Our Family caring for your Family!

Alex Berns

Alex Berns, ARNP, is from the Postville area.  He began his nursing career at Veterans Memorial Hospital, first as a C.N.A., then an RN.  He left the facility to branch out and gain experience in Hospice, Emergency Care, the ICU in Rochester and general inpatient care, while furthering his education.  He has now returned to VMH as a clinic a Nurse Practitioner and clinic provider.

Alex cares for youth and adults of all ages.  He always knew he wanted to return home to care for those in this area and to raise his children in this great community.  He is excited to care for those in all walks of life and getting to care for a variety of individuals in the area.

Schools and Degrees

• NICC - RN
• Clarke University - Doctorate Family Nurse Practitioner

Dr. Dave Schwartz

Dr. Dave Schwartz is the medical physician provider in the Veterans Memorial Hospital Medical Clinic.  He has been serving this community since 1995  when he began his employment with Mayo Waukon Clinic and Veterans Memorial Hospital.  He sees patients in the clinic as well as the hospital, and especially enjoys Maternity Services.  Dr. Schwartz was awarded the Iowa Hospital Association Hospital Hero Award in October, 2017, for his dedication to rural health care and obstetrics.

Schools and Degrees

• Northeast Missouri State University - B.S. Science
• University of Iowa School of Medicine - M.D.
• Mayo Family Practice Residency - La Crosse , WI
   

Dr. Wm. “Skip” Loebig

Skip has been providing anesthesia services since September of 1993. He worked in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for the first ten years of his career at Marquette General Hospital a large regional medical center. In 2004 he stated doing travel anesthesia in many different areas of the country in both academic medical centers and rural hospitals. Skip joined VMH in 2007 and has been providing care to our community since that time.

• Education: BSN in Nursing from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1984-1987
• Certificate in Nurse Anesthesia from Minneapolis School of Anesthesia 1991-1993
• MS in Anesthesia from St. Mary’s University- Winona 1991-1993
• Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP) from University of Michigan-Flint 2015-2020.
• Certifications:  BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP
• Professional Associations: American Association of Nurse Anesthetists: 1991 to present
• Society of Opioid Free Anesthesia: 2018 to present

Janet Hunter

Janet Hunter is also a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who cares for patients in our Waukon Clinic.  She has over 20 years of experience in nursing in the Wellness Department at Luther College in Decorah addressing student issues.  Mental health quickly emerged as the most pressing need.  She saw students waiting months, sometimes a year, to see a provider for medication management and too often the delay caused them to step away from school.  

Those experiences motived her to pursue her PMHNP so she could combine her passion for prevention with the ability to provide treatment, helping her patients remove barriers and thrive.
 
Schools and Degrees:
University of Northern Iowa-Bachelors Degree in Health Promotion: Women’s Health 
Masters Degree in Community Health Education 
Northeast Iowa Community College —  Nursing 
Allen College-Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner