Because of Ann's educational background and experience with finances, she ran the program as grant writer, federal liaison, fiscal agent, employee of the Board of Directors, and employer of all staff and providers. Ann received her BA Degree at Rosary College, River Forest, Illinois with a major in sociology and a minor in English and philosophy.

Ann keeps abreast of the health care issues on the State and Federal levels by participating annually in the training sessions offered by the State and National Associations.

Ann has been a board member of the Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association for 25 years and she is completing her 6th term as treasurer of this association. Ann has community board of director experience for a local bank, Mountain Ambulance Service, Refuse District, Chamber of Commerce and as Town Chairman of the Town of Riverview.

You can contact Ann Hogan by e-mail at annh@nhcmedden.com

Kathie provides a full-range of medical services to patients of all ages. She treats chronic and acute illnesses and she treats injuries-suturing, splinting, and casting. Since June, 2002, Kathie has been appointed Clinical Director, responsible for writing and implementing the Quality Improvement Program.

You may contact Kathie by e-mail at kathieh@nhcmedden.com

Dr. Wallace has three children, all of whom attend or attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His eldest son, Jim, started medical school at U-W Madison in the fall of 2008. His younger children are both still undergraduates at U-W. His daughter Lexi is studying Political Science, and his youngest son, Ed, is majoring in English with a certificate is Theology. Ed is spending the 2008-2209 academic year in India. Dr. Wallace, Jim and Ed went to Haiti in October 2006 on a medical mission to serve the smaller villages.

Check below for an explanation of a DO (vs) an MD.

While attending UW-Madison, he was fervidly involved in healthcare-related community service and genetics research while earning his degree. Always intersted in medicine, it was not until his senior year of undergraduate work that he decided to pursue a dental education, combining his intellectual curiosilty and technical skills.

Attending the Harvard School of Dental Medicine in Boston, MA, Dr. Boers continued his interest in research and learning and also further developed his hand skills in becoming a dentist. After completing his Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD ) degree in 2006, he returned to Wisconsin to be closer to family and friends and has been practicing general dentistry in this area since then.

If you are like most people, you probably don't know the differnce between a medical doctor (MD) and an osteopathic doctor (DO).

DOs and MDs are alike in many ways including:

• Applicants to both DO and MD colleges typlically have a four-year undergraduate degree with an emphasis on science courses.
• Both DOs and MDs complete four years of basic medical education.
• After medical school, both DOs and MDs can choose practice in a specialty area of medicine such a psychiatry, surgery, obstetrics or sports medicine after completing a residency program (typically two to six years of additional training).
• Both MDs and DOs must pass comparable state licensing examinations.
• DOs and MDs both practice in fully accredited and licensed hospitals and medical centers.
• Both are medical doctors. MD is specifically "Doctor of Medicine" while DO is "Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine".

What makes a DO different?

• DOs can perform surgery, child delivery, treat patients and prescribe medications in hospitals and clinic settings.
• DOs look at the "total person". Osteopathic physicians focus on preventive care. Instead of just treating a specific symptom or illness, they look at the whole body.
• DOs receive extra training in the musculo-skeletal system, which is comprised of the nerves, muscles and bones. This training gives DOs a better understanding of how an injury or illness in one part of the body can affect another part of the body; therefore, DOs have a therapeutic and diagnostic advantage.
• DOs use what is called osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT). OMT is a technique in which the DO uses his/her hands to diagnose an injury or illness, giving special attention to the joints, bones, muscles and nerves. Manipultions improve circulation, which in turn creates a normal nerve and blood supply, enabling the body to heal itself.