MEDICAL STAFF UPDATE Heather Christianson, MD, FAAP, pediatrics, joined Complete Children’s Health, (402) 465-5600. She graduated from the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Vermillion, in 1996 and completed a pediatric residency through the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine/Creighton University College of Medicine, Omaha. She is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. Before moving to Lincoln, Dr. Christianson practiced in Mitchell, S.D. Neill Mollard, MD, cardiothoracic anesthesiology, joined Associated Anesthesiologists, (402) 489-4186. He graduated from the Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, in 2003 and completed an anesthesiology residency and cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship at the University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento. Dr. Mollard is co-founder of an awardwinning software development company and practiced as a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist in St. Joseph, Mo., before moving to Lincoln. Robert Oakes, MD, cardiothoracic surgery, joined BryanLGH Cardiothoracic Surgery, (402) 481-8430. He graduated from the Harvard Medical School, Boston, in 2002 and completed a general surgery residency, then a clinical fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery and a research fellowship in cardiovascular surgery at Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, Calif. He then fulfilled cardiothoracic surgery and cardiac surgery residency studies at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston. Dr. Oakes is certified by the American Board of Surgery.
Scott Rasmussen, MD, internal medicine, joined Celerion Inc., (402) 437-6361. He graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine, Omaha, in 1988 and completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics, Minneapolis. Dr. Rasmussen is board certified. He was associated with East Lincoln Internal Medicine before joining the staff of the VA Medical Center Lincoln as a primary care physician, then Lincoln Internal Medicine Associates. In 2008, he became a principal investigator for Celerion Inc. and today is site medical director for the Celerion/BryanLGH Clinical Research Unit at BryanLGH West. Ian Weber, MD, orthopedic surgery, joined the Creighton University School of Medicine Department of Orthopedics, Omaha, (402) 280-4342. He graduated in 2000 from the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, where he also completed an orthopedic residency. He completed a fellowship in joint reconstruction at Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis. He is board certified and before moving to Nebraska was a clinical professor at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, and practiced in Fargo, N.D. Stephen Youngberg, MD, nephrology, joined Celerion Inc., (402) 437-6361. Dr. Youngberg graduated from the University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, in 1972. He completed an internal medicine residency and an advanced clinical residency and research fellowship in nephrology at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minn. He practiced in Texas and Louisiana and was a preceptor and clinical assistant professor at Louisiana State University Shreveport Medical School before moving to Lincoln in 1986. He has served as a consultant to hospitals in numerous Nebraska communities and was a preceptor for the family practice residency program of the Lincoln Medical Education Partnership. Dr. Youngberg was in private practice in Lincoln; in 2009 he became a principal investigator for Celerion Inc. and now is associated with the Celerion/BryanLGH Clinical Research Unit at BryanLGH West.
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