VISIONARY
LEADERSHIP
Family Medicine Residency
Several years ago Kootenai Health made a decision to
develop a plan that would help protect access to health
care in our region. The problem is a growing shortage of
primary care physicians, especially in rural areas such
as Idaho.
After years of planning and many
hours of work by dedicated physi-
cians and staff, the Kootenai Clinic
Family Medicine Coeur d’Alene
Residency received accreditation
from the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education.
In 2014, the inaugural class of six family medicine
residents began the first of their three years of training
at Kootenai. While they are here, the residents will be
working shoulder-to-shoulder with experienced physi-
cians and specialists who can guide their learning every
step of the way. Their ability to work and learn right here
in northern Idaho also increases the chance that they
will stay and practice medicine here even after they
graduate.
Family Medicine Residents (l-r) Doug Borst, MD, Lauren Olsen, MD,
Devin Laky, MD, Julie Sefcik, DO, Hollie Mills, MD, Daniel Henbest, MB, BS
and Richard McLandress, MD, Residency Program Director.
PATIENT-
FOCUSED
GROWTH
Kootenai Clinic Building
In December of 2013, Kootenai Clinic
celebrated the grand opening of a new location
at 1919 Lincoln Way in Coeur d’Alene.
The new facility is home to four physician
practices, a lab, imaging center, business
offices, and even a coffee shop. It connects via
sky-bridge to the Interlake Medical Building at
700 Ironwood Drive, which is home to six more
practices, including cardiology and oncology.
The Kootenai Clinic building also houses Kootenai’s
family medicine residency program.This expansion in
medical facilities and the family medicine residency
program are being developed in response to a national
and regional shortfall in the number of family medicine
physicians. Kootenai Clinic brings a new vision for the
future of medicine to northern Idaho. It is a proactive
approach designed to keep patients—and the
community — healthy and strong.
Kootenai Clinic Gastroenterology
and Endoscopy
The staff and physicians of North Idaho Gastroenterology
joined Kootenai Clinic late in 2012 and began offering
services as part of the clinic in 2013. The transition
became complete in January 2014 when the practice’s
endoscopy center was transitioned to a new state-of-the-
art facility in the Kootenai Clinic building.
Gastroenterology and Endoscopy physicians:
Michael James, MD
Harold Preiksaitis, MD
Stanley Toelle, MD
Gavin Young, MD
PET/CT Scanner
In July 2013, Kootenai purchased a new PET/CT
scanner for the Post Falls imaging location. The new
scanner combines two powerful imaging techniques;
PET (positron emission tomography) and CT (computed
tomography or CAT) scans. Using both imaging tech-
niques together, the new scanner creates a 3D image
that can show both where a tumor is located and how
rapidly it is growing, or being affected by treatment.
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