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 Neurosurgery and Physical Medicine 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) - Edward Zajac, Jr., MD, Jeffrey Sykes, MD,  Deborah Majerus MD,  William Wanner, MD, www.cvassoc.com Claire Hunter, MD, Thomas Lanspa, MD, Susan Schima, MD, Amy Arouni, MD, Huassn Abuissa, MD,  http://thecardiaccenter.creighton.edu
• Dermatology (skin) - Chris Huerter, MD from Omaha http://medicine.creighton.edu/medschool/medicine/Huerter.html
• ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) - Paul Sherrerd, MD from Omaha www.familyentpc.com
• Gynecology (female reproductive) – Kevin Hamburger, MD, www.siouxlandwomenshealth.com
• Nephrology (kidney) – Richard Lund, MD from Omaha http://medicine.creighton.edu/medschool/medicine/Lund.html
• Neurosurgery – George Greene, MD, from Omaha, NE
• Oncology (cancer) - Donald Wender, MD from Sioux City, IA www.nylencancercenter.com
• Ophthalmology (eye) - Beth Bruening, MD from Dakota Dunes, SD www.brueningeye.com
• Ortho (bones) – Michael Espiritu, MD, Dakota Dunes, SD www.cnos.net
• Physical Medicine – (EMG) Stuart Oxford, MD from Omaha, NE
• Podiatry (foot) – Greg McCarthy, DPM from Sioux City, IA
• Psychiatry (mental health) - Rodney Dean, MD from Sioux City, IA www.rdeanmd.com
• Pulmonary (lung) - Craig Bainbridge, MD; Jitendrakumar Gupta, MD; Robert Stewart MD, Fadi Hammoudeh, MD from Sioux City , IA
• Rheumatology (arthritis) - John Hurley, MD from Omaha http://medicine.creighton.edu/medschool/medicine/Hurley.html
• Urology (kidney, bladder) – Timothy Kneib, MD from Dakota Dunes www.siouxlandurology.com

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.)