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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."
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 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.
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 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.
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Colonoscopy
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Endoscopy
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 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.
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 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.
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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.
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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.
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908 Tenth Avenue Southwest Quincy, WA 98848
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