The Minnesota Reflux and Heartburn Center has a staff of highly trained and experienced physicians specializing in reflux who are assisted by physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, dietitians, and technicians to provide the best service for patients. They provide patients suffering from reflux disease and heartburn with clinical excellence and compassionate understanding.
The team is dedicated to the treatment of heartburn, acid reflux, and other disorders in a highly specialized treatment center with the latest diagnostic equipment. The physicians are renowned for their expertise in advanced minimally invasive reflux surgery.
Anti-reflux Nissen fundoplication and LINX procedures
Laparoscopic gastric procedures
Laparoscopic oncologic procedures
Endoscopic procedures
Vascular procedures
Cuyuna Regional Medical Center, Crosby
Riverwood Healthcare Center, Aitkin
Surgery
Medical Degree, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis
Bachelor of Science Degree in biology, St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minn.
Hennepin Residency Center Program in 1999
American College of Surgeons Young Surgeons Committee
Minnesota Surgical Society board member
President of the Hitchcock Surgical Society at Hennepin County Medical Center
Minnesota Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery surgical fellowship faculty
State Trauma Advisory Council
Rural Physicians Associate Program primary surgical preceptor
Riverwood Healthcare Center board member
American College of Surgeons Outstanding Young Surgeon
Anti-reflux procedures
Laparoscopic gastric procedures
Cuyuna Regional Medical Center, Crosby
Riverwood Healthcare Center, Aitkin
General Surgery, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, Maine
BS degree, Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
General Surgery, Rowan University, Stratford, New Jersey
Laparoendoscopic Surgery, Minnesota Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Aitkin/Crosby, MN
Master Surgeon in Robotics, Surgical Review Committee
Reflux and Heartburn Management
Anti-Reflux and Foregut Surgery
Bariatric Surgery
Advanced and Revisional Minimally Invasive Surgery
Laparoscopic Colon Surgery
Flexible Endoscopy
Cuyuna Regional Medical Center, Crosby
Riverwood Healthcare Center, Aitkin
Surgery
Medical Degree, University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Bachelor’s Degree, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Nebraska Medical Center
American College of Surgeons, Fellow
American Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons, Minnesota Chapter Past President
University of Minnesota Medical School Rural Physician Associate Program, Preceptor
Minnesota Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Director
MIMIS Fellowship in Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery, Bariatric Surgery and Flexible Endoscopy, Associate Program Director
Director, MIMIS Bariatric Division
Chief of Surgery, Cuyuna Regional Medical Center
Reflux Management
Surgical Management of Cancer
Vascular Surgery
Advanced Laparoscopy
Surgical Weight Loss
Cuyuna Regional Medical Center, Crosby
Riverwood Healthcare Center, Aitkin
Surgery
Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, Concordia College in Moorhead (Summa Cum Laude)
Hennepin County Medical Center
American College of Surgeons State Committee on Trauma
American College of Surgeons Oncology Committee
American College of Surgery state and local committees on Trauma
Alworth and Faculty Scholar Academic Awards
Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease
Weight Loss Surgery
Revisional Laparoscopic Surgery
Laparoscopic Colectomy
Minimally Invasive Varicose Vein Surgery
Minimally Invasive Hemorrhoid Surgery
Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release
Therapeutic Endoscopy
Missionary Medicine
Cuyuna Regional Medical Center, Crosby
Riverwood Healthcare Center, Aitkin
Surgery
Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Medicine degrees, University of Minnesota
Hennepin County Medical Center
American Board of Surgery, Diplomate
American College of Surgeons, Fellow
University of Minnesota Medical School Rural Physician Associate Program, Professor
Minnesota Reflux and Heartburn Center, Director
Minnesota Surgical Society, Past President
Hitchcock Surgical Society, Past President
Minnesota Chapter of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons
Project Haiti, Inc., Founder and President
MIMIS Fellowship in Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery, Bariatric Surgery and Flexible Endoscopy, Program Director
Fellowship Council Board of Directors
Society for Gastro-intestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
SAGES Global Affairs Global Surgical Curriculum
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Award for Excellence in Humanistic Clinical Care Minnesota Medical Association Community Service Award
University of Minnesota Distinguished Alumni Award
University of Minnesota Duluth Clinical Teacher of the Year
Reflux and Heartburn
Bariatrics
Family Practice
Cuyuna Regional Medical Center, Crosby
National certification from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Public Health Registered Nurse
High Resolution Manometry
pH/pH Impedance
Master of Science degree in Nursing/Family Nurse Practitioner, College of Saint Scholastica
Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, College of Saint Scholastica
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
American Foregut Society (AFS)
American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society (ANMS)
Minnesota Nurse Practitioner Association (MNNP)
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
Reflux and Heartburn Management
Bariatric Surgery
Cuyuna Regional Medical Center, Crosby
Central Lakes College
Bachelor of Science degree, College of St. Scholastica
Health and Wellness Coaching
Reflux and Heartburn Management
Riverwood Healthcare Center, Aitkin
RN degree, Lake Superior College, Duluth
10 years clinic & hospital nursing, including chemotherapy & surgery
Clinical Nutrition
Riverwood Healthcare Center, Aitkin
Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration
Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics St. Catherine University, St. Paul, Minnesota
Viterbo University, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Clinical Nutrition
Cuyuna Regional Medical Center, Crosby
Master’s degree in Clinical Nutrition and Exercise Science from North Dakota State University
Bachelor of Science degree at NDSU in dietetics with a minor in psychology
University of Houston