Physicians
Western Michigan Urological Associates
Physicians
Our physicians are skilled in the treatment of all diseases of the kidney and bladder, male infertility and impotence, male and female incontinence, kidney stones and urological cancers. They also perform a wide variety of urological surgeries including traditional surgery, laparoscopic surgery and the da Vinci® robotic assisted surgery for prostatectomies and other procedures.
Robert J. Bates, MD, FACS
- Undergraduate Education: Hope College
- Graduate Education: Yale University
- Medical Education: Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago
- Internship/Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- Faculty Experience: Harvard Medical School
- Advanced pediatric training
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- Diplomate American Board of Urology
John K. Ludlow, MD
- Undergraduate Education: University of Michigan
- Medical Education: University of California
- Internship/Residency: Indiana University
- Certified da Vinci® Robotic surgery
- Diplomate American Board of Urology
- Member - Society of Sexual Medicine
Michael A. Traver, MD
- Undergraduate Education: Hope College
- Medical Education: Wayne State University of Medicine
- Internship/Residency: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery
Fellowship : Virginia Mason Medical Center - Specialist in laparoscopic and da Vinci® Robotic surgery
Bradley L. Willoughby, MD, FACS
- Undergraduate Education: Alma College
- Medical Education: University of Michigan Medical School
- Internship/Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
- Certified da Vinci® Robotic surgery
- American Cancer Society Clinical Fellowship in Oncology
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- Diplomate American Board of Urology