START Contact Information

START Midwest
5800 Foremost Dr, SE
Ste 100
Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Main Office: 616-954-5554
Fax: 616-451-9120

START Midwest Team:

Nehal Lakhani, MD, PhD
Director of Clinical Research

Timothy J. O’Rourke, MD, FACP
Senior Clinical Investigator/Physician

Sree Chandana, MD, PhD
Clinical Investigator

Wendy J. Koopman, RN, MSN, FNP, AOCNP
Clinical Director

Cathy Alvarez
Assistant Director, Clinical Operations

Kathy Estkowski, BS, CCRP
Clinical Research Coordinator

Stephanie Watts
Research Regulatory Coordinator

Yvette Cole, RN, BSN, OCN
Research Nurse

Chelsea DeVoss, RN
Treatment Nurse

Yolanda Polet, RN
Treatment Nurse

Jennifer Kokaly, RN
Physician Nurse

Steven P. Vachon, R.Ph
Director, Investigational Drug Section

Wendy Laraway, RPh
Pharmacist

Liz Perez
Lead PK Technician

Dawn Herman
PK Technician

Danielle Duprey
Clinical Research Assistant

Shannon Skibinski-Preston
Clinical Research Assistant

Megan Moore
Medical Records Technician

Kathy Vugteveen
Scheduler