Family Medicine
Complete Family Medicine Care for Your Family
Glacial Ridge Health System is focused on keeping families healthy. Our entire Family Medicine Care Team—from family doctors to certified nurse practitioners, certified physician assistants, and healthcare staff—is committed to providing personalized, compassionate, and comprehensive healthcare to patients of all ages—newborns, pediatrics, adults, and seniors.
Our team’s goal is to enhance our patients’ quality of life and promote healthy lifestyles. Primary care physicians (PCP), or primary care providers, at Glacial Ridge include experienced family doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. With three convenient clinic locations, our family medicine team cares for patients at Glenwood Medical Center, Brooten Medical Center, Starbuck Medical Center, and the Walk-In Clinic in Glenwood.
Our Specialities
Our family doctors, certified nurse practitioners, and certified physician assistants offer wellness exams, diagnosis, and treatment of common illnesses, diseases, and injuries for newborns, pediatrics (infants, children, and adolescents), adults, and elders.
Women’s Health
Personalized care from adolescence through menopause and beyond:
- Health and medication monitoring
- Preventive care
- Wellness check-ups
- Annual check-ups
- Immunizations
- Identifying and treating common medical conditions
- Weight management
- Women’s healthcare
- Breast health
- Gynecology including procedures
- Maternity/OB pre and post-natal care
- Family planning
- Menopause
- Bladder and pelvic organ concerns
- Screenings for cervical, ovarian, breast, and other cancers
- Managing chronic conditions
- Diagnostic Imaging and Lab services
- Referrals to specialists, including:
- Educational programs:
Children’s Health
Focusing on growth and health from birth through 18:
- Pediatric care – newborns to teens
- Preventive care
- Wellness check-ups
- Annual exams
- Immunizations
- School and sports physicals
- Identifying and treating common medical conditions
- Diagnostic Imaging and Lab services
- Educational programs:
- Weight management
- Specialty services including
- Dermatology
- ENT
- General surgery
- Pediatric Therapy – Physical, Occupational, Speech, and Specialty
- Podiatry
- Weight management
Men’s Health
Our family medicine doctors provide primary care for men of all ages, including:
- Identifying and treating common medical conditions
- Health monitoring
- Medication management
- Diagnostic Imaging and Lab services
- Preventive care
- Wellness visits
- Annual check-ups – physical exams
- Immunizations
- Managing chronic conditions
- Family planning – vasectomies
- Weight management
- Screening exams for prostate, colon, and other cancers
- Specialist recommendations and referrals, including:
- Therapy Services
- Dermatology
- General surgery
- Sleep studies
- ENT
- Orthopaedics
- Podiatry
- Cardiology, and more
- Educational programs: