Spectrum Health Hosts Fall Seminar Series

Spectrum Health is hosting a series of joint, back and neck pain seminars. Participants can learn about patient-focused treatment options that can relieve pain and help restore a healthy, active lifestyle. Seminars are free of charge.

Tuesday, September 20, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Can’t Shrug Off the Pain? Treatments for Shoulder Arthritis
Peter Theut, MD, Orthopedic Associates of Michigan
Calvin College, Prince Conference Center, 1800 E. Beltline Avenue SE, Grand Rapids

Tuesday, October 4, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Pain In the Neck! Cervical Spine Conditions and Treatments
Joseph Todd Brown, DO, Orthopedic Associates of Michigan
The Pinnacle Center, 3330 Highland Drive, Hudsonville

Thursday, October 6, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Knee Arthritis and Replacement: A Patient’s Guide
James Bakeman, MD, Orthopedic Associates of Michigan
The Pinnacle Center, 3330 Highland Drive, Hudsonville

Tuesday, October 11, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Living With Hand and Wrist Osteoarthritis
Peter Jebson, MD, Condit & Jebson
Calvin College, Prince Conference Center, 1800 E. Beltline Avenue SE, Grand Rapids

Wednesday, October 19, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Step 1: Understanding Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Kenneth Easton, MD, Orthopedic Associates of Michigan
Calvin College, Prince Conference Center, 1800 E. Beltline Avenue SE, Grand Rapids

Wednesday, October 26, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Hip Replacement Surgery: How Do You Know When the Time Is Right?
Randy Lovell, MD, Michigan Street Orthopedic Specialists PC
Calvin College, Prince Conference Center, 1800 E. Beltline Avenue SE, Grand Rapids

Registration is required. Call 616.267.2626 and select option 4. Visit spectrumhealth.org/communityseminars for more information.

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.