SPECIALTY CLINICS

Because traveling to see a specialist is sometimes difficult, Burgess recognized years ago the need to bring physicians to the patients. In the mid 1970's Burgess and Creighton Cardiology began the first specialty clinic by sending one physician once a month to Onawa to see patients for a half a day. The Cardiology Clinic now sees patients 5 days a week at their new location on the Burgess campus.

Since the addition of Cardiology, Burgess has added 15 additional specialty clinics with Urology being the second clinic and the Podiatry and Neurology clinics being the most recent. While the physicians staffing these clinics may change, the process of adding a clinic has remained the same. The Burgess active medical staff identifies a need to have a specialist available on a regular basis for their patients.

The hospital then works with active medical staff and the specialty physicians to make arrangements to have the physician see patients on a regular basis using the hospital outpatient department as their office (the mental health department for the psychiatrist).

The current specialty clinics are:

• Audiology – Kathy Rizk, Sioux City
• Cardiology (heart) - Claire Hunter, MD, Thomas Lanspa, MD; Antonio Reyes, MD
• Dermatology (skin) - Chris Huerter, MD from Omaha
• ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) - Paul Sherrerd, MD from Omaha
• Gynecology (female reproductive) - E P Hagen, D.O. from Sioux City
• Nephrology (kidney) – Richard Lund, MD from Omaha
• Neurology – Luis Pary, MD from Dakota Dunes; Blanca Marky, MD from Dakota Dunes
• Oncology (cancer) - Donald Wender, MD from Sioux City
• Ophthalmology (eye) - Beth Bruening, MD from Sioux City
• Orthopedic - Mark Wheeler, MD from Dakota Dunes
• Podiatry (foot) - Gregory McCarthy, DPM from Sioux City
• Psychiatry (mental health) - Rodney Dean, MD from Sioux City
• Pulmonary (lung) - Ross Bacon, MD; Craig Bainbridge, MD; Jitendrakumar Gupta, MD; Robert Stewart MD from Sioux City
• Rheumatology (arthritis) - John Hurley, MD from Omaha
• Urology (kidney, bladder) - John Wolpert MD from Dakota Dunes
• Vascular (circulation) - Tammy Ramos, MD

Individuals wishing to see a physician at one of the clinics should contact their family physician for a referral. All appointments for specialty clinics are made through centralized scheduling (except for psychiatry call Burgess Mental Health.)