family members as well.

OAKLAND

Cedarbrook of Bloomfield Hills Senior Living

41150 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills; 248-923-4299. cedarbrookofbloomfieldhills.com

Compassus Hospice

30665 Northwestern Hwy., Ste. 150, Farmington Hills; 248-973-1970. compassus.com

Pomeroy Orion 101 E. Scripps Road, Orion Charter Township; 248-621-3100 pomeroyliving.com

Pomeroy Northville 40033 Eight Mile Road, Northville; 248-349-0400. pomeroyliving.com

Pomeroy Rochester 3466 W. South Blvd., Rochester Hills; 248-564-2200. pomeroyliving.com

Pomeroy Sterling

2220 E. 15 Mile Road, Sterling Heights; 586-554-7200. pomeroyliving.com

WASHTENAW

Arbor Hospice & Palliative Care 2366 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor; 888-992-2273. arborhospice.org

WAYNE

Angela Hospice 14100 Newburgh Road, Livonia; 734-464-7810. angelahospice.org

NURSING/REHAB FACILITIES

When the services of a registered nurse are needed, these facilities are ideal. There are various levels of care, ranging from long-term medical supervision to short-term rehabilitation services. Residents receive personalized medical care, as well as basic services like meal preparation and housekeeping. These facilities offer close supervision of residents.

LIVINGSTON

Wellbridge of Brighton 2200 Dorr Road, Howell; 517-947-4400. thewellbridgegroup.com

Wellbridge of Pinckney 664 S. Howell St., Pinckney; 734-954-6700. thewellbridgegroup.com

MACOMB

Church of Christ Care Center 23575 15 Mile Road, Clinton Township; 586-791-2470. cofccc.org

Heartland Health Care Center 38200 Schoenherr Road, Sterling Heights; 586-274-9044. heartland-manorcare.com

Lake Pointe Senior Care & Rehab Center

37700 Harper Ave., Clinton Township; 586-468-0827. nexcarehealth.com

Medilodge of Shoreline 14900 Shoreline Drive, Sterling Heights; 586-247-4700. medilodgeofshoreline.com

The Orchards Armada Village 22600 W. Main St., Armada; 586-784-5322. theorchardsmi.com

The Orchards Roseville 25375 Kelly Road, Roseville; 586-773-6022. theorchardsmi.com

Pomeroy Sterling 34643 Ketsin Drive, Sterling Heights; 586-978-2280. pomeroyliving.com

Regency at Shelby Township 7401 22 Mile Road, Shelby Township; 586-580-5500. cienahealthcare.com

Shelby – An Optalis Health & Rehabilitation Center 46100 Schoenherr Road, Shelby Twp.; 586-566-1100. optalishealthcare.com

ShorePointe – An Optalis Health & Rehabilitation Center 26001 Jefferson Ave., St. Clair Shores; 586-779-7000. optalishealthcare.com

St. Anthony Healthcare Center 31830 Ryan Road, Warren; 586-977-6700. cienahealthcare.com

Villa at City Center 11700 E. 10 Mile Road, Warren; 586.353.3800. villaatcitycenter.com

The Village of East Harbor 33875 Kiely Drive, Chesterfield; 586-725-6030. villageofeastharbor.org

Wellbridge of Romeo 375 S. Main St., Romeo; 586-589-3800. thewellbridgegroup.com

OAKLAND Canterbury on the Lake 5601 Hatchery Road, Waterford; 248-460-9218. canterburyonthelake.com

Cedarbrook of Bloomfield Hills 41150 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills; 248-923-4299. cedarbrookofbloomfieldhills.com

Evergreen – An Optalis Health & Rehabilitation Center 19933 W. 13 Mile Road, Southfield; 248-203-9000. optalishealthcare.com

Lahser Hills Care Center 25300 Lahser Road, Southfield; 248-354-3222. nexcarehealth.com

Marvin and Betty Danto Health Care Center 6800 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield; 248-788-5300. promedicaskillednursing.org

Neighborhoods of White Lake 10770 Elizabeth Lake Road, White Lake; 248-618-4100. trinityhealthseniorcommunities.org

Notting Hill of West Bloomfield 6535 Drake Road, West Bloomfield; 248-592-2000. cienahealthcare.com

Pomeroy Rochester 3466 W. South Blvd., Rochester Hills; 248-564-2200. pomeroyliving.com

ProMedica Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Oakland 925 W. South Blvd., Troy; 248-729-4400. promedicaskillednursing.org

Regency at Waterford 1901 N. Telegraph Road, Waterford; 248-836-1000. cienahealthcare.com

St. Anne’s Mead 16106 W. 12 Mile Road, Southfield; 248-557-1221. stannesmead.org

South Lyon Senior Care & Rehab 700 Reynold Sweet Pkwy., South Lyon; 248-437-2048. nexcarehealth.com

Villa at Green Lake Estates 6470 Alden Dr., West Bloomfield; 248-387-4700. villaatgreenlakeestates.com

Villa at Silverbell Estates 1255 W. Silverbell Road, Orion Township; 248-391-0900. villaatsilverbellestates.com

Wellbridge of Novi 48300 11 Mile Road, Novi; 248-662-2300. thewellbridgegroup.com

Wellbridge of Rochester Hills 252 Meadowfield Drive, Rochester Hills; 248-218-4800. thewellbridgegroup.com

West Bloomfield Health & Rehabilitation Center

6445 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield; 248-661-1600. wbhrc.com

Woodward Hills – An Optalis Health & Rehabilitation Center 39312 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills; 248-644-5522. optalishealthcare.com

WASHTENAW

Evangelical Home Saline 440 W. Russell St., Saline; 734-429-9401. ehmsolutions.org

ProMedica Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Ann Arbor 4701 E. Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor; 734-975-2600. promedicaskillednursing.org

Regency at Bluffs Park 355 Huronview Blvd., Ann Arbor; 734-887-8700. cienahealthcare.com

Regency at Whitmore Lake 8633 Main St., Whitmore Lake; 734-449-4431. cienahealthcare.com

Villa at Parkridge

28 S. Prospect St., Ypsilanti; 734-714-5600. villaatparkridge.com

WAYNE

Allegria Village

15101 Ford Road, Dearborn; 313-584-1000. allegriavillage.com

Beaumont Rehabilitation & Continuing Care

16391 Rotunda Drive, Dearborn; 313-253-9700. beaumontcommonsdearborn.org

Fairlane Senior Care & Rehab Center

15750 Joy Road, Detroit; 313-273-6850. nexcarehealth.com

Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center 28349 Joy Road, Westland; 734-261-9500. nexcarehealth.com

Majestic Care of Livonia 28550 Five Mile Road, Livonia; 734-427-8270. majesticcare.com

Oak Pointe Senior Care & Rehab Center 18901 Meyers Road, Detroit; 313-864-8481. nexcarehealth.com

The Orchards Harper Woods 19840 Harper Ave., Harper Woods; 313-881-9556. theorchardsmi.com

The Orchards Northwest 16181 Hubbell Ave., Detroit; 313-273-8764. theorchardsmi.com

The Orchards Redford Village 25330 W. Six Mile Road, Redford; 313-841-6010. theorchardsmi.com

The Orchards Samaritan 5555 Conner St., Detroit; 313-344-4100. theorchardsmi.com

The Orchards Southgate 15400 Trenton Road, Southgate; 734-284-4620. theorchardsmi.com

The Orchards Wayne 4427 Venoy Road, Wayne; 734-729-4436. theorchardsmi.com

ProMedica Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Allen Park 9150 Allen Road, Allen Park; 313-386-2150. promedicaskillednursing.org

ProMedica Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Canton 7025 N. Lilley Road, Canton; 734-394-3100. promedicaskillednursing.org

ProMedica Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Dearborn Heights 26001 Ford Road, Dearborn Heights; 313-274-4600. promedicaskillednursing.org

ProMedica Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Grosse Pointe Woods 21401 Mack Ave., Grosse Pointe Woods; 586-778-0800. promedicaskillednursing.org

Regency at Canton 45900 Geddes Road, Canton; 734-879-4100. cienahealthcare.com

Villa at the Park 111 Ford St., Highland Park; 313-305-6600. villaatthepark.com

Villa at Great Lakes Crossing 22811 W. Seven Mile Road, Detroit; 313-242-9100. villaatgreatlakescrossing.com

West Oaks Senior Care & Rehab Center 22355 W. Eight Mile Road, Detroit; 313-255-6450. nexcarehealth.com

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NONRESIDENTIAL SERVICES

Day services are a good alternative for seniors who need supervision during the work week and are often used in tandem with other services like in-home care. These centers provide supervision, meals, and opportunities for seniors to socialize with peers in a safe, monitored setting.

MACOMB

SarahCare - Lakeside

13425 19 Mile Road, Ste. 500, Sterling Heights; 586-731-2273. sarahcare.com

OAKLAND

Dorothy & Peter Brown

Adult Day Program

Southfield, 248-233-4392; West Bloomfield, 248-592-5032. brownadultday.org

Adult Day Service Friendship Club

4315 Andover Road, Bloomfield Township; 248-723-3530. www.bloomfieldtwp.org

Alzheimer’s Association

Michigan Chapter

25200 Telegraph Road, Ste. 100, Southfield; 800-272-3900. alz.org

WASHTENAW

Dottie Crim Adult Day & Education Center 101 Brecon Drive, Saline; 734-429-1155. ehmss.org

WAYNE

Angel Gardens Assisted Living

38910 Six Mile Road, Livonia; 734-464-2772. angelgardensassistedliving.com

Plymouth Terrace Senior Living

205 Haggerty Road, Plymouth; 734-451-0700. plymouthterrace.net

RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES

Retirement communities are a great match for seniors who want to maintain an active lifestyle. These communities, which frequently resemble apartment complexes, specialize in promoting social engagement for seniors and typically offer amenities like exercise facilities, transportation, and meals. Rent is generally based on income.

LIVINGSTON

Oakhaven Manor

1320 Ashebury Lane, Howell; 517-548-9870. oakhavenmanor.com

MACOMB

Church of Christ Senior Housing

23621 15 Mile Road, Clinton Township; 586-285-7143. cofccc.org

Dunn Family Co-op Apartments

8400 Engleman St., Center Line; 586-756-3322. csi.coop

Northpoint Village of Utica 45201 Northpointe Blvd., Utica; 586-739-9545. npointvillage.com

Tivoli Manor Co-op Apartments 28103 Imperial Drive, Warren; 586-558-9860. csi.coop

OAKLAND

Abbey Park at Mill River 28413 Abbey Ln., New Hudson; 248-437-6550. abbeypark.com

Barton Towers Co-op Apartments

333 N. Troy St., Royal Oak; 800-593-3052. csi.coop

Brookdale Troy 4850 Northfield Pkwy, Troy; 947-252-7769. brookdale.com

Canterbury on the Lake 5601 Hatchery Road, Waterford; 248-460-9218. canterburyonthelake.co

Cedarbrook of Bloomfield Hills

41150 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills; 248-923-4299. cedarbrookofbloomfieldhills.com

Clawson Manor

255 W. 14 Mile Road, Clawson; 248-435-5650. clawsonmanor.org

Elmhaven Manor

600 W. Walton Blvd., Pontiac; 248-451-1370. elmhavenmanor.com

Hazel Park Manor

Co-op Apartments

701 E. Woodward Heights Blvd., Hazel Park; 248-548-7420. csi.coop

Madison Heights

Co-op Apartments

500 E. Irving Ave., Madison Heights; 248-585-3185. csi.coop

New Horizons Co-op Apartments

31101 Edward Ave., Madison Heights; 248-585-1792. csi.coop

Pontiac Village Estates

Co-op Apartments

1200 Colony Lane, Pontiac; 248-276-8939. csi.coop

Royal Oak Manor

Co-op Apartments

606 Williams St., Royal Oak; 248-541-2131. csi.coop

Samaritas Affordable Living

2566 Walton Blvd., Rochester Hills; 248-375-1810. samaritas.org

The Village of Oakland Woods 420 S. Opdyke Road, Pontiac; 248-334-4379. pvm.org

WASHTENAW

Brecon Village

200 Brecon Drive, Saline; 734-429-1155. ehmsolutions.org

WAYNE

Allegria Village

15101 Ford Road, Dearborn; 313-584-1000. allegriavillage.com

Belleville Co-op Apartments

575 Sumpter Road, Belleville; 734-699-8666. csi.coop

Bishop Co-op Apartments

2651 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte; 734-283-7077. csi.coop

Brecon Village

200 Brecon Drive, Saline; 734-429-1155. ehmsolutions.org

Cedarbrook of Northville

15700 N. Haggerty Road, Plymouth; 734-749-9521. cedarbrookofnorthville.com

Dearborn Heights

Co-op Apartments

16600 W. Outer Drive, Dearborn Heights; 800-593-3052. csi.coop

Ecorse Manor Co-op Apartments 4560 Ninth St., Ecorse; 313-388-8840. csi.coop

Flat Rock Towers Co-op Apartments 28744 Telegraph Road, Flat Rock; 734-783-0073. csi.coop

Gratiot Woods Co-op Apartments

5500 McClellan Ave., Detroit; 313-267-4969. csi.coop

LaBelle Towers Co-op Apartments

33 Labelle St., Highland Park; 313-883-7733 . csi.coop

Meyers Plaza Co-op Apartments 18000 Meyers Road, Detroit; 313-861-9565. csi.coop

Normandy Apartments 24320 Michigan Ave., Dearborn; 313-562-4024. preservationmanagement.com

Beaumont Commons Dearborn 16351 Rotunda Drive, Dearborn; 800-642-4663. beaumontcommonsdearborn.org

Rio Vista Detroit Co-op Apartments 1250 18th St., Detroit; 313-961-7923. csi.coop

Riverview Co-op Apartments 13333 Pennsylvania Road, Riverview; 734-284-1212. csi.coop

Southgate Co-op Apartments 11255 Allen Road, Southgate; 734-287-8422. csi.coop

St. David’s Co-op Apartments 44841 Ann Arbor Road, Plymouth; 734-453-2633. csi.coop

Trenton Towers Co-op Apartments 2645 Riverside Drive, Trenton; 734-675-1580. csi.coop

Westhaven Manor 34601 Elmwood St., Westland; 734-729-3690. westhavenmanor.com

Whispering Willows

Co-op Apartments 11100 Wayne Road, Romulus; 734-941-8405. csi.coop

Wyandotte Co-op Apartments 2455 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte; 734-282-2210. csi.coop

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Pomeroy Living Northville 40033 W. Eight Mile Rd. Northville, MI 48167 248-349-0400

Pomeroy Living Rochester Assisted Living 3466 W. S. Boulevard Rochester Hills, MI 48309 248-564-2200

Pomeroy Living Orion 101 E. Scripps Rd. Orion Charter Township, MI 48360 248-621-3100

Pomeroy Living Rochester Skilled Rehabilitation 3500 W. S. Boulevard Rochester Hills, MI 48309 248-852-7800

Pomeroy Living Sterling Skilled Rehabilitation 34643 Ketsin Dr. Sterling Heights, MI 48310 586-978-2280

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Pomeroy Living Rochester Independent Living 3434 W. S. Boulevard Rochester Hills, MI 48309 248-829-1030

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Hospital Directory

ASCENSION MICHIGAN healthcare.ascension.org

Brighton Center for Recovery 810-227-1211

Macomb-Oakland Hospital Madison Heights, 248-967-7000

Macomb-Oakland Hospital Warren, 586-573-5000

Providence Hospital Southfield, 248-849-3000

Providence Hospital Novi, 248-465-4100

Providence Rochester Hospital 248-652-5000

St. John Hospital Detroit, 313-343-4000

COREWELL HEALTH corewellhealth.org

Beaumont Hospital, Dearborn 313-593-7000

Beaumont Hospital Farmington Hills 947-521-8000

Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe 313-473-1000

Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak 248-898-5000

Beaumont Hospital, Taylor 313-295-5000

Beaumont Hospital Trenton 734-671-3800

Beaumont Hospital, Troy 248-964-5000

Beaumont Hospital Wayne 734-467-4000

DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER dmc.org

Call Center 888-362-2500

Children’s Hospital of Michigan Detroit; 313-745-5437

Children’s Hospital of Michigan Troy 248-524-7180

Detroit Receiving Hospital Detroit; 313-745-3000

Harper University Hospital Detroit; 313-745-8040

Heart Hospital Detroit; 888-362-2500

Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital Commerce Township; 248-937-3300

Hutzel Women’s Hospital Detroit; 313-745-8040

Rehabilitation Institute Detroit; 313-745-1203

Sinai-Grace Hospital Detroit; 313-966-3300

HENRY FORD HEALTH henryford.com

Henry Ford Hospital Detroit; 313-916-2600

Henry Ford Kingswood Hospital Ferndale; 248-398-3200

Henry Ford Macomb Hospital 586-263-2300

Henry Ford Maplegrove Center West Bloomfield Township; 248-661-6100

Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital 248-325-1000

Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital Wyandotte; 734-246-6000

MCLAREN HEALTH CARE mclaren.org

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute Detroit; 800-527-6266; karmanos.org

McLaren Macomb Hospital Mount Clemens; 586-493-8000

McLaren Oakland Hospital Pontiac; 248-338-5000

MICHIGAN MEDICINE uofmhealth.org

C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital Ann Arbor; 877-475-6688

University Hospital Ann Arbor; 734-936-4000 Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital Ann Arbor; 734-763-6295

TRINITY HEALTH MICHIGAN trinityhealthmichigan.org

Chelsea Hospital 734-593-6000

Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital Ypsilanti, 734-712-3456

Trinity Health Livingston Hospital Howell; 517-545-6000

Trinity Health Livonia Hospital Livonia; 734-655-4800

Trinity Health Oakland Hospital Pontiac; 248-858-3000

OTHER

Garden City Hospital Garden City; 734-458-3300. gch.org

John D. Dingell VA Medical Center Detroit; 313-576-1000. detroit.va.gov

Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center Ann Arbor; 734-769-7100 va.gov/ann-arbor-health-care

Pontiac General Pontiac; 248-857-7200 pontiacgeneral.com

Surgeons Choice Medical Center: Southfield; 248-423-5100 Warren; 586-751-9800 Dearborn; 313-359-9540 surgeonschoice.com

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“Living in pain affects every part of a person’s life,” says therapist Benjamin Blankenship. “Clients often come to Robotic Precision Therapy Clinic having tried countless other remedies without lasting relief. It’s so rewarding to see them be more mobile, happier, and back to the activities they love — and, in some cases, able to avoid surgery.”

RPT Clinic is home to five RX2600 Therapeutic Robot machines. RPT therapists determine the muscle group causing the pain, and then the robotic arm administers gentle pressure in set intervals to those specific muscles. When muscles are shortened by repetitive motion, injury, or accident, it puts pressure on the surrounding bone structure and nerves, resulting in pain. The pressure exerted by the robotic arm works to lengthen the muscle back to its original state, reducing or even eliminating pain.

One of RPT Clinic’s early clients was Julie Pulte. Pulte didn’t think she would be able to avoid hip surgery after years of constant pain. “I could barely walk,” Pulte says. “After three

RPT visits, I was fully mobile! I canceled my hip surgery and have been playing golf and tennis pain-free ever since.”

The robotic arm used by RPT’s therapists is more precise and accurate than performing the therapy by hand. With the RX2600 Therapeutic Robot, the amount of pressure is controlled, the precision of the placement is consistent, and the amount of gentle pressure applied is measured. Blankenship has also patented several innovative improvements to the technology, like gentle heat and vibration, making RPT even more effective.

RPT can help with many issues, including back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, migraines, carpal tunnel, TMJ, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, and other muscular issues. It has also been successful in aiding the mobility issues faced by those suffering from multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s disease, and cerebral palsy.

RPT is a complement to traditional physical therapy, chiropractic, massage, and other therapies. For those who have plateaued in

physical therapy, RPT can help get to the areas physical therapy cannot reach. Often, after several RPT appointments, a client’s remaining physical therapy sessions are much more productive

Robotic Precision Therapy could help you live a life with less muscular pain and increased mobility. To find out more or to schedule an appointment, visit RPTclinic.com or call 855-629-2805. ■

Pilates-Based PT - More Than Just Rehab

If you’ve recently suffered a painful injury or a surgery that limits your movement, you may be inclined to just rest and let it heal. There are certainly cases where rest is just what the doctor ordered. But it’s safe to say in cases where rest is not bringing relief and/or the injury is recurring, seeking out physical therapy is a logical response.

“When done under the watchful eye of a highly qualified physical therapist, there are so many ways that movement can bring healing,” says Ron Jegadeesh, Pilates Instructor, Physical Therapist, and owner of Pilates Fitness & Physical Therapy Center in Southfield. “Even when it seems contraindicative.” Physical therapists are trained to use a variety of treatments that help their clients gain strength and regain mobility. They do this with a focus on specific exercises and movements. Depending on the injury or area that needs healing, a physical therapist creates a custom-made strength training program utilizing machines, weights, elastic bands, and the client’s own body. He or she also works one-on-one with the client to manipulate the specific area that’s causing pain.

With a keen and thorough understanding of biomechanics, physical therapists teach clients how to use their muscles and joints correctly to reduce pain and avoid injury through this strength training.

For instance, if a client is injured playing sports or because of repetitive motions, the physical therapist observes how the client naturally moves and makes recommendations to bring the body into better alignment while in motion. Once the client has a grasp of a more efficient way to move, he or she can apply this to activities of daily living to prevent re-injury.

In addition, a physical therapist has the expertise to determine how much weight the client should bear and the proper way to do it. Then he or she can increase the weight gradually and safely as the client’s strength increases. Furthermore, they have an awareness of pain that benefits from movement, and pain that does not.

But it’s important to understand the physical therapy isn’t just weeks or months of rehab. “Many first time patients come to PT and believe the physical therapist will make them all better,” says Jegadeesh. “But when a client is discharged, we don’t see them as just a former patient. They become a part of our wellness community and we encourage them to continue moving after their treatment.”

On the road to recovery, there are bound to be some bumps. That’s just life. But these “bumps” are fewer and farther in between for clients who focus on continued wellness and keep up with a regular movement program and home exercises. In addition, that commitment to healing and movement can stave off potential setbacks. In fact, many physical therapists say they notice patients who were previously inactive become regular fitness

enthusiasts after PT. That’s because once they develop the habit of daily exercise and movement, they learn first-hand how beneficial it is.

“Part of what makes our physical therapy center unique is that we also offer classes in movement techniques such as Pilates, GYROTONIC®, and GYROKINESIS®,” says Jegadeesh. “Many of our PT clients have become avowed practitioners in these modalities.” The added benefit of these movement systems is that once the client has a grasp of the foundational exercises, it enables the physical therapist to introduce more advanced therapeutics during the actual sessions. This opens the door to improving muscle memory. And since all of the exercises take body position and alignment into consideration, actions that once required effort start to become second nature. For example, exercises that were initially assigned to improve posture can become so effortless that over time, a client will be easily sitting up straight and

tall without giving it a second thought. This one-of-a-kind approach empowers clients to have continued access to rehabilitative services while taking charge of their own fitness and continued wellness. In addition, Pilates Fitness & Physical Therapy Center accepts insurance so the journey to lifelong well-being is more in reach for everyone. Are you ready to begin that journey? ■

Ideally, hospitals should be devoted to care and compassion, regardless of one’s station in life or one’s race or ethnicity. But history tells a different story. It’s one of blatant bias, which existed not only in the South, but in the North as well — Detroit included.

For years, Black patients were often denied care, or even if they were admitted, didn’t receive adequate attention. Wards were sometimes segregated. Black doctors and nurses were routinely denied posts at major hospitals, and according to Robert Saxon Jr.’s blog titled “Jim Crow Hospitals,” Black doctors were required to consult with white doctors before admitting patients and were not allowed to perform surgery. Such inequality led to the formation of Black-owned or -operated hospitals. In 1918, a group of Black doctors joined forces and opened Dunbar Memorial Hospital on Frederick Street in Midtown; the building still stands today.

In his 2017 book Black Detroit, Herb Boyd mentions that Mercy Hospital in Black Bottom opened the preceding year. Later, Black patients’ need for care was fulfilled by several other hospitals, including Trumbull General Hospital (pictured), which opened in the 1940s and closed in 1974 after merging with three other hospitals to form Southwest Detroit Hospital. The imposing, Second Empire-style structure at 3966 Trumbull, in Detroit’s Woodbridge district, was built as a single-dwelling home in the late 19th century, when Trumbull was lined with stately abodes belonging to many of the city’s wealthiest citizens, including Detroit News founder and publisher James E. Scripps.

In 2011, the old Trumbull General Hospital was converted to apartments. Skateboarder Tony Hawk bought the building in 2016, but it was sold again in 2019.

—George Bulanda

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