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Our Providers
Dr. Kristina Thompson
Podiatrist Dr. Kristina Thompson, originally of Monona, is available every Monday and Wednesday in Waukon consulting and treating patients and even providing minor surgical procedures. She is also a wound care specialist and diabetes educator. She chose to specialize in foot health because she developed an interest in the treatment of diabetes and wanted to help prevent diabetes related complications. From there, she zoned in on clinical podiatry with an emphasis in wound care of the lower extremity.
Dr. Thomson is available to care for patients of all ages. She works collaboratively with Dr. Greg Valkosky of Gundersen Health who also visits Waukon seeing patients in the Gundersen Waukon Clinic and performing podiatry surgical procedures at VMH.
Schools and Degrees
- University of Northern Iowa-Biology and Chemistry
- Des Moines University-Podiatric Medicine
- SSM DePaul Health Residency-St. Louis, MO
Halie Ruff
Halie Ruff, ARNP, is from the rural Monona area. She began her nursing career at Unity Point Health in Bettendorf where she worked as an ICU and Home Health RN. She later transferred to the University of Iowa where she worked as an RN in the trauma unit. Her next position was with Gundersen Health where she worked as an RN in the ER and later as a nurse practitioner.
She enjoys the variety from pediatrics to geriatrics and is happy to care for those in the communities she lives in and around. Halie enjoys educating her patients on preventative medicine and encouraging a healthy lifestyle.
Schools and Degrees
- Allen College - B.S. Nursing
- Chamberlain College of Nursing, Chicago, IL - Masters Degree, Family Nurse Practitioner
Dr. Dave Schwartz
Dr. Dave Schwartz is the medical physician provider in the Veterans Memorial Hospital Medical Clinic. He has been serving this community since 1995 when he began his employment with Mayo Waukon Clinic and Veterans Memorial Hospital. He sees patients in the clinic as well as the hospital, and especially enjoys Maternity Services. Dr. Schwartz was awarded the Iowa Hospital Association Hospital Hero Award in October, 2017, for his dedication to rural health care and obstetrics.
Schools and Degrees
- Northeast Missouri State University - B.S. Science
- University of Iowa School of Medicine - M.D.
- Mayo Family Practice Residency - La Crosse , WI
Dr. Wm. “Skip” Loebig
Skip has been providing anesthesia services since September of 1993. He worked in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for the first ten years of his career at Marquette General Hospital a large regional medical center. In 2004 he stated doing travel anesthesia in many different areas of the country in both academic medical centers and rural hospitals. Skip joined VMH in 2007 and has been providing care to our community since that time.
- Education: BSN in Nursing from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1984-1987
- Certificate in Nurse Anesthesia from Minneapolis School of Anesthesia 1991-1993
- MS in Anesthesia from St. Mary’s University- Winona 1991-1993
- Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP) from University of Michigan-Flint 2015-2020.
- Certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP
- Professional Associations: American Association of Nurse Anesthetists: 1991 to present
- Society of Opioid Free Anesthesia: 2018 to present
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