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As a part of our Leadership Team, QVMC is proud to share with you a few of our staff members.

 

Connie Hubbell

Director of Nursing

 

Raised in Montana on a ranch, 4 children, 7 grandchildren. I began my career as a Director of Nursing in the Long Term Care setting in 1990. After 10 years I became a traveling consultant for Montana Health Network facilities that were having survey issues. While on assignment to a “very challenging” facility, I met and worked with Mehdi Merred. Our work together was very successful and enjoyable. I hoped that one day we could work together again. In 2004, I quit traveling and went to work in Saint Vincent’s Hospital, and shortly after received a call from Mehdi as he was looking for a DNS. My decision to come was made quickly; I packed up my Mom and Dad and we all moved to Quincy.  

 


 

 

Colleen Canfield

Director of OR

SageView Clinic Supervisor

The daughter of a Navy Dad, Colleen Canfield frequently moved throughout the United States and Scotland.  Eventually, Colleen's family settled down in the small town of Gautier, Mississippi, two hours outside of New Orleans, where she lived for 12 years.  In 1991 Colleen began her work as a nurse on the cardiac floor of an area hospital.  Soon after, she transferred to Surgery, where she remained for 16 years.  In 2001 Ms. Canfield decided she wanted to try the management side of nursing and returned to school to receive her Bachelor's Degree in the Science of Nursing. Colleen and her family moved to Quincy in 2007 to help develop the new surgery program at the Quincy Valley Medical Center.  "I wanted to enjoy the challenge of starting a program from the beginning", said Ms. Canfield.  "I loved the people here when I came for my job interview.  Quincy is a very special, community-oriented town that has a lot to offer the right type of person.  I'm glad to be here."

+ QVMC Practitioners Bio's


Peter Himmel, MD

Currently Chief of the Medical Staff at QVMC.

 

Born in Bowling Green, Ohio. Family moved to Colorado at age 7. Graduated with honors from University of Northern Colorado in 1975 with BS in Biology/ Chemistry.

 

Attended the University of Colorado Medical School 1975-1979. Internship at Michigan State University. Residency in General Surgery at the State University of New York/Buffalo. Fellowship in Vascular Surgery at Southern Illinois University in Springfield. Practice in General/ Vascular Surgery in Santa Fe, NM from 1985 to 1993.

 

Board Certified in Surgery from 1985-1995. Fellow of the American College of Surgeons- retired status.

 

Degree in Horticulture from WSU in 1995 and worked in Tree Fruit pest control research for WSU from 1995-2002. Returned to Medicine in 2002 as an Emergency Room physician working in Brewster, Othello and Quincy. Began full time in Quincy in the fall of 2005.

 

Interests: Family, swimming, history.


Gaston Cornu-Labat, MD

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on February 5, 1968. Married to Ana Ines Lowenthal. Three children, Felipe, Alfonso and Pauline.

 

Graduated from the University of Buenos Aires as a medical doctor in December of 1991.
 

Two years of post-graduate training in Surgery at public hospitals in Buenos Aires.

Moved to Youngstown, OH where he did all of his Surgery training at Western Reserve Health Care (Forum Health), from 1994 through 2001.

 

Participated in a fellowship at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, WA, to specialize in surgery of the liver, biliary tract and pancreas.

 

In November of 2002 started his practice at a rural community in the Nebraska panhandle. Relocated to Quincy in February of this year to start our new surgery programs.

 

Colonoscopy

Endoscopy

 


Mary Klingner, MD

Dr. Klingner has joined to head up the Clinic at QVMC. With her years of supporting the Emergency Room at QVMC, the transition to heading up the Clinic is an easy one.

 

Married to Christopher Jones, who is a Systems Administrator in the IT department at Central Washington Hospital, and the mother of 3 kids, (Talon age 14, and William and Levi age 1) she brings family and care to our community.

 

Dr. Klingner was born in Quincy Illinois and has a BS in Biology with honors at University of Missouri in 1994. She received here MD from the University of Missouri, Cum Laude in 1998 and worked her way through college and medical school as a radio personality/ DJ.

 

Dr. Klingner served her residency in family practice at Southern Illinois University (also where our Dr Himmel trained) and finished in 2001. She practiced in Quincy, IL prior to moving to WA in 2003 to teach residents and medical students at a UW affiliated family practice residency program. Dr. Klingner has recently practiced at Central Washington Hospital’s Women’s Health Center. Her practice interests are Diabetes, Women’s Health and Occupational Medicine.

 

Dr Klingner’s plan for the Clinic is to provide accessible and meticulous care to the families of our community in a friendly and comfortable professional environment so that individuals can improve and maximize their own health through here guidance.


Charlene Brush, ARNP

Born in Seattle, Charlene moved with her family to the Portland, OR, area during Junior High School, then returned to Seattle to attend Seattle University where she completed her Bachelor of Arts in English in 1990. 

 

After working for several years as an accountant for her husband, Donavin’s, marine contracting business, she determined to answer a call to human services by returning to Seattle University in 2005. 

 

She completed the highly competitive and prestigious Advanced Practice Nursing Immersion Program in 2007 through the Family Nurse Practitioner track, with an emphasis on rural health care. 

 

Charlene chose Quincy Valley Medical Center’s SageView Family Care to begin her career as a Family Nurse Practitioner because of the emphasis on quality care, compassion, and accountability she found here.  She also desired to relocate her husband and young son, David, to the gentler pace and wide-open spaces of rural Washington.  She is excited about participating in the expansion of services offered by the clinic and working with Dr. Klingner to reintroduce superior family and urgent care to the Quincy Valley through the clinic.

 

She is board certified for family practice by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.  Charlene’s research focus has been on childhood nutrition for the prevention of chronic disease in adults, especially through increased consumption of fruits and vegetables.  She has been a member of the Washington Rural Health Association since 2002 and is also a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

 


Rhonda Ramm, MN, FNP, BSN

Born and raised in Soap Lake, Rhonda is happy to make Grant County home for herself and her four children. In 2007, while going to school to receive her Master’s in Nursing, Rhonda came to the Quincy Valley Medical Center to work as an Emergency/Acute care charge nurse and to complete her Family Internship with SageView physician Dr. Mary Klingner.

In 2008, after graduating Suma Cum Laude and being named Master Nursing Student of the Year at Washington State University College of Nursing in Spokane, we are happy to welcome Rhonda back to QVMC as our newest nurse practitioner at SageView Family Care Clinic. Rhonda will begin her duties at SageView Family Care on September 15, 2008.

Rhonda is happy to be in Quincy working with the physicians at QVMC and assisting our community members. She has experience in mental health, adult care, internal medicine, pediatrics, orthopedics, dermatology, family medicine and OB/Gynecology.


Nick Mason, ARNP

Quincy has been Nick's home-away-from-home for many years. He started working as a Registered Nurse in the Quincy hospital back in 1992 where he worked in that capacity for over five years. He witnessed the birth of many of Quincy's children and helped many of Quincy's residents with accidents and illnesses.

While working as a RN he also attended classes at Gonzaga University in Spokane and earned his Master's Degree in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner and then nationally certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Immediately thereafter he practiced as an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner in the Quincy Valley Clinic from 1998 to 2002.

Nick and wife Judy, who is a retired RN from Wenatchee Valley Medical Center, still call Leavenworth Washington their home. Since Judy's retirement three years ago they have wintered in Arizona where Nick has practiced in a busy Occupational Health Clinic and, last winter, in a busy Internal Medicine Clinic. Their second home is in Yuma, Arizona.

 

Nick is happy to be back in Quincy to help staff the new SageView Family Care Clinic during the summer of 2008. He appreciates the many positive changes in the clinic and believes that the positive and professional attitude of the current health care providers, clinic staff, and administration has created a real asset for the Quincy community. Nick will be here through September 26th, 2008.

 

 

Insurance: We accept most insurance plans including Medicare, Medicaid, many commercial insurances and many others. If you have questions about your insurance we can help.

Bilingual staff and interpreters are available for our Spanish-speaking patients.

Specialty referrals are available on-site.

 

Quincy Valley Medical Center
908 Tenth Avenue Southwest  Quincy, WA 98848
Tel: (509) 787-3531  |  Fax: (509) 787-2106

 

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