John Hayes, DO

Program Director

Associate Professor, DFCM, Medical College of Wisconsin

Residency Training: Northwestern – Erie Family Health Center Family Medicine Residency, Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL (area of focus in primary care HIV management)

Medical Degree: Midwestern University – Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine

Prior Experience: Dr. Hayes has worked as core residency faculty for the Cook County Health Family Medicine Residency, the Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Family Medicine Residency, and Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Southside Family Medicine Residency. In all 3 of those residency programs he developed successful primary care addiction treatment programs. Dr. Hayes has also served as a Family Medicine Clerkship Director, Clerkship Curriculum Director, and a Family Medicine Director of Medical Student Education for the Medical College of Wisconsin. In his medical education role at MCW, implemented a number of successful clinical curriculum and assessment innovations.

Interests: Dr. Hayes practices comprehensive inpatient, outpatient, pediatric, and obstetrics care as a full spectrum family medicine physician. Dr. Hayes’ main clinical interest has been providing comprehensive medical care for patients living with all substance use disorders and complex chronic pain syndromes. Dr. Hayes is also a certified HIV specialist through the American Academy of HIV Medicine and has extensive experience treating both HIV and Hepatitis C in a primary care setting.

What I like about living in Green Bay: I’ll admit I’m a recent transplant, moving to Green Bay in Fall 2024. I’m excited about the natural beauty of northern Wisconsin, the full 4 seasons, the farmers markets, the football fanaticism, and the proximity to outdoor activities like hiking, boating, fishing, skiing, and hunting. I have a wife and two young children and am excited for the family friendly atmosphere green bay has to offer.

Crystal Lalonde, MD

Medical Director

Residency Training: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Family Medicine Residency/Prevea Augusta Health Center, Eau Claire/Augusta, WI

Medical Degree: St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies

Areas of Expertise: Pregnancy care director, Gender-affirming care champion, Community medicine, Refugee medicine

Interests: Family Medicine with a strong focus on obstetrics, Substance use disorder management, Pediatric care, Complex disease management

What I like about living in Green Bay: I love the diversity of the people in Green Bay. Not only does that mean better restaurant choices, (yum!) but it also means needing to keep up on health conditions and treatments we may not always think about in our day-to-day lives.

Tracy Gallagher, MD

Family Medicine

Residency Training: University of Wisconsin Health Fox Valley Family Medicine

Medical Degree: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison

Areas of Expertise: Patient care with a personal touch in the outpatient clinical setting

Interests: Preventive medicine/health maintenance, Comprehensive medical care, Routine pediatric and adult care, Women’s care

What I like about living in Green Bay: Green Bay is a great place to raise a family. We are very close to nature in the form of state parks, Hiking and biking trails,, and water sports With Green Bay and Lake Michigan, so close. At the same time, we are not far from theater opportunities, botanical gardens, high-quality farmers markets, and a variety of excellent restaurants. The cost-of-living is reasonable, and the school systems are excellent. And we have the Packers!

Lara Powers, MD

Lifestyle Medicine

Residency Training: University of Illinois at Chicago, Christ Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago/Oak Lawn, Illinois

Medical Degree: University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago

Areas of Expertise: Faculty, MAT, Didactics, Quality improvement projects

Interests: General family medicine practice with special focus on mental health disorders, Substance Use Disorder (medication assisted treatments for alcohol, tobacco and opiates and non-pharmacologic treatments for all substances), Obesity Management (pharmacologic and non pharmacologic treatments) and Medical management of chronic diseases.

What I like about living in Green Bay: I live 1 hour north, I love the north, with the open spaces, the bay and outdoor opportunities!

Dr. Maxime Tindong, MD

Inpatient

Residency Training: Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Shreveport/ Monroe Family Medicine Residency

Medical Degree: University of Buea Faculty of Health Sciences, Buea, Cameroon

Prior Experience: Medical officer in my home country, Cameroon, Clinical advisor/Regional Team Lead at FHI360 for CDC/PEPFAR-sponsored HIV projects in Cameroon.

Area of Expertise: Inpatient care, preventive medicine, clinical and translational research, public health, and global health.

What I like about living in Green Bay: Green Bay is a beautiful and calm city, with proximity to major cities like Milwaukee, and Chicago, the people are welcoming and very family-oriented, great place to raise a family, natural including parks, the water and good food. Not forgetting the city’s passionate support for the Green Bay Packers.

Dr. Long Nguyen, DO

Inpatient

Residency Training: Inspira Health Network: Family Medicine Residency in Vineland, New Jersey

Medical Degree: Doctor of Osteopathy / DO from Western University of Health Sciences in Lebanon, Oregon

Prior Experience: Dr Nguyen previously worked in rural central Wisconsin as his first job out of residency doing both inpatient and outpatient family medicine for 4 years in a town of 2500 people. He worked locums as a hospitalist and urgent care physician across central Wisconsin over the years. Currently, he also holds a contractor role as a hospice physician. From residency, he was chief resident and helped to transition his osteopathic residency into the ACGME accreditation prior to graduation and helped create the foundation of the existing osteopathic recognition curriculum.

Interests: In medicine, Dr Nguyen enjoys in office procedures, lesion removals, toe nail removals, joint injections, etc. He loves the wide variety of age groups from newborn to geriatrics and all the ailments that come with each age. He loves hearing life stories and meeting new family members so that he can care for them across generations. In life, Dr Nguyen’s interests lies within entrepreneurial-ship, financial literacy, and as the first-born Vietnamese American navigating college, and medical school, he hopes to be a guide and mentor for the next generation of physicians; to learn and know their worth, no matter what kind of background they come from and hope that they can aspire to reach for the stars when it comes to their career goals, financial goals, and most importantly life/family goals.

What I like about living in Green Bay: Dr Nguyen actually lives in Appleton, which is another cute and lively town south of Green Bay with its own airport, diverse communities, and some great eateries. He loves the small town feel without the big city hustle and bustle, yet still be able to jump on a plane and fly direct to many areas of the country or a 30min flight to Chicago for any international travel. He also has a son and daughter who loves the outdoors, especially camping, which Wisconsin can offer in droves.

Lisa Tutskey, MS

Director of Behavioral Care

Degree and Training: Northwestern University, Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy

Areas of Expertise: I am a Marriage and Family Therapist and the Executive Director of Behavioral Care Services for Prevea and HSHS Libertas. I am trained in systems thinking and specialize in trauma informed care, attachment-based therapy and family therapy. I also treat eating disorders.

Role in Residency Program: I come once per month to offer a mental health time for residents to talk and process through any issues related to mental health. I also assist by doing trainings on a variety of mental health topics. I act as the mental health expert for residents, advisors, faculty and staff.

What I like about living in Green Bay: I love the people in Green Bay and the pace of life here. I am a transplant from Milwaukee/Kenosha/Chicago and I especially like that my “commute” is 10 minutes in “rush hour” traffic.

Amy Romandine Kratz, MD

Sports Medicine

Residency Training: MCW Fox Valley (was still UW at the time)

Medical Degree: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Role in Residency: Residents work with me during sports medicine rotations in the clinic with opportunities for on-field experience with University of Wisconsin – Green Bay and St. Norbert College. Additionally, residents join me for their longitudinal skilled nursing facility care in Oconto, WI.

What I like about living in Green Bay: I love that I can live rurally and do all the activities I love outside but work in a thriving orthopedics and sports medicine clinic where I can have both a busy family practice clinic and work with NCAA division one athletes.

Stacee Goedtel Birr, DO

Rural Health and Geriatrics

Residency Training: Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Appleton

Medical Degree: Des Moines University, College of Osteopathic

Medicine Areas of Expertise: I see all individuals from birth to death. Have focus on nursing home care, IUD/Nexplanon placement, health and wellness.

Role in Residency: I work with the residents in multiple ways. They will see patients with me in the nursing home has 2nd and 3rd years in Suring and Oconto Falls, WI. I will precept their clinic patients at their own clinic in Green Bay. They will also work with me seeing my personal patients in Oconto Falls.

What I like about living in Green Bay: Small town feel with big area amenities. It’s a caring community compared to other cities I have been. I’m also close to rural areas which have a great need for health care providers.

Jennifer Milosavljevic, MD

Maternity/Women’s Health

Residency Training: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Medical Degree: Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine

Areas of Expertise: High risk obstetrics, colposcopy, abnormal uterine bleeding, laparoscopy but also includes general obstetrics and gynecology as well as most gynecologic surgeries

Medical Interests: Infertility and miscarriage/fetal loss

Role in Residency: We have now worked with medical students for 9 years so have a lot of experience teaching prior to the start of the residency program. And some of us weren’t residents that long ago either. If you have a special interest in ob/gyn, you have an opportunity to do a lot of hands-on learning.

What I like about living in Green Bay: Green Bay has been a wonderful place to raise a family. We have lived here for 10 years now. My husband and I have 12-year-old twins that are very active in gymnastics, volleyball, baseball and basketball. In the summer, we love spending time outdoors and BBQing. Door County is also a hop, skip and a jump away for a quick weekend trip.

Lauren Useem, DO

Maternity/Women’s Health

Residency Training: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Metro Health University of Michigan Health Hospital

Medical Degree: A.T. Still University, School of Osteopathic Medicine

Areas of Expertise: High risk OB, robotic surgery, fibroids/endometriosis, teen care

What I like about living in Green Bay: Love attending Packer games, outdoor activities with my husband and kids, exploring breweries and wineries

Christopher Kolar, MD

Emergency Medicine

Residency Training: Michigan State University

Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Areas of Expertise: Emergency Medicine

Role in Residency: I am the faculty rotation coordinator for FM residents during their off-service EM rotations. I complete students’ EM schedules and compile / complete their final rotation evaluation.

What I like about living in Green Bay: My favorite thing about working in Green Bay is that I have the opportunity to work in tight knit community hospitals that still have a lot of resources to offer in terms of the type of care we can provide patients (such as excellent stroke and trauma care).