The Distinguished Lecture Series in Sports Medicine at Hope College will focus on
a number of different pathologies of the arm and leg, as well as some treatment options
for common diagnoses of the extremities using osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM),
on Monday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The lecture will be presented by Dr. Brooke Lemmen, a 2002 Hope graduate who is a
member of the faculty in the Family Medicine Residency Program of Sparrow Hospital
in Lansing and team physician with Michigan State University and Olivet College as
well as with the Twistars Gymnastics Club. She is a board-certified family medicine
physician with a certificate of added qualifications in sports medicine and a Certified
Athletic Trainer.
Lemmen majored in athletic training at Hope, and graduated from the Michigan State
University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2006. She conducted a family medicine
residency at SparrowHospital from 2006 to 2009, and held a primary care sports medicine
fellowship at MichiganStateUniversity during 2009 and 2010.
The Distinguished Lecture Series in Sports Medicine is designed for health care professionals
with an interest in physically active patients, and is intended for students, educators
and clinicians alike. It is co-sponsored by Shoreline Orthopaedics, Holland Hospital
Rehabilitation Services, The Bone and JointCenter, and the college.
The series will continue during the spring semester with "Barefoot and Minimalistic
Running: Is Less Really More?" on Monday, March 12, by Dr. Paul Langer, a doctor of
podiatric medicine with Twin City Orthopedics of Minnesota.
Additional information about the series may be found online at
https://hope.edu/academic/kinesiology/athtrain/dlssm/index.html
Graves Hall is located at 263 College Ave., on College Avenue between 10th and 12th
streets.