I am privileged to assume the position as Residency Director for the HealthPartners Occupational & Environmental Medicine (OEM) program. I am committed to working with our superb cadre of physicians and residents to maintain and strengthen the reputation of the OEM department and residency program. Our goal is to become a stronger and more academically positioned program over the next 5-10 years. Our relationship with the University of Minnesota School of Public Health & the Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety is a vital part of our identity. The opportunity for our residents and staff to collaborate with the academic leadership at the UM-SPH in their training and practice provides a unique podium from which to advance the mission of clinical, occupational, environmental, & preventive health service. Practicums with local corporate exemplars as well as the Minnesota Department of Public Health ensure that our residents are expertly trained.

I am a native of Mason City, Iowa and graduated from St. Olaf College in 1976 with a degree in Literature. I am a 1984 graduate of the University of Minnesota medical school. I completed my Preventive Medicine residency training and MPH degree at the University of Arizona from 1994-1996. I began working at HealthPartners (HP) in 2000 in the Occupational & Environmental Medicine (OEM) department; I was the interim OEM Department Chair 2004-5. I served as the lead for the HP Sports Medicine program within the Department of Orthopedics from 2005-2009. I continued to provide didactic programs for the OEM program from 2010-12 after serving as the CMO of a private medical business. I worked at the University of Minnesota, Department of Orthopedics from 2012-14. I have served on eight international trips with US Alpine Ski Team and US Figure Skating Teams. I participate in masters swimming and Nordic skiing, and live with my wife, Marnie Wells, in South Minneapolis.

As medical director of Employee Health for Fairview, Dr. Ide provides clinical care to Fairview’s employees with occupational health issues and oversight for the employee health program. This includes supervision of onsite nursing staff, respiratory protection, workers comp case consultation, managing the employee vaccination program and other health related services.

Dr. Ide earned her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, her medical degree from the Yale University School of Medicine, and a masters of public health from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Ide completed residency training in emergency medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center followed by 7 years of emergency medicine work prior to a second residency in occupational medicine at Regions Hospital. Dr. Ide is board certified in occupational medicine.

Dr. Steven Kirkhorn has served as the Director of the Minneapolis Veterans Administration (VA) Health Care System since 2013. He is also part of the Veterans Health Administration of the Veterans Administration nation Occupational/Environmental Medicine National Consult Program which provides consulting services to the other occupational health departments in the VA system. He serves as the Environmental Health Champion at a regional level, a national program to enroll veterans in Environmental Health Registries based upon their service exposures.

Dr. Kirkhorn received his undergraduate degree in zoology, medical degree, and master’s in public health in environmental health from the University of Minnesota. He completed his training in Family Practice and later in Occupational Medicine and is board certified in Family Practice and Occupational Medicine. Dr. Kirkhorn is a Fellow of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Previously, Dr. Kirkhorn was the Medical Director of the National Farm Medicine Center and the NIOSH National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Safety and Health, one of the ten NIOSH Agricultural Health and Safety Centers, and Chair of Occupational Health for the Marshfield Clinic from 2003-2013. Presently, he is Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Dr. Kirkhorn has been active over the years as a member of state and national public health committees and task forces, NIOSH review panels, and various non-profit organizations’ board of directors.

Dr. Kirkhorn is published in the area of agricultural respiratory disease, community health issues of animal confinement operations, and agricultural ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders. He served as the Executive Editor of the Journal of Agromedicine from 2004-2012, a peer-reviewed journal indexed by National Library of Medicine and continues to be an associate editor. His interests are in rural occupational and environmental health, medical center occupational health, service-connected environmental exposures in veterans, issues affecting veterans’ return to work after active duty, agricultural medicine, and the interaction of personal health and occupational health.

As Director, Global Health of General Mills, I oversee clinical services at the General Mills Minneapolis campus which provide health care services to their employees there. I also serve as medical consultant to General Mills North America Supply Chain, and perform a number of other medical administration functions for General Mills.

I earned my medical degree from the University of Minnesota, was in the combined Internal Medicine/Occupational Medicine program at University of Minnesota Hospitals, and earned a Masters of Public Health at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

I am Board Certified in Occupational Medicine, and have been a fellow of the American College of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Medicine for twelve years, and am currently serving on the Residency Advisory Board of the HealthPartners/University of Minnesota Occupational Medicine Residency.

Dr. Parker is an occupational medicine physician and epidemiologist.  He is board certified in occupational & environmental medicine.  He is a national expert in worksite health and safety with extensive knowledge of problems related to small businesses.  He is also a expert on child labor and public health. His work in child labor is recognized worldwide.