Lakeland welcomes new medical providers

Published 10:00 am Thursday, September 29, 2016

ST. JOSEPH — Lakeland Health has recently welcomed three new physicians to its organization.

The first is Amanda Morris, DO. Dr. Morris is caring for patients at Lakeland Diabetes & Endocrinology, located at 3950 Hollywood Road, Suite 288, within the Health Park Medical Suites, St. Joseph.

The practice helps patients more effectively manage diabetes and other disorders of the endocrine system, also known as the collection of glands that produce hormones that regulate metabolism, growth and development, tissue function, sexual function, reproduction, sleep, and mood, among other things.

Morris earned her medical degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, Pennsylvania, before coming to Lakeland Health to complete her internal medicine residency. Recently, she completed her endocrinology fellowship at McLaren Maccomb in Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

Morris is a member of many organizations including the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, American College of Osteopathic Internal Medicine and the Endocrine Society.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call (269) 408-1600.

Lakeland Health has also recently welcomed Sambhavi Krishnamoorthy, MD, to its medical staff. Dr. Krishnamoorthy is seeing patients alongside Daniel Brash, MD; Katherine Kwon, MD; and Oliver Songlingco, MD at Lake Michigan Nephrology, located at 3800 Hollywood Road Suite 104 in St. Joseph.

The practice cares for adult patients with kidney disease and hypertension.

Dr. Krishnamoorthy finished her Nephrology fellowship at Barnes Jewish Hospital through Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She completed her internal medicine residency at the University of Lousiville where she served as a member of the Internal Medicine Steering Committee. Dr. Krishnamoorthy earned her medical degree from Seth GS Medical College located in Mumbai, India. She is a member of the American Society of Nephrology, Renal Physicians Association, and the American College of Physicians.

For more information including patient ratings and video profiles, visit www.lakelandhealth.org/physicians.

Lakeland Health will also soon open Stonegate Dermatology within the Stonegate Medical Center, located at 3901 Stonegate Park in St. Joseph. This facility is co-located next to a plastic surgery practice and outpatient surgery center, along with a state of the art medical spa.

Dermatologist, Riddhi Shah, DO, will begin seeing patients in October.

Dr. Shah completed her fellowship and residency training with Lakeland Health. During that time, she served as Chief Resident, and was an active member of the Graduate Medical Education Committee.

Prior to relocating to southwest Michigan, Dr. Shah completed a dermatology internship at the University Hospitals Richmond Medical Center in Richmond Heights, Ohio. She earned her medical degree from Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Downers Grove, Illinois. She is a member of the American Osteopathic Association and the American Osteopathic College of Dermatology.

The care team at Stonegate Dermatology diagnoses and treats conditions involving acne and rosacea, bumps and growths, eczema/dermatitis, itchy skin, rashes, skin cancer, and diseases of the skin, among others. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call (269) 408-4265.