Sparrow names Physician of the Year, inducts new members to Hall of Fame

Lansing native Dr. David Luginbill is Sparrow’s 2019 Physician of the Year.  Luginbill, of Dimondale, is a family medicine physician who works for Sparrow Medical Group Lansing …

Lansing native Dr. David Luginbill is Sparrow’s 2019 Physician of the Year. 

Luginbill, of Dimondale, is a family medicine physician who works for Sparrow Medical Group Lansing and has attended over 2,000 births. A graduate of the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, he was honored as Physician of the Year for 2014-2015 by the Michigan Association of Osteopathic Family Physicians. 

Dr. Kristin Bredin, medical director of Sparrow Hospice and Palliative Care, received the Sparrow Physician Leadership Award. They were honored during the recent Sparrow Physician Recognition Dinner at the University Club of Michigan State University along with five others inducted into Sparrow’s Physicians Hall of Fame.

This year’s inductees include:

• Dr. Michael Andary
• Dr. Ellen Cavenagh Meadows, a pediatric radiologist who led initiatives to enhance safety for the hospital’s smallest and youngest patients.
• Dr. Howard Chang, a neuropathologist at Sparrow Hospital.
• Dr. Robert Darios, a faculty physician with Sparrow/MSU Family Medicine Residency who began a residency training site that would eventually evolve into Sparrow Medical Group.
• Dr. Martin Schoenmaker, an OB/GYN who taught medical residents and students and guided many local women during the birth of their children.