MEDICAL STAFF UPDATE
Welcome, advanced practice providers and independent practitioners Alexandria Arroyo, APRN, Inpatient Physician Associates Lauren Barbee, PA-C, Inpatient Physician Associates Jason Beach, CRNA, Associated Anesthesiologists Anna Cooper, APRN, Nebraska Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine. Emily Dierks, PA-C, Nebraska Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Kristina Hardy, APRN, Nebraska House Call Physicians Elizabeth “Liz” Hendrickson, PA-C, Nebraska Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Anthony Heidtbrink, CRNA, Associated Anesthesiologists Megan Heusinkvelt, APRN, Physicians for Women Michelle Hynek-Thomas, APRN, Heartland Neonatology Associates Kellie Johnson, APRN, Bryan Heart Nicholas Kinkead, PA-C, Nebraska Pulmonary Specialties Sandra Kirchner, APRN, Bryan Trauma Blake Meyers, CRNA, Associated Anesthesiologists Jennifer Miller, APRN, Nebraska Pulmonary Specialties Nicole Molczyk, APRN, Inpatient Physician Associates Molly Mullervy, PA-C, Ear, Nose & Throat Specialties Megan Simpson, APRN, Bryan Trauma Sarah Skinner, APRN, Heartland Neonatology Associates April Lynn Smith, APRN, Nebraska House Call Physicians Travis Tonniges, CRNA, Associated Anesthesiologists Ashley Waldrep, PA-C, Nebraska HematologyOncology Jessica Zaruba, PA-C, General Surgery Associates Michaela Ziola PA-C, Surgical Associates, PC
Remembering our colleagues Bryan medical community notes physicians’ passing Dennis Ray “Boz” Bozarth, MD, died August 28 at age 60. Dr. Bozarth was born in Lincoln and graduated from Lincoln Southeast High School and Nebraska Wesleyan University. He earned his medical degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine, Omaha, and completed an orthopedic residency at West Virginia University. He practiced for more than 25 years in Lincoln as an orthopedic surgeon, most recently with the Lincoln Orthopaedic Center. This long-time pilot also enjoyed watching track and field and rugby, attending the College World Series and cheering for the Huskers and Cubs. Dr. Bozarth is survived by his wife, Carol, their two sons and two grandchildren. Other survivors include his mother, Clara Bozarth, sisters Gayle Petersen and Kristi Lambrecht, brother John Bozarth and many nieces and nephews.
Patricia L. Grossman, MD, died June 11 at age 95. Dr. Grossman maintained a pediatric practice at the Lincoln Clinic. She served in the U.S. Navy and is survived by her brother, Frank Lee, five children, eight grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Wesley George Tomhave, MD, died July 8 at age 98. Dr. Tomhave was a native of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, who grew up in Iowa and graduated from the University of Minnesota before serving in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific in World War II. He earned his medical degree from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine and practiced family medicine from 1950-57 in Hibbing, Minnesota. Dr. Tomhave completed an internal medicine residency at the VA Research Hospital in Chicago and served as the head of the Department of Metabolism at Northwestern University. In 1963, he moved to Lincoln, where in the following years, he practiced at the Lincoln Clinic, Wedgewood Internal Medicine Associates and the VA Regional Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Ann, and their five children, 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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