At the GVSU Family Health Center, we believe every patient deserves access to compassionate providers and quality health care. It is our mission and privilege to provide holistic care for GVSU students, faculty, and staff, as well as members of our Grand Rapids community who need a trusted health care provider.
Let us know how we can help you maintain or regain your health and live your best life possible by contacting us at (616) 331-9830 today.
- Services for GVSU students, faculty, and staff - convenience care appointments for minor illnesses and injuries, ongoing primary and preventative care services, and behavioral health services.
- Services for members of the surrounding community - primary and preventative health care appointments, as well as behavioral health services.
We look forward to partnering with you on your health journey!
Tamara Van Kampen, DNP, RN
Practice Manager
GVSU Family Health Center
Who We Serve
GVSU Students
GVSU Faculty and Staff
Community Members
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Mission & Vision
Mission
Our mission is to provide accessible, quality, healthcare and promote an innovative learning environment through an academic nurse-managed approach.
Vision
We envision a health center that offers an integrated, holistic, barrier-free approach to healthcare while valuing diversity, inclusion, and equity for all.
We are dedicated to:
- Providing excellent, evidence-based care for all who enter our doors.
- Developing innovative learning communities of current and future healthcare leaders through the powerful role of interdisciplinary education.
- Transforming the lives of both students and patients resulting in healthier communities.
- Offering physical, mental, and social support services to all patients.
Values
Quality & Excellence in Patient Care
- We demonstrate excellence in patient care using evidence-based practice and continuous improvement.
- We embrace a culture that prevents harm and nurtures a safe, healing environment for all.
Respect
- We promise to honor the dignity, individuality, and rights of everyone, and to pay particular attention to patients’ rights to privacy, confidentiality, and information.
- We include concerned loved ones in our circle of care.
Compassion
- We provide care with dignity, concern, kindness, and respect for the diversity of our community
Commitment to Underserved Populations
- We stand with and serve those who are most vulnerable in our community.
- We value diversity, inclusion, and equity in our pursuit of social justice.
Integrity
- We act openly and truthfully in everything we do.
- We are faithful to who we say we are.
Education
- We value the powerful role of education in all of our work.
- We are intentional in our mission to provide meaningful student experiences by integrating with multiple university programs.
Main Location
72 Sheldon Blvd SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
GVSU Convnience Clinic
Raleigh J. Finkelstein Hall (RFH)
500 Lafayette NE
Suite 203
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Contact Info
Phone: (616) 331-9830
Fax: (616) 331-9831
*Our phone lines turn off 30 minutes prior to the end of the business day.
*Messages left on the nurse line after 4:00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. on Friday) may be answered the next business day.
Hours:
- Monday: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
- Tuesday: 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
- Wednesday: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
- Thursday: 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
- Friday: 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
- Saturday: Closed
- Sunday: Closed
Convenience Clinic Hours Fall 2022:
- Monday: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
- Wednesday: 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
- Closed: Thanksgiving Week and Winter Break