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Currently, Avera St. Anthony’s Hospital has 6 active medical staff physicians, 3 physician assistants, 3 nurse practitioners and 4 CRNAs.  The active staff maintains 4 medical clinics in O’Neill – O’Neill Family Practice Clinic, Avera Holt County Medical Clinic, Elkhorn Valley Family Medicine and a general surgery clinic at the hospital.

Additionally, the medical staff operates outreach clinics in the following communities - Spencer, Chambers, Ewing and Page.  A general surgery clinic is staffed at Lynch. 

For a listing of our active medical staff, please refer to the following information.

Physicians

Family Practice

  • Jay Allison, M.D.
  • Peter Lueninghoener, M.D.
  • Mark Ptacek, M.D.
  • Preston Renshaw, M.D.
  • Matthew Winkelbauer, M.D.

General Surgery

  • Anthony Akainda MD

Internal Medicine

  • Barbara Gutshall, M.D., Internal Medicine

Orthopaedic Surgery

  • Bart Eastwood, D.O., Orthopaedic Surgery

Pathology

  • Steffan Lacey, M.D.

PAs / Nurse Practitioners

Physician Assistants/Family Nurse Practitioners

  • Gary Cuddy, PA-C
  • Dean L. Benson, PA-C
  • Robyn Heiser MSN, APRN, BC, FNP
  • Shelly Herrington, APRN
  • Ilow Meinecke, PA-C
  • Sharon Spencer, FNP
  • Jeanne M. Laible, PA-C

Nurse Anesthetists

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists

  • Julie Davis, CRNA
  • Larry Finley, CRNA
  • Kevin Loecker, CRNA, MSNA
  • Wendell Spencer, CRNA