The Lacks Skin Cancer Clinic

Providing the highest level of integrated care from leading cancer specialists.

Unparalleled Expertise. Our Multidisciplinary Skin Cancer Clinic offers unparalleled expertise from West Michigan's most comprehensive skin cancer program. Our patients have access to comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services with the most progressive diagnostic tools, clinical research and treatment technologies available.

Interdisciplinary Approach. When patients are referred to our Skin Cancer Clinic, we use an interdisciplinary approach that includes coordinated visits with multidisciplinary cancer specialists. This means access to new and emerging treatments, therapies and clinical trials — all during one appointment and in one convenient location.

Nurse Navigator. Each multidisciplinary team also includes a Nurse Navigator who guides each patient through treatment and answers questions. The goal is to remove the burden on patients of maneuvering their cancer journey alone.

Who should be referred?

• Any patient with a new diagnosis of melanoma

• Patients with a history of melanoma

• Patients with advanced cases of skin cancer

Our Skin Cancer Clinic Experts

		Tom Gribbin, MD Medical Director, Medical Oncology • Specialties: Chemotherapy, Targeted Therapy and Clinical Research • Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology, University of Michigan Hospital • Medical School: University of Illinois • Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Illinois Hospital
		Jose Pimiento, MD Surgical Oncology • Specialties: Melanoma, Gastrointestinal, Hepatic and Soft Tissue Tumors • Fellowship: Surgical Oncology-Moffitt Cancer Center • Medical School: Universidad Nacional De Colombia • Residency: Saint Mary's Health System/Yale University Affiliate
		Brian J. Nickoloff, MD, PhD Medical Director, Dermatopathology • Specialties: Melanoma Treatment Resistance, Drug Discovery and Genomics • Medical School: Wayne State University • Residency: Pathology, The Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School

To become part of the The Lacks Skin Cancer Clinic, have your primary care physician make a referral by calling 616-685-5600 (Fax: 616-685-8985).