Meet Our Staff

At Lake Meridian Chiropractic, we are dedicated to giving you the best care possible and to get you on the road to good health in an efficient and thorough manner.

Danene M. Saggau, D.C., B.C.A.O.

Dr. Saggau There I was, lying in the hospital with pneumonia for the 6th time--and I wasn't even 3 years old. It was at age 3 I received my first chiropractic adjustment from my father, who was in his 1st year of chiropractic school.

Everything changed after that first adjustment. I never needed medication or antibiotics for asthma and allergies again nor did I ever end up in the hospital again with complicating pneumonia.

I worked in my father's office for 4 summers as a teenager. Day in and day out, I saw miracles before my eyes and after much prayerful consideration I determined I wanted to be a chiropractor and to be able to help people just like he did. It was the best decision I could have ever made.

I attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln for my undergraduate work and had the side benefit of marching in the Cornhusker band! I graduated from Northwestern College of Chiropractic in 1989 with a Bachelors of Science in Human Biology and a Doctorate in Chiropractic. I also became board certified in Atlas Orthogonality in 1989. Shortly after graduation, I published a research paper: The efficacy of chiropractic care in adult lumbar scoliosis. To this day I still have an interest in helping patients with scoliosis.

I came to Washington State in January 1989 to do my externship and to study the Atlas Orthogonal technique. Instead of returning home to join my father's practice, I met my future husband while opening a checking account and the rest as they say is history. We now have two wonderful boys and reside in Kent.

I opened Lake Meridian Chiropractic, PS in 1990 and have been helping people regain and maintain their health with painless, drug-free atlas orthogonal chiropractic ever since.

Lauri Webb, D.C., B.C.A.O.

Dr. Webb Dr. Webb is originally from Houston, and earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She attended Palmer College of Chiropractic in Iowa, and while serving as president of the Atlas Orthogonal Club, got to know the developer of the AO technique, Dr. Roy Sweat.

She studied the Atlas Orthogonal and Activator techniques under Dr. Mitch Aumont in Quebec, Canada. After her graduation from Palmer, she worked as an intern for Dr. Sweat in Atlanta, Georgia, before heading west and joining Lake Meridian Chiropractic. She became a Board Certified Atlas Orthogonist in 2009.

Aaron Placke, D.C

Dr. Placke Dr. Aaron Placke joins our clinic as our newest member. Dr. Placke served our country for eight years in the United States Marine Corps and performed one tour of duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Upon completion of his military service and undergraduate coursework at the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Placke pursued his Doctorate of Chiropractic at Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. Additionally, he has also completed post-graduate coursework in Atlas Orthogonal chiropractic at the Sweat Institute in Atlanta, GA.

Dr.Placke enjoys an active lifestyle competing in triathlons, crossfit workouts and playing with his children. He resides in Kent with his wife, daughter and son.

Melissa Leitner, Patient Account Coordinator

Melissa Melissa has joined our team at LMC. She has several years experience of working in a medical front office. She is friendly, kind and available for all of our patients-both established and new. She can perform complimentary insurance verifications for you, gather accident information if your appointments might be due to a work or auto accident, and she's even available to schedule your maintenance appointments. We are grateful to have her here and we know you will just love her as much as we do!

Juliana Such, Patient Coordinator

Juliana Julie, born in New Jersey to Polish immigrants, has lived in Kent, Washington since she was 2 years old and considers herself to be a true native. Always an excellent student, Julie is trilingual (English, Polish, and Spanish), received her AA degree and is working toward her nursing degree at Green River Community College. Julie is very happy to be at LMC because she gets to learn more about patient care and loves meeting new people. When she is not taking care of patients at Lake Meridian Chiropractic, she relaxes by tapping into her creative side by drawing anime characters, people and animals.