True North Urgent Care
Our Founders
Steve Vander Roest, MD
Dr. Vander Roest is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and has practiced for the last twenty-seven years. He has served on the board of Northwestern Michigan Emergency Physicians and provided Emergency Department care to the region for the last nineteen years. During that time, Dr. Vander Roest has lived in Traverse City with his wife Jen and raised their three boys. The Vander Roest family is immersed in the sports, community, and business worlds of Northern Michigan.
Karri Vaughan, PA-C
Karri Vaughan is a board-certified Physician Assistant and highly respected administrative leader with over twenty years
of clinical and formal management experience. Born and raised in Traverse City, Karri has a passion for supporting and enhancing the lives of those around her. She and her husband, Greg, are raising their two boys in Northern Michigan
and appreciate the responsibility of providing the highest quality care to our patients and community.