Pediatric Gastroenterologist Joins Spectrum Health Medical Group

Sachin Kunde, MD, MPH, joined the Spectrum Health Medical Group as a pediatric gastroenterologist. Dr. Kunde treats children in his office located at 35 Michigan Street NE and at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Kunde provides care for infants, children and adolescents with digestive disorders. He has clinical and research interest in Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, liver diseases and allergic gastrointestinal diseases.

Dr. Kunde earned his medical degree from the Seth G.S. Medical College at the University of Mumbai in India. He completed a pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Michigan and a fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at Emory-Children’s Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Kunde also holds a master’s of public health from the University of Alabama at Birmingham where he started his research career in gastroenterology. He is board certified in pediatrics.

Spectrum Health is a not-for-profit health system in West Michigan offering a full continuum of care through the Spectrum Health Hospital Group, which is comprised of nine hospitals including Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, a state of the art children’s hospital that opened in January 2011, and 180 service sites; the Spectrum Health Medical Group and West Michigan Heart, physician groups totaling more than 600 providers; and Priority Health, a health plan with 625,000 members. Spectrum Health is West Michigan’s largest employer with more than 17,800 employees. The organization provided $115.9 million in community benefit during its 2010 fiscal year. In 2011 and 2010, Spectrum Health was named a Top 10 Health System by Thomson Reuters.