Comprehensive orthopedic care, 5 days a week

Dr. Walters’ family includes other doctors who influenced his decision to become one himself. Playing competitive sports in his youth fueled his passion for sports medicine – a major focus of his practice in addition to general orthopedic care.

Dr. Walters provides surgical treatment to patients of all ages, with all types of orthopedic conditions and injuries.

“Sports medicine is for people of all ages and activity levels, from casual fitness buffs to serious athletes,” he says. Dr. Walters is at our Glencoe campus on Mondays and Thursdays, seeing patients in the clinic and performing surgeries. Away from work, he enjoys cooking, running, traveling and being outdoors.

Terese Haasken, PA-C, MPAS, has used her orthopedics expertise for nearly 10 years to treat patients with bone, muscle and joint problems. Before joining GRHS in October, the certified physician assistant learned what it’s like to need orthopedic care. Terese fell off a hay wagon last summer while helping out at her parents’ hobby farm and badly injured two ligaments in her left knee.

Now well into her recovery, Terese has witnessed orthopedic care help many people. She recalls one patient who loved to dance, but stopped for 20 years because of hip pain. After two hip replacements, Terese’s patient was tickled to once again kick up her heels. “It makes me feel great

Get to know Dr. Walters by watching his video at grhsonline.org/walters. Get to see people get better and return to activities they enjoyed before their joint pain or injury,” Terese says.

Terese provides non-surgical orthopedic care to patients at the Glencoe clinic five days a week, Monday through Friday. She conducts physical examinations, orders lab tests and imaging studies, prescribes medications, gives injections, fits splints and explains surgical treatment options. When a patient needs surgery, Terese assists Dr. Walters in the operating room and provides the patient’s follow-up care.

A former power lifter, Terese enjoys skiing, running and spending time with her husband and their two young boys.