General Practitioners

• Medical Weight Loss
  Symptoms of Crohn’s can vary from person-to-person, and people may have periods with no symptoms. Oftentimes, symptoms come on gradually, but they can appear suddenly in some cases. There are multiple symptoms of Crohn’s, but some common ones include stomach pain, diarrhea, and weight loss.
• Primary Care
  We accept payment from most major health insurance companies including Medicare, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Blue Care Network, Physicians Health Plan, Cofinity, Sparrow Professional Health Network, Medicaid, McLaren, Health Plus and several others. The insurance companies we accept may change at any time without notice. You must confer with our office during each visit to see if your insurance is accepted. If your insurance requires an authorization from your primary care physician, you may be asked to assist us in obtaining this authorization. All patients are responsible for all copays and deductibles at the time of service.
• Family Practice
• Emergency Care
  To contact your doctor during business hours please call our main number 517-332-1200. If you have an urgent need to speak with the doctor after hours please call our answering service at 517-483-9124 and the doctor on call will be paged. In the case of a medical emergency please proceed directly to the nearest hospital emergency room.
• Colonoscopy
  Need an appointment for a colonoscopy or other procedure? Request an appointment date, and our team will contact you to confirm the appointment time. Please DO NOT include any personal health information in your message.

Gynecologists

• Labor and Delivery
  Celiac disease usually runs in the family, but it can also be triggered by events such as surgery, pregnancy, childbirth, viral infection, or severe emotional stress.

Internists

• Internal Medicine
  Dr. Plaehn is a medical graduate from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Illinois.  He performed his Internship and Residency at Metropolitan Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan an affiliate of Michigan State University.  He then went on to Botsford General Hospital in Farmington Hills, Michigan where he completed his Fellowship in Gastroenterology.  Dr. Plaehn is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology.  He has been practicing in the Lansing area since 1996.
• Gastroenterology
  Since the year 2000, we’ve partnered with Michigan State University to combine the clinical and educational fields. This partnership is designed to facilitate both educational and medicinal innovations in gastroenterology.
• Colon Cancer
  While anyone can get colon polyps, certain people are more likely to get them than others. You have a greater chance of getting polyps if you are 50 years of age or older, have had polyps before, if someone in your family has had polyps, or if someone in your family has had colon cancer.
• Endoscopy
  Upper endoscopy, also known as an upper GI endoscopy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, EGD and panendoscopy, is a procedure that enables your physician to examine the lining of the upper part of your gastrointestinal tract, i.e., the esophagus or swallowing tube, stomach, and duodenum or first portion of the small intestine using a thin flexible tube with its own lens and light source.

Psychiatrists

• Mental Health
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Radiologist

• Ultrasound
  After spraying a solution to numb the patient’s throat, the doctor inserts an endoscope—a thin, flexible, lighted tube—down the throat, through the stomach, and into the small intestine. The doctor turns on an ultrasound attachment to the scope that produces sound waves to create visual images of the pancreas and bile ducts.
• X-Rays
• Chemotherapy
  Colon and rectal cancer is nearly always treated with surgery. Both chemotherapy and radiation therapy may also be required in treatment and this is determined from the location of the tumor, as well as, the stage of the tumor.
• Radiation Therapy

Surgeons

• General Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Surgery
  Capitol Colorectal Surgery is the only sub-specialty practice in mid-Michigan that regularly performs minimally invasive surgery for diseases of the colon and rectum. Our practice uses up to date minimally invasive techniques including robotic and laparoscopic approaches.
• Robotic Surgery
  In robotic procedures, surgeons operate through just a few small incisions. Capitol Colorectal Surgery utilizes the da Vinci robotic system to perform robotic surgery. The da Vinci system features a magnified 3D high-definition vision system and tiny wristed instruments that bend and rotate far greater than the human hand. As a result, da Vinci enables your surgeon to operate with enhanced vision, precision and control.

Plastic Surgeons

• Laparoscopic Surgery
  Robotic colon surgery is a minimally invasive type of surgery, in which a surgeon is able to operate via a few small incisions with the assistance of a robotic device. Commonly referred to as laparoscopic surgery, a robotic surgical system utilizes tiny instruments and cameras to give the surgeon a high definition view of the operating site, as well as translating the surgeon’s movements into smaller, precise movements. Many common colon and rectal procedures can utilize this method.

Dermatologists

• Ulcer
  Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a bacterium and is a major cause of peptic ulcers. It damages the mucous coating that protects the stomach and duodenum. This damage allows powerful stomach acid to irritate the lining of the stomach, and together with the H. pylori, this can cause the ulcer.