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Spring has sprung! With this new season comes growth, renewal, and fresh starts. If you’re looking to renew or restart your healthcare journey, look no farther than RiverView Health.

Like any great athlete needs a coach to guide them, every individual needs a primary care provider (PCP) to oversee their healthcare journey.

RiverView Health has a variety of PCPs who specialize in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine. A PCP should be the first person in the healthcare system you contact when you are sick or have a question about your health. They can provide care and answers to your questions or recommend a specialist to meet your needs.

If a specialist is needed, your PCP will coordinate information between all your healthcare providers. That provider will also ensure there is no duplication of care and testing and that nothing is left out. Your provider can also help you find other resources, such as support groups and classes.

Preventative Care

One of the primary responsibilities of a PCP is to provide preventative care. A PCP can help you catch problems before they arise. Your provider will get to know you, your history, and your family history. They will ensure you get necessary screenings and identify and treat any minor problems before they become major ones.

The easiest way to prolong life and keep healthcare costs affordable for everyone is to take measures to prevent illness whenever possible. Annual exams and a healthy lifestyle are two big preventative measures you can control. At the same time, a competent PCP offers the continuity of care that health maintenance over a lifetime requires.

RiverView Health has primary care providers in Crookston, Fertile, and Red Lake Falls. Choose the provider who best suits your needs, and know that you are not alone in living your healthiest life.

Who does What?

RiverView Clinics offer a wide variety of Family Medicine providers – including medical doctors (MD), a doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO), certified nurse practitioners (CNP), family nurse practitioners –certified (FNP-C), and physician assistant (PA). Family Medicine providers care for people of all ages – from infants through the end of life. These providers often care for the same patients throughout their lives. In many cases, they care for multiple generations of family members simultaneously.

Family Medicine providers at RiverView Health are:

• Erik Kanten, MD
• Lauren Rose, DO
• Riley Hermreck, FNP-C
• Forrest LaPorte, CNP
• Tia Gullickson, FNP-C
• Paul Reese, PA
• Natalie Royal, FNP-C

Internal Medicine providers, also called internists, care primarily for adults. Internal medicine doctors specialize in diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease in adult patients. They offer care for various conditions and counsel their patients on prevention and overall wellness.

The following Internal Medicine doctors offer primary care at RiverView:

• Bosun Fashoro, MD
• Maneesh Kanal, MD
• Jude Ochiobi, MD

If seeing a PCP during regular office hours does not fit into your schedule, RiverView’s certified nurse practitioners and family nurse practitioners offer early and late appointments at Crookston’s extended hours clinic, which is open weekdays, 7 am to 7 pm and weekends from 9 am to 1 pm.

All RiverView Health providers are taking new patients. To schedule an appointment with any of the providers listed above, call 281.9595 and ask for an appointment to establish care with the provider of your choice, or ask the patient access representative for options.

See our Provider Directory for a complete list of providers at RiverView Health.