Lara Baatenburg, MD, MSCP

Dr. Lara Baatenburg believes the best healthcare starts by asking a simple question: What do you want your health to make possible?

As a board-certified family medicine physician, she takes the time to understand each patient’s goals, lifestyle, health history, challenges, and priorities. She recognizes that the “right” medical plan is not simply one that looks good on paper—it must also be realistic, sustainable, and meaningful to the person living it.

Dr. Lara works collaboratively with her patients, helping them understand their health and participate in decisions about their care. Her approach combines evidence-based medicine with prevention, nutrition, movement, sleep, stress management, and sustainable lifestyle change. Rather than focusing only on individual symptoms or lab results, she looks at the whole person and builds a plan around what matters most to them.

Dr. Lara earned her medical degree from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and completed her family medicine residency at Trinity Health Grand Rapids. She also completed a fellowship in integrative medicine through the University of Arizona’s Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner.

Outside the office, she enjoys cooking, weight lifting, CrossFit, running, spending time outdoors, and being with her dog.

What if your healthcare started with what matters most to you?

At Concierge Medicine of West Michigan, your health goals, lifestyle, priorities, and personal story guide your care. We take the time to understand not only your medical history, but also how you live, what you value, what challenges you face, and what you want your health to allow you to do.

Our membership-based model gives you longer, unhurried visits, same- or next-day appointments, and direct communication with your physician by phone, text, or email. Instead of addressing one symptom at a time, we evaluate the whole picture and work with you to create a personalized plan that fits your life.

Whether your goal is preventing future disease, managing a chronic condition, improving your energy, navigating a hormonal transition, staying active as you age, or simply feeling heard by your doctor, your care should reflect what matters to you.

This is primary care built around a relationship—with your goals at the center.