Opinion editor's note: The following article was submitted by Dr. Mary Tschida of Coon Rapids in concert with 453 other Minnesota women physicians, listed below.
We physicians call for the following gun legislation without delay
In the last two years, you have called us "health care heroes." Now we call on you to be heroic.
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As doctors, our work is to care for people. We hug and kiss our own children, then step into the fray to preserve life when it is slipping away, when someone has tried to take it.
When a gun is fired and a bullet tears into a person, we stop the bleeding. We remove the bullets, reconstruct shattered bones and mend as our skill and training allow, to keep a gun from taking you, too.
But sometimes, it is not enough. Then we stand with you when there are no words that make sense to speak. We meet you in horror and shock, then walk with you in the days and years that follow to find a way to continue. We know the scars borne in your body, heart and mind. We see all aspects of what a gun can do. We see this every day in our clinics, hospitals and emergency rooms. Not just after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, or that in Buffalo, Minn., last year. Every day.
We are doctors, mothers, grandmothers, sisters, daughters, aunts and neighbors. We see the lives that guns have ravaged, and our own hearts stop when we hear of another shooter at another school. Because while we are working to save and heal victims of gun violence, we are terrified that our babies will be next.
We cannot stand by as these heinous acts of violence continue, especially against vulnerable children.
So let us be clear: Gun violence is a public health crisis in America.
The Uvalde massacre of 19 schoolchildren and two teachers was the 27th school shooting in the U.S. in 2022. Two of these occurred in Minnesota. Last summer three Minneapolis children under the age of 10 were shot in the head, two of whom died. This April in Duluth, a man killed himself and four family members, including two children, with a gun. In the same month, a 9-year-old girl died in Lynd, Minn., after the accidental discharge of a gun. In the U.S. a child is now more likely to die from a gunshot wound than a car crash. Both firearm homicides and suicides are rising as causes of death in young people. These are not universal trends. The U.S. firearm homicide rate is nearly 25 times higher than that of other high-income countries. Of all gun deaths of children aged 0-4 in higher-income countries, 96.7% occur in the United States. Americans are 4% of the world's population but own 46% of the world's civilian firearms.
It does not have to be this way. It should be difficult and rare to obtain and use a weapon of such deadliness as that used by the teen gunman in Uvalde.
We believe in addressing public health issues affecting our patients through advocacy for impactful legislation. We therefore urge action by our legislators on common-sense laws for gun safety to prevent future acts of senseless violence. Evidence-based laws that place reasonable and appropriate regulations on gun ownership and use can keep all Minnesotans safer and allow our children to learn and grow without the constant threat of gun violence.
In the last two years, you have called us "health care heroes." Now we call on you to be heroic — to save our children from gun violence.
We, the undersigned physicians, call on Minnesotans to support and on all legislators to enact the following without delay:
1) Enact, expand and strengthen universal background checks for all firearm purchases. Close loopholes.
2) Prohibit the sale, possession and transfer of assault-style weapons and hardware that converts semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic weapons.
3) Prohibit the sale of ammunition without a comprehensive background check.
4) Make it a felony to possess and prohibit the sale of any firearm magazine capable of holding over 10 rounds of ammunition.
5) Increase the minimum age for purchasing a firearm or ammunition to 21 years.
6) Implement and enforce a firearms retailer code of conduct.
7) Enact extreme risk protection orders.
8) Enact a waiting period for firearm purchases.
9) Mandate safety training for firearm purchasers.
10) Mandate safe storage of firearms.
11) Ban ghost guns.
12) Enact gun buyback programs.
13) Expand avenues for litigation by victims of gun violence.
14) Fund research to identify further evidence-based recommendations to mitigate gun violence.
Mary Tschida works in family medicine. Further signatories to this article, collected by and provided by Dr. Tschida, include:
Minto K. Porter, MD
Allergy and Immunology, Pediatrics
Brainerd, MN
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Tina Johnson, MD
Internal Medicine
Woodbury, MN
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Nicole Stoik Dockter, MD
Emergency Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Emily Daligga, MD
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Zumbrota, MN
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Terra Shockman, MD
Family Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Yana T. Nagle, MD
Pediatrics
Maple Grove, MN
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Melissa Haehn, MD
Anesthesiology
Robbinsdale, MN
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Tracy Prosen, MD
Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Clinical Genetics
Minneapolis, MN
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Brianne Barnett Roby, MD
Pediatric Otolaryngology, Facial Plastic Surgery
Minneapolis, MN
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Amanda Huepfel, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Edina, MN
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Jani Jensen, MD
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Edina, MN
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Sonia Karimi Zechmann, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Saint Louis Park, MN
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Michelle O'Brien, MD, MPH
Family Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Alison Bormann, MD
Infectious Disease
Minneapolis, MN
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Elise Larson, MD, MPH
Family Medicine
Maple Grove, MN
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Michelle Chestovich, MD
Family Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Amina Adil, MD
Cardiology
Duluth, MN
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Michelle Atchison, MD
Ophthalmology
Moorhead, MN
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Jacqueline Geissler, MD, FAAOS
Orthopedic Surgery
Minneapolis, MN
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Trisha Prescott, MD
Radiology
Stillwater, MN
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Emily Beres, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Saint Paul, MN
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Sarah Ray, MD
Pediatrics
Saint Louis Park, MN
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Sarah Cook, MD
Family Medicine
Sauk Centre, MN
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Stacy Ballard, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Brooklyn Park, MN
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Rebecca Rossom, MD, MS
Psychiatry
Minneapolis, MN
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Suzanne Jasberg, MD
Psychiatry
Edina, MN
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Maria Batool, MD
Endocrinology
Coon Rapids, MN
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Mollie Malaney, MD
Pediatrics
Stillwater, MN
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Sonja Short, MD, FAAP, FACP
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Clinical Informatics
Eagan, MN
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Tara Thomas, MD
Pediatrics
Edina, MN
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Robyn Knutson Bueling, MD, CAQ, MS
Sports Medicine
Woodbury, MN
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Jennifer Haglund, MD
Transplant Hepatology
Minneapolis, MN
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Milana Bogorodskaya, MD
Infectious Disease
Minneapolis, MN
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Elizabeth Frankman, MD
Urogynecology
Saint Louis Park, MN
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Jessica Cici, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Minneapolis, MN
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Melissa Hardy, MD
Pediatrics
Burnsville, MN
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Angela Peper, DO
Anesthesiology
Minneapolis, MN
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Niloo Krueger, MD
General Surgery, Trauma Surgery
Coon Rapids, MN
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Deb Thorp, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Minneapolis, MN
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Emily Benzie, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Jennie Orr, MD
Family Medicine
Hastings, MN
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Danielle Haselby, DO
Nephrology
Minneapolis, MN
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Claire Drom, MD
Psychiatry
Saint Cloud, MN
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Kendahl Moser-Bleil, MD
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Eagan, MN
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Kimara Gustafson, MD
Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
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Christina Jenner, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Saint Cloud, MN
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Amy Borys, MD
Emergency Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Caitlin Chambers, MD
Orthopedic Surgery
Woodbury, MN
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Rita Hurd, MD
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
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Andrea Dreyfus, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Christen Ebens, MD, MPH
Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy
Minneapolis, MN
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Laura Miller, MD, MPH
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Nancy Baker, MD
Family Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Erica Youn, MD
Pediatric Neurology
Minneapolis, MN
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Elizabeth Jarrett, MD, MPH
Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
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Prachi Striker, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Saint Anthony, MN
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Erin Austad, MD
Emergency Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Abby Dettmer, DO, FAAFP
Family Medicine
Waseca, MN
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Nisha Fernandes, MD
Psychiatry
Minneapolis, MN
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Emilee M. Parsons, DO
Neonatology
Minneapolis, MN
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Shirlee Xie, MD
Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Leah Jordan, MD
Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
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Carolyn A. Kampa, MD
Family Medicine
Cambridge, MN
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Elizabeth Fogelson, MD
Emergency Medicine
Austin, MN
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Christy Boraas, MD, MPH, FACOG
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Minneapolis, MN
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Shelley Breyen, MD
Family Medicine
Duluth, MN
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Michelle Haggerty, DO, MPH, IBCLC
Family Medicine, Integrative Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Lane Patten, MD, FACEP
Emergency Medicine
Robbinsdale, MN
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Katie Krumwiede, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Saint Paul, MN
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Elena Bond, MD, FAAP
Pediatrics
Bloomington, MN
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Jan Richardson, MD
Internal Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Leslie Surbeck, MD
Internal Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Kellie Lease Stecher, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Minneapolis, MN
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Abbey Mello, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Bloomington, MN
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Lilly Wagner, MD
Ophthalmology
Rochester, MN
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Emily Wagner, MD
Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Angela Noble, MD
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
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Elissa Downs, MD, MPH
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Minneapolis, MN
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Natalia Dorf Biderman, MD
Hospital Medicine
Saint Louis Park, MN
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Raina Young, MD
Family Medicine
Eagan, MN
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Emelie Helou, MD
Gastroenterology
Minneapolis, MN
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Sabeeha Nagarwala, MBBS, MPH
Internal Medicine
Bloomington, MN
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Krista Hagen, MD
Pediatrics
Eden Prairie, MN
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Candace Granberg, MD
Pediatric Urology
Rochester, MN
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Patricia Valusek, MD
Pediatric Surgery
Minneapolis, MN
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Evangelia Gravari, MD
Neonatology
Minneapolis, MN
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Anne Watkins, MD
General Surgery
Saint Louis Park, MN
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Michele Thieman, MD
Family Medicine
Park Rapids, MN
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Marcia Weimerskirch, MD, FAAFP
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Gudrun Mirick Mueller, MD, FAAOS
Orthopedic Trauma Surgery
Minneapolis, MN
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Lan Luu, MD, MPH
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Minneapolis,MN
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Christina Falgier, MD
Neonatology
Duluth, MN
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Rebecca Mahady, MD
Pediatrics
Eden Prairie, MN
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Archana Ramaswamy, MD
General Surgery
Saint Paul, MN
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Victoria Chiou, MD
Family Medicine
Cottage Grove, MN
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Heidi Edsill, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Waconia, MN
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Patricia Hickey, MD
Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
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Katie Anderson, MD
Family Medicine, Urgent Care Medicine
Mankato, MN
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Katherine Esse, MD
Internal Medicine, Neurology
Saint Paul, MN
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Frances Prekker, MD
Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
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Alison Adams, MD, FAAD
Dermatology
Saint Louis Park, MN
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Cristina Miller, MD
Neonatology
Saint Paul, MN
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Rachel Parritz, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Saint Paul, MN
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Laura Nelson, DO
Family Medicine
Blaine, MN
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Amanda Webb, MD
Pediatrics
Duluth, MN
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Rachel Kay, MD
Psychiatry
Minneapolis, MN
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Hannah Lichtsinn, MD
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
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Mollie Stapleton, MD
Family Medicine
Duluth, MN
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Amy Burt, MD
Pediatrics
Minnetonka, MN
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Mary Braddock, MD
Pediatrics
Woodbury, MN
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Lisa Mattson, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Plymouth, MN
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Abimbola Osagie, MD
Pediatrics
Maple Grove, MN
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Judy Swauger, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Saint Louis Park, MN
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Anne Griffiths, MD
Pediatric Pulmonology
Minneapolis, MN
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Kirsten Shaw, MD
Internal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Sandy Fritzlar, MD
Emergency Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Kirsten L. Morissette, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Annalisa Rudser, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Erica Bowen, DO
Family Medicine
Vadnais Heights, MN
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Lindy Watanaskul, MD
Anesthesiology
Saint Cloud, MN
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Kelsey Echols, MD
Emergency Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Dina Adams, MD
Emergency Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Sarah Fuerstenberg, MD
Pediatrics
Wyoming, MN
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Retu Saxena, MD
Cardiology
Minneapolis, MN
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Jena Wirt, DO, MPH
Critical Care
Minneapolis, MN
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Alice Mann, MD, MPH
Family Medicine
Edina, MN
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Katelyn Klimstra, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Saint Paul, MN
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Emily Yonke, MD
Pediatrics
Brooklyn Center, MN
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Maria Vu, MD
Family Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Mila Heersink, MD
Ophthalmology
Golden Valley, MN
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Jill Melicher, MD
Ophthalmology
Minnetonka, MN
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Tara Kelly, MD
Family Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Amy Irvin, MD
Emergency Medicine
Shakopee, MN
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Laura Heinmiller, MD
Ophthalmology
Saint Louis Park, MN
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Lona Caires, DO
Family Medicine
New Brighton, MN
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Ashlie Bernhisel, MD, MSc
Ocular Surface, Cornea and Refractive Surgery
Rochester, MN
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Ulrika Wigert, MD, FAAFP
Family Medicine
Sauk Centre, MN
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Rachel Gordon, MD
Internal Medicine
Duluth, MN
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Katherine Janssen, MD
Pulmonology and Critical Care
Minneapolis, MN
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Megan Keuler, MD, MPH
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Hannah Reimen, DO
Family Medicine
Golden Valley, MN
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Michalene Stevermer, DO
Psychiatry
Duluth, MN
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Adriana Dhawan, MD
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
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Brittany Philpot, MD
Emergency Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Leah M. Gapinski, MD
Emergency Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Laura Colicchia, MD
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Kate Richards May, MD
Internal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Heidi Walz, MD, FACEP
Emergency Medicine
Robbinsdale, MN
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Brooke Settergren, MD
Internal Medicine
Duluth, MN
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Sarah Leadley, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Minneapolis, MN
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Kristin Soner, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Minneapolis, MN
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Shari Robbins, MD
Emergency Medicine
Maplewood, MN
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Alicia Teagarden, DO
Pediatric Critical Care
Minneapolis, MN
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Julie Laidig, MD
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Saint Paul, MN
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Megan Shaughnessy, MD
Infectious Disease
Minneapolis, MN
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Megan Stalpes, MD
Pediatrics
Eden Prairie, MN
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Abby Metzler, MD
Neurology
Minneapolis, MN
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Sonali Meyer, MD
Emergency Medicine
Coon Rapids, MN
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Evan McKay, MD
Emergency Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Sara Friedman, MD
Emergency Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Catherine Benziger, MD, MPH
Cardiology
Duluth, MN
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Kristi Grall, MD, MHPE
Emergency Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Jennifer Tessmer-Tuck, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Edina, MN
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Dureeti Foge, MD, MSc
Family Medicine
Plymouth, MN
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Sahar Lofti-Emran, MD, PhD
Rheumatology
Minneapolis, MN
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Sandy Liu, MD
Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
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Katie Parker, DO
Addiction Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Kathleen Bauer, MD
Pediatrics
White Bear Lake, MN
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Andraya Huldeen, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Waconia, MN
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Laura Mohling, MD
Pediatrics
Waconia, MN
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Kristin England, MD
Musculoskeletal Radiology
Minneapolis, MN
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Laura Kuhlman, MD
Emergency Medicine
Coon Rapids, MN
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Valerie Jarstad, MD
Family Medicine
Oakdale, MN
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Mariam Anwar, MD
Geriatrics
Minneapolis, MN
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Cheri Berg, MD
Anesthesiology
Minneapolis, MN
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Kimberly Olson, MD
Internal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Monica Campo, MD, MPH
Pulmonology and Critical Care
Minneapolis, MN
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Analisa Calderon, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Angela Timm, DO
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Faribault, MN
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Wendy Miller, MD
Internal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Stephanie Mackenthun, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Wyoming, MN
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Emily Schafhauser, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Michaela Rokosz, MD
Pediatrics
Maple Grove, MN
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Fareeda Taher Nazer Hussain, MD
Otolaryngology
Rochester, MN
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Mirna Boumitri, MD
Nephrology
Minneapolis, MN
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Mollika Sajady, DO
Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
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Rebekah Ormsby, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Edina, MN
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Sara Polley, MD
Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry
Plymouth, MN
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Erin Louks-Smith, MD
Family Medicine
Cloquet, MN
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Alissa Evenson, MD
Radiology
Hutchinson, MN
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Rebecca Hanson, DO
Internal Medicine
Wyoming, MN
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Leah Soderberg, MD
Internal Medicine
Rochester, MN
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LoAnn Heuring, MD
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Eagan, MN
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Jacqueline Olczak, MD
Family Medicine
Coon Rapids, MN
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Katherine Howard Kathan, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Anya Jamrozy, MD
Internal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Ann Lavers, MD
Urology
Minneapolis, MN
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Claire McNeil, MD
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
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Erin Emerson Egginton, DO
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Taryn McEvoy, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Maple Grove, MN
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Christine Keala Schwab, MD
Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Kacia Lee, MD, FACP
Internal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Sarah Baker, MD
Emergency Medicine
Coon Rapids, MN
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Katherine Jacoby, MD
Critical Care
Minneapolis, MN
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Krista Honsey, DO
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Buffalo, MN
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Kimberly Simon, MD, FAAP
Pediatrics
Ramsey, MN
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Anne Melzer, MD, MS
Pulmonology and Critical Care
Minneapolis, MN
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Diane Madlon-Kay, MD, MS
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Abigail Houts, MD
Internal Medicine, Geriatrics
Minneapolis, MN
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Anna Cox, MD
Internal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Helen Thomas, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Liz Medina Alm, MD, MPH
Occupational Medicine, Urgent Care Medicine
Coon Rapids, MN
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Elise Hart, MD
Emergency Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Cheryl Bailey, MD
Oncology
Saint Paul, MN
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Abbie Begnaud, MD
Pulmonology and Critical Care
Minneapolis, MN
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Heather Stefanski, MD, PhD
Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant
Minneapolis, MN
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Rahshana Price-Isuk, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Marnie Huntley, MD
Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
Minneapolis, MN
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Callie Schnitker, MD
Emergency Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Christina Dunn, MD
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Eagan, MN
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Emily Torell, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Alena Marozava, MD
Family Medicine
Coon Rapids, MN
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Bethany Hoffman, MD
Internal Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Allison McGovern, MD
Emergency Medicine
Coon Rapids, MN
•••
Sally Leitch, MD
Family Medicine
Blaine, MN
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Wendy Nguyen, MD
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Minneapolis, MN
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Megan Press, MD
Psychiatry
Minneapolis, MN
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Christina Cusic, MD
Occupational Medicine
Bloomington, MN
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Lindsay Merriman, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Saint Paul, MN
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Ashley Merten, MD
Dermatology
Burnsville, MN
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Anne Neeley, MD
Dermatology
Burnsville, MN
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Lauren O'Neill, MD
Dermatology
Saint Louis Park, MN
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Rebecca Baudoin, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Waconia, MN
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Katie Steen, MD
Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Sara Wildenberg, MD
General Surgery
Edina, MN
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Bronwyn Southwell, MD
Anesthesiology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Anna Milz, MD, MPH
Pediatrics
Woodbury, MN
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Emily Doss, MD
Internal Medicine
Stillwater, MN
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Jodi Michaels, MD
Urology
Minneapolis, MN
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Melissa Choi, MD
Family Medicine
Richfield, MN
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Abby Murray, MD
Internal Medicine
Crosby, MN
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Carly Dirlam, MD
Psychiatry
Plymouth, MN
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Mrinalini Mudkanna, MD
Geriatrics
Coon Rapids, MN
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Alyssa Stitt, MD
Family Medicine
Mankato, MN
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Sara Cox, MD, MPH
Internal Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Elizabeth Farhat, MD
Dermatology
Bloomington, MN
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Rachel Darling, MD
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
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Lucy Esberg, MD
Cardiology
Minneapolis, MN
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Jaime Wirth, MD
Family Medicine
Wyoming, MN
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Lisa Roazen, MD, FACEP
Emergency Medicine
Duluth, MN
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Allison Newman, MD
Family Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Laura Melcher, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Arden Hills, MN
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Jessica Hansen, DO
Pediatrics
Eagan, MN
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Lee Christianson, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Elizabeth Slagle, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Saint Paul, MN
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Jessica Hansen, DO
Pediatrics
Eagan, MN
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Elsa Fiebiger, DO
Pediatrics
Edina, MN
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Hannah Esdal, MD
Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
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Susan Asch, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
North Oaks, MN
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Paige J. Halvorson, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Saint Paul, MN
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Anne L. Becker, MD
Internal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
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Deanna Plant, MD
Family Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Jennifer Vesely, MD
Family Medicine
Golden Valley, MN
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Sarah Asch, MD, FAAP, FAAD
Pediatric Dermatology
Saint Paul, MN
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Erika Helgerson, DO
Family Medicine
Taylors Falls, MN
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Sarah Freitas, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Waconia, MN
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Anita MacDonald, MD
Family Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
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Brianna Murugesan, DO
Psychiatry
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Majken Schwartz, MD
Family Medicine, Hospital Medicine
Shoreview, MN
•••
Adrianne Mallen, MD
Gynecologic Oncology
Saint Louis Park, MN
•••
Angela Sinner, DO
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Callie Becker, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Claudia Chou, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Rochester, MN
•••
Kirsten Klevan, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Erin Wise, MD
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Marion Collins, MD
Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Joanna Ekstrom, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Fiona He, MD
Hematology and Oncology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Madeline Hellendag, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Rebecca Asch-Kendrick, MD
Forensic Pathology
Ramsey, MN
•••
Sarah Prebil, MD
Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Meher Rahman, MBBS
Gastroenterology
Anoka, MN
•••
Elizabeth Hofbauer, MD
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Shoreview, MN
•••
Julie Thompson, MD, MPH
Hepatology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Amrita Kahlon Salunke, MBBS
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Emma Schempf, MD
Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Jodi Greenlaw, DO
Emergency Medicine
Coon Rapids, MN
•••
Heather Leong Hulstein, DO, PhD
Family Medicine
Savage, MN
•••
Sandy Turbes, MD
Family Medicine, Geriatrics
Northfield, MN
•••
Meredith Sax Bourne, MD
Family Medicine
Saint Louis Park, MN
•••
Gigi Chawla, MD, MHA
Pediatrics
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Corinne Brown-Robinson, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Bridget Keller, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Saint Louis Park, MN
•••
Kara Larson, MD
Pediatrics
Coon Rapids, MN
•••
Janielle Nordell, MD
Pediatrics
Mankato, MN
•••
Christine Kletti, MD
Emergency Medicine
Burnsville, MN
•••
Stephanie Davison Iannazzo, MD
Anesthesiology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Kristi Klee, MD
Internal Medicine
Coon Rapids, MN
•••
Anuja Singh, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Beth Dietz, MD
Pediatrics
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Cresta Wedel Jones, MD, FACOG, FASAM
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Acadia Pechauer, MD
Internal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Courtney Herring, MD, MHA
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Angela Kelle, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Parissa Delavari, MD
Emergency Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Ann Falor Callahan, MD
Surgical Oncology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Autumn Ambroday, DO
Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine
White Earth, MN
•••
Ellen Adams, MD
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Adrienne Richardson, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Megan Schott, MD
Emergency Medicine
Robbinsdale, MN
•••
Robin Bresette, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Carly Evans, MD, FACEP
Emergency Medicine
Edina, MN
•••
Trisha Saha, MD
Allergy and Immunology
Saint Louis Park, MN
•••
Rebecca Brugger, MD
Family Medicine
Alexandria, MN
•••
Judith A. Levitan, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
LeeAnn Hubbard, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Edina, MN
•••
Sarah Lippert, MD, FACS
General Surgery, Trauma Surgery
Maple Grove, MN
•••
Betsy Dickson, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Katie McCormick-Deaton, DO
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Deepa Ovian, MD
Internal Medicine
Edina, MN
•••
Jessica Oswald, DO
Infectious Disease
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Lisa Ide, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Mary Logeais, MD
Internal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Gita Byraiah, MD, MHS
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Edina, MN
•••
Kathleen D. Brooks, MD, MBA, MPA
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Holly Stenzel Taynton, DO
Family Medicine
Crystal, MN
•••
Rachel Tay, MD
General Surgery
Maple Grove, MN
•••
Kristina Sharma, MD
Family Medicine
Eagan, MN
•••
Mallory J. Yelenich-Huss, MD
Breast Surgical Oncology, General Surgery
Maple Grove, MN
•••
Stephanie Fritch Lilla, MD
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Kate Kardell, MD
Family Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Erin King, MD
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Ashley Bishop, MD
Family Medicine
Arden Hills, MN
•••
Jennifer Riley, MD
Family Medicine
Crystal, MN
•••
Sasha Prisco, MD, PhD
Cardiology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Carla Schwartz, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Allison Wert, MD
Internal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Hilary Gerten, DO
Psychiatry
Bloomington, MN
•••
Megan Hilgers, MD
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Rabia Hasan, MBBS
Family Medicine
Coon Rapids, MN
•••
Alina Jeffers, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Edina, MN
•••
Ncha Xiong, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Anthonia Olajide-Kuku, MD
Pediatrics
Maple Grove, MN
•••
Julie Jones, DO
Rheumatology
Coon Rapids, MN
•••
Kelsey Carignan, MD
Psychiatry
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Madhu Manoj, MD
Internal Medicine
Coon Rapids, MN
•••
Nicole Burkette Ikebata, MD, MPH
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Shannon Andrews, MD
Infectious Disease, Pediatric Infectious Disease
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Robin Councilman, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Alice Lehman, MD
Infectious Disease, Pediatric Infectious Disease
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Jill Foster, MD
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Kourtney Kemp, MD, FACS
General Surgery
Maple Grove, MN
•••
Linda Miller, MD
Emergency Medicine
Orono, MN
•••
Elena Rosas, MD
Psychiatry
Oakdale, MN
•••
Amy Nygaard, MD
Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Allison Holt, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Laura Norton, MD, MS
Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Susan F. Sencer, MD
Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Mary Kay Barrett, MD
Family Medicine
Burnsville, MN
•••
Diana Thyssen, MD
Pediatrics
Roseville, MN
•••
Andrea Westby, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Laura M. Lara, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Elizabeth Fairbairn, MD
Internal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Alexandra Hall, MD, MPH
Internal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Jenna Triana, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Karen Jankowski, MD
Family Medicine
Bloomington, MN
•••
Catherine Pang, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Kaleigh Timmins, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Calla Brown, MD, MHR
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Iris Wagman Borowsky, MD, PhD
Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Beth K. Thielen, MD, PhD, FAAP
Infectious Disease, Pediatric Infectious Disease
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Elizabeth Swanson, DO
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Ketzela J. Marsh, MD, MS
Infectious Disease, Pediatric Infectious Disease
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Kristen Helvig, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Erin Tracy, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Lynne Gibeau, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Patricia Fontaine, MD, MS
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Aarti Bhatt, MD
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Eva Pesch, MD
Family Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Sonia Helmy, MD
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Bloomington, MN
•••
Kacey Justesen, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Lipi Ramchandani, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Nanette Aldahondo, MD
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Jennifer Beldon, MD
Psychiatry
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Megan Raverty, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Rhodessa Burt, MD
Pediatrics
Fridley, MN
•••
Natalie Rigelman-Hedberg, MD
Pediatrics
Burnsville, MN
•••
Sarah Lenhardt, MD
Pediatrics
Bloomington, MN
•••
Dina Andreotti, MD
Family Medicine
Woodbury, MN
•••
Erin Gharib, MD
Anesthesiology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Niki Groeschl, MD
Family Medicine
Duluth, MN
•••
Trina Hollatz, MD
Pulmonology and Critical Care
Duluth, MN
•••
Kate Beresford, MD
Sleep Medicine
Duluth, MN
•••
Kelsey McAnally, DO
Internal Medicine
Saint Cloud, MN
•••
Alycia Trossen-Kapur, MD
Family Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Amanda Norris, DO
Family Medicine
Buffalo, MN
•••
Melissa Mohrenweiser, MD
Family Medicine
Wayzata, MN
•••
Zabrina Evens, MD
Emergency Medicine
Maplewood, MN
•••
Rachel Téllez, MD
Pediatrics
Brooklyn Center, MN
•••
Hina Rahman, MBBS
Internal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Sarah Hammes, MD
Family Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Adrianne Bowen, MD, MBA
General Surgery, Trauma Surgery
Maple Grove, MN
•••
Sarah Raatz, MD
Pediatrics
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Laura Ford-Nathan, MD
Family Medicine
Eagan, MN
•••
Valerie Whitcomb, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Sara Lund, MD
Infectious Disease
Duluth, MN
•••
Kathleen Lane, MD
Internal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Katherine Severson, MD
Internal Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Jennifer Robinson, MD
Family Medicine
Farmington, MN
•••
Elena Tanner, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Teresa Patani, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Saint Louis Park, MN
•••
State Representative Kelly Morrison, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Robyn Tabibi, MD
Family Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Kavita Monteiro, MD
Family Medicine, Obesity Medicine
Stillwater, MN
•••
Marybeth Lardizabal, DO, DLFAPA
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Christine Desautels, MD
Internal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Lisa L. Kirkland MD, FACP, MSHA, FCCM
Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Geriatrics, Neurocritical Care
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Shana Sniffen, MD
Family Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Brooke Cunningham, MD, PhD
Internal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Jill Miller, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Sally Berryman, MD, FACP
Internal Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Jennifer Ambur, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Barbara Leone Brown, MD
Family Medicine
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Allison West, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Caromyr Figueroa, MD
Child Psychiatry
Fridley, MN
•••
Sara Coomes, MD
Pediatrics
Roseville, MN
•••
Stacey Mackay, MD
Family Medicine
Burnsville, MN
•••
Caroline Bailey, MD
Emergency Medicine
Maplewood, MN
•••
Sarah Ndyajunwoha, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Nicole Lyons, MD
General Surgery
Saint Cloud, MN
•••
Dionne Hart, MD, DFAPA, FASAM
Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine
Rochester, MN
•••
Sheryl Louie, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Virginia Dines, MD
Nephrology
Rochester, MN
•••
Hope Frisch, DO
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Minneapolis, MN
•••
D. Christine Sigurdson, MD, PhD
Forensic Psychiatry
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Kirana Narayana, MBBS
Pulmonology
Maplewood, MN
•••
Saida Yassin, MD
Internal Medicine,
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Rosa Marroquín, MD
Family Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Sarah Schmitz Burns, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Julijana Botic, MD
Internal Medicine
Marshall, MN
•••
Lindsay Williams Palaniappan, MD
Family Medicine
West Saint Paul, MN
•••
Mary Dahling, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Edina, MN
•••
Svetlana Simovic, MD
Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Rosemary Quirk, MD, DTMH, FACP
Internal Medicine,
Minneapolis, MN
•••
Kristen Latta, DO
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Edina, MN
•••
Kim Tjaden, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Family Medicine
Saint Cloud, MN
•••
Sarah McIntire, MD
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Eagan, MN
•••
Kirstin Brown, DO
Pulmonology and Critical Care
Saint Paul, MN
•••
Abby LaBounty, MD
Family Medicine
Monticello, MN
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