Matt Steensma, MD

Matt is a practicing cancer surgeon with research interests in a rare form of cancer called, sarcoma. He is a native to West Michigan having attended Grand Rapids Christian High School (1989–1993) and Hope College (1993–1997) in Holland, MI. He returned to West Michigan after his surgical training and now practices at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital and the Spectrum Health System in Grand Rapids, MI. He maintains a laboratory at the Van Andel Research Institute where he studies the biology of bone and muscle cancers with the goal of establishing new therapeutic strategies for rare diseases. Matt serves as an officer on the board of Starlite Shores Family Camp.