Loading Complete
Heather J McGovern

Heather J McGovern, MD

Family Medicine

Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Infant 0-2
  • Child 3-12
  • Adolescent 13-17
  • Adult 18-64
  • Older Adult 65+

Languages

  • English

Gender

Female

Affiliations

  • Corewell Health Greenville Hospital
  • Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals

About Heather J McGovern

About the Provider

Heather McGovern, MD, is a board-certified family medicine physician. Dr. McGovern earned her medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. She completed her family medicine residency at University of Michigan Department of Family Medicine in Ann Arbor.

Dr. McGovern's clinical interests include women's health, weight management, geriatrics, and complementary and alternative medicine.

Locations

  1. Corewell Health Family Medicine - Sparta
  2. Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals Family Medicine Residency - 275 Michigan St NE
    • 275 Michigan Street Northeast, Suite 8100, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
    • Get Directions

Experience

Education

  • Residency: University of Michigan Medical School, Family Medicine, 2016
  • Internship: University of Michigan Medical School, Family Medicine, 2014
  • Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine (MD), 2013

Board Certifications

  • Family Medicine: American Board of Family Medicine, 2016

Insurance

Please contact the practice office to confirm your specific plan. If you have questions about paying for care or would like to speak to a financial counselor, please visit our financial assistance page.
Search plans
  • Aetna/Cofinity
  • Align Senior Care MI
  • BCBS Medicare Advantage Plus Blue
  • BCBS PPO
  • BCBS Traditional
  • Blue Care Network
  • Blue Care Network Medicare Advantage
  • Blue Cross Complete
  • Cigna
  • Coventry First Health
  • HAP/ASR
  • Humana Military (Tricare East)
  • McLaren Commercial
  • McLaren Medicaid
  • McLaren Medicare Advantage
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Meridian AmBetter
  • Meridian Complete (MI Health LINK) Dual Eligible
  • Meridian Medicaid
  • Molina Medicaid/MiChild/Marketplace (Health Plus)
  • Molina Medicare
  • Priority Health Choice Medicaid
  • Priority Health HMO/PPO
  • Priority Health Medicare Advantage
  • Railroad Medicare
  • Trinity Health Plan of MI
  • UHC/Optum (VA Community Care Network)
  • UM Health Plan
  • United Health Care Commercial
  • United Health Care Community Plan (Medicaid)
  • United Health Care Dual Complete

Ratings & Reviews

5 out of 5

190 ratings, 80 reviews

Corewell Health is committed to delivering high-quality and compassionate care. These ratings and reviews are transparent patient feedback collected via survey following a provider care experience that asks patients and families about the care they received.

Search reviews
    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 2/16/2026

    Very understanding

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 2/12/2026

    She’s awesome!

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 2/10/2026

    Dr. McGovern always follows up, when needed, after my appointment.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/28/2026

    Very good bedside manner

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/22/2026

    She is very caring and easy to talk about your health.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/20/2026

    Vary caring

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/17/2026

    Dr. McGovern, listened to me and my body. She could hear how hard I was struggling to breathe.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/16/2026

    She's an amazing doctor that sees me a person and is wonderful and caring.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/15/2026

    She is the best Doctor I have ever had.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/6/2026

    Great provider. Listens and expresses her concerns.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/1/2026

    She is kind and very capable. She sees me as a person and has an insight into improving my life overall!

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 12/25/2025

    I jes want to say that she is a great doctor. I'm so happy that she is a member of your team!!!!!

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 12/18/2025

    She is very thorough.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 12/8/2025

    Heather is an amazing dr! She goes above and beyond for her patients!

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 11/21/2025

    You are a very good listener and easy to understand when you explain things I appreciate it. Looking forward to having you as my doctor for many years.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 11/19/2025

    She is very caring.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 11/11/2025

    She's very thorough

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 11/11/2025

    She is very personable, yet professional.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 10/25/2025

    She is the best doctor I have ever had and she listens and is very concerned about what’s going on with my health

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 10/21/2025

    She care and very pleasant

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 10/21/2025

    . God has blessed me with a very gifted and caring Doctor whom I have a tremendous amount of respect for

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 10/14/2025

    She is the best doctor I have had. Compassionate, caring, up to date on procedures, attentive. Always spends time to answer questions.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 10/14/2025

    Good doctor, listens to me. Very caring.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 10/11/2025

    Attentive to all our needs

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 9/18/2025

    She always does a very excellent and very thorough job, and very professional.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 9/18/2025

    Dr. McGovern genuinely cares about you as a patient and wants to assist you with any medical needs to keep you as healthy as possible.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 9/18/2025

    Not rushed and very professional

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 9/4/2025

    She is probably the best doctor I’ve ever been to

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 8/30/2025

    She's the best!

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 8/27/2025

    Thank you Dr. McGovern for being the greatest doctor I have ever had!

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 8/20/2025

    She is a great doctor and cares about her patients.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 8/19/2025

    It would be nice if I didn't have to settle for someone other than Heather for my next visit.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 8/16/2025

    She went over all I had on my list thank you Heather

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 8/12/2025

    She is great, caring, effecient and she really care about her patience. Very easy to talk to. She is awesome

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 8/7/2025

    Doctor McGovern is one of the best Doctors I've ever had. A great replacement for Dr Ranta.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 8/6/2025

    She listens and asks questions and offers suggestions.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/30/2025

    She always spends a good amount of time with us and doesn't seem overly rushed.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/29/2025

    As I stated before I have so much respect & confidence in Dr. McGovern.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/25/2025

    She is very helpful, in every way. If you need a new doctor for something, Like I did. She found one for what I needed one for. Even by email to her once in a while. She usually gets back to me with in 2 days or so. Very friendly, doctor.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/11/2025

    So glad she is there

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/10/2025

    In my 65 years, Dr McGovern has been my favorite doctor

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/8/2025

    Other than a bit of a wait as she does give such wonderful care/time with her patients; it couldn't have been better! Shes's awesome!

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/8/2025

    She ordered labs for me for blood tests and an x-ray

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/3/2025

    We respected one another and I thought she was a very good M.D.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/3/2025

    Great

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/2/2025

    She is by far the best Doctor i have ever had.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 6/25/2025

    She always is very helpful and taking care of our needs.

  • No RatingReviewed on 6/25/2025

    Very helpful

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 6/25/2025

    She is very friendly and thorough. She seems to genuinely care about her patients.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 6/24/2025

    Gentle and empathetic demeanor

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 6/22/2025

    She keeps things simple.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 6/20/2025

    She explains it to me in a few minutes and gets the point across so I can understand it 😉

    4 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 6/20/2025

    Good Doctor

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 6/19/2025

    Dr McGovern is the most caring person i have ever had the pleasure of helping me with all my needs I have COPD and I feel so at ease with her being my Dr caring and really takes time and listens to all my concerns love my Dr the best

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 6/19/2025

    She is an amazing provider. I’ve recommended numerous people to her.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 6/11/2025

    Friendly, caring, listens

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 6/6/2025

    Heather listened to me about all my ailments.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 5/24/2025

    She actually cares about my health needs and does everything she can to take care of my medical needs.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 5/20/2025

    She was very effective at handling my concerns.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 5/11/2025

    Awesome

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 5/6/2025

    I actually do not mind my visits with Dr. McGovern!

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 5/3/2025

    She has the most compassion and understanding for our concerns

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 5/1/2025

    Fine

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 4/22/2025

    Dr Heather McGovern is the best 😊

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 3/9/2025

    She was very caring

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 3/8/2025

    Very understanding and caring

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 3/5/2025

    She always spends a good amount of time with her patients.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 2/20/2025

    I cannot praise my Dr. enough!

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 2/19/2025

    She took adequate time to address my concerns

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 2/18/2025

    You r spectacular Dr. McGovern! We need more people like you in this world!

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 2/16/2025

    She listens well

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 2/11/2025

    Easy to talk to.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 2/4/2025

    Very friendly and helpful.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/25/2025

    Heather has the best listening ear and pays attention to what I have to say.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/23/2025

    Dr. McGovern is a wonderful doctor.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/17/2025

    She shows concern and is very thorough. .

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/15/2025

    I am very pleased with Dr McGovern. I couldn't ask for a better doctor.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/10/2025

    Mcgovern does a great job. I always make sure i see her...

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/9/2025

    Dr McGovern and her medical assistant Felicia gave wonderful care effective and friendly could not have asked for anything better

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/6/2025

    I really like the whole experience from start to finish!!!!