Professional and Personal Background

Michigan State University
      Fellowship in Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy
      Residency in the College of Osteopathic Medicine
      Assistant Team Physician, MSU Sports Medicine
      Clinical Professor, College of Osteopathic Medicine
Midwestern University, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Bethel University, Bachelor of Science in Biology, Minor in Chemistry

Dr. Hedlund is a member of the following professional medical organizations:
      Arthroscopy Association of North America
      American Osteopathic Association
      American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
      American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
      Michigan State Medical Society

Dr. Hedlund was born and raised in the Chicago area where he was a three-sport athlete in high school and served as captain of the hockey team. While an undergraduate student at Bethel University, he was named an all-conference hockey player, Student Government, and became a member of the honorary science fraternity, Sigma Zeta.

When not practicing Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine at mmpc, he has volunteered his time on medical mission trips to Appalachia, New Orleans and Arizona. He has also been a research associate at the Northwestern University Department of Pediatrics in Chicago before attending med. school. Dr. Hedlund also serves as Orthopaedic Consultant on the medical staff at Rockford High School.

He is married with three children and enjoys golf, running, water sports, traveling, skiing and hiking Michigan's nature trails with his active family. He is Board Certified as a member of the Osteopathic Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Professional and Personal Background

Dr. Susan Day is a graduate of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. She completed her orthopaedic surgery training at the Grand Rapids Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program. Dr. Day recently completed a two-year Jahnigen Career Development Grant funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation in Geriatric Orthopedics. She is currently a staff attending physician with the Grand Rapids Orthopaedic Residency Program and a clinical instructor with Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, Department of Surgery and a clinical instructor with Grand Valley State University.

Dr. Day's research interests include nutrition, fracture healing and musculoskeletal care for older adults. She is Board Certified in Orthopaedic Surgery and a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).

Professional and Personal Background

Kevin is a member and served on the board of the Michigan Academy of Physician Assistants (MAPA), is a member of Physician Assistants in Orthopaedic Surgery (PAOS) and the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA.)

Kevin earned two Bachelors and a Masters degree from Central Michigan University where he also served as Physician Assistant Class President from 2004-2006.

Kevin's passion for sports medicine began to develop when he was a four-sport athlete in high school. He was an all-conference defensive end for Grant (MI) High School. At the collegiate level, he played club hockey at Central Michigan University and competed in several intramural sports. His professional interests include sports- and exercise-related injuries as well as fracture care.

Grand Valley State University
      Clinical Faculty, GVSU Physician Assistant Program

Central Michigan University
      B.S., Exercise Physiology
      B.S., Psychology
      M.S., Physician Assistant

Professional and Personal Background

Lara graduated from the University of Southern California Physician Assistant program in May of 2004.   She served as president of her class from 2002-2004. She was also a delegate for the California Academy of Physician Assistants.

After graduating she worked for two years at the Risser Orthopaedic group in Pasadena, California.  She then returned to Michigan in 2006.  She also has experience in internal medicine and emergency medicine. 

Lara also earned a masters’ in Kinesiology from California State University, Northridge and her undergraduate degree from Grand Valley State University.  She is a certified athletic trainer. 

Lara is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA.)