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It says a lot about your character when the people you work with sing your praises. That was the scenario recently when a team member nominated Dr. Eric Schommer for RiverView Health’s Employee of the Month honor.

Dr. Schommer is a urologist at RiverView and the Employee of the Month of June. A native of Munich, ND, Dr. Schommer joined RiverView in 2018. After receiving his medical degree from the University of North Dakota, he completed his residency in urology at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. Dr. Schommer has a practice with Sanford Health, Fargo, and sees patients at RiverView twice a month. He specializes in urological surgery. His services include minimally invasive robotic surgery, vasectomy, laser stone removal, incontinence surgery, and penile implants. He treats prostate and kidney cancer, erectile dysfunction, and urinary incontinence.

The following is a portion of the nomination for Dr. Schommer: “I am writing this nomination about a physician who is well deserved of recognition for the outstanding work he does for his patients in our Crookston outreach clinic. His name is Eric Schommer of urology. This doctor practices at the highest standards of excellence and has the respect of his colleagues and co-workers. His demeanor and how he approaches his patients is friendly, kind, and he takes the time to thoroughly answer their questions. They leave feeling like they were treated with utmost respect. This is something that I hear from his patients all the time. He treats staff the same way. He is so good to educate co-workers on diagnosis and procedures. He views all of us as a team. He welcomes student practitioners. His procedure skills are concise and done always protecting patient’s integrity. His patients learn quickly that they can trust him because he takes the time to explain as he goes. His documentation is stellar, always timely, conscientious and complete. Even though working for this doctor has been a small fraction of my career, it has been some of the most rewarding time…Dr. Schommer is very unassuming on his level of importance and how much he means to our clinic. He never views himself as a one-man show. He will state that we did it as a team. RiverView is extremely lucky to have him practice here. Thank you, Dr. Schommer, for choosing RiverView as one of your work places.’’

Pictured above: Dr. Eric Schommer with Linda Nephew, RN, who assists Dr. Schommer in the clinic.

Pictured below, left to right: Mario Gomez, Emily Nelson, Sheena Kramer, Amy Seaver, Betty Arvidson, Lance Norman, Kelsey Billing, Carrie Bergquist and Randy Schoenborn. Front row: Linda Nephew, Dr. Eric Schommer, and Dawn Johnston.