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Bryan Trauma Team welcomes Dr. Bixenmann, Hazen, Keebler and Van Cleef Benjamin Bixenmann, MD
Kristen Keebler, APRN-NP
Dr. Bixenmann has joined the Nebraska Neurosurgery Group, 402-904-4729. He received a bachelor’s degree at Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan, and graduated in 2009 from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine, Omaha, and completed a neuroscience residency at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Bixenmann has coauthored several medical research papers.
Kristen Keebler earned her advanced practice nursing degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2009. In her advanced practice role, she has experience working at Nebraska Heart Hospital, as well as being a provider in the Nebraska Correctional System. Kristen joined Bryan Medical Center as a Trauma Nurse Practitioner in September 2015. Kristen lives in Adams with her husband and three children. In her free time she enjoys reading, working out and traveling with her family.
Deborah Hazen, BSN, RN Deborah Hazen began working at Bryan Medical Center as a Care Management RN, and she joined the Bryan Trauma Team in January 2016. She graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Nursing in 2010 and went on to become Board Certified in Gerontological Nursing. Deborah has experience working as a charge nurse in a rehabilitation facility, as well as in hospice.
Kirsten Van Cleef, MSW Kirsten Van Cleef grew up in Carleton. She attended Nebraska Wesleyan University and earned her bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Sociology and went on to earn her master’s in Social Work with an emphasis in child welfare at the University of Denver. Kirsten worked in Colorado in a Sex Abuse and Intake Unit, as well as being an intake child protection case worker. She began working at Bryan Medical Center and joined the trauma team in September.