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| May 2009 Update
Click here to see photos of Dr. Deborah Wilson and Associates' employees enjoying a day at Circle L Ranch. Circle L Ranch rescues horses, dogs, goats, sheep, cattle, and chickens who would otherwise have been euthanized or slaughtered for meat. |
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 Dr. Deborah Wilson is a Gynecologist certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She completed five years of specialty training at Fairfax Hospital in Virginia and St. Joseph Hospital in Phoenix after completing her medical school training at George Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Wilson undergoes re-certification in her specialty each year, and stays current with the latest advances in the field by regularly pursuing continuing medical education. She has served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Scottsdale Shea Medical Staff and has twice been Chairperson of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Committee.
Dr. Wilson has distinguished herself in the field of minimally invasive gynecologic surgery. She and Kurt Sanders, RN First Assist, teach a popular national course on laparoscopic hysterectomy in conjunction with Gyrus/ACMI. The course is designed for Gynecologists who are looking to learn operative and suturing technique as well as pitfalls, management of difficult surgical problems, and avoidance of complications. Every month, over 20 Gynecologists fly to Scottsdale from all over the country for lectures and live surgery demonstrations. Dr. Wilson and Kurt Sanders are honored to share their vast surgical experience with other Gynecologists in order to further the cause of minimally invasive hysterectomy nationwide. Dr. Wilson has presented many papers and videos at the Global Congress of Gynecologic Endoscopy. She presented an instructional video at the International Congress on the Contemporary Management of Fibroids. She has also spoken on Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy at the annual Phoenix conference; Controversies in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She and her team have performed well over 3,000 laparoscopic hysterectomies. Dr. Wilson is married to Steve Wilson, who is the Communications Director for Terry Goddard, the Arizona Attorney General. She has four grown children who are all in college or graduate school. Aria, age 29, is putting the last touches on her dissertation, and will earn her doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 2009. Judd, age 26, is in law school. Ashley, age 24, is working on her masters degree in Psychology and plans to go on to a doctoral program. Chad, age 22, is a senior at University of Southern California.
Dr. Wilson is on the Board of Directors of Audubon Arizona and Liberty Wildlife. She has volunteered on medical missions to Nicaragua. A substantial portion of the office income is regularly contributed to non-profit organizations such as these. Dr. Wilson is the Director of the Feathers Foundation and the Circle L Ranch. The Feathers Foundation is a non-profit foundation devoted to rescue of parrots, dogs, cats, horses, cows, goats, sheep, turkeys, and chickens who would have otherwise been abandoned, euthanized, or slaughtered. The Circle L Ranch is a 37-acre rescue ranch in Prescott Valley, Arizona. The Circle L Ranch houses over 50 sanctuary horses, 100 goats, and various chickens, sheep, geese, cows, a rabbit and a mule. The ranch also offers old, unwanted dogs a place to live out the remainder of their lives after being discarded by their owners. A smaller ranch in New River (Circle M) houses dogs who are rescued from the euthanasia list at Maricopa County Animal Care and Control. These dogs are up for adoption and can be viewed at www.circlem.org. Go to www.circlel.org for a look at the horses, farm animals, and additional dogs. Dr. Wilson is a certified yoga instructor and practices regularly. She is a vegan and has a particular interest in vegan diet and the prevention of disease. |
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 Dr. Rachel Spieldoch is a board certified Gynecologist and fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Spieldoch specializes in minimally invasive surgery, which includes Advanced Laparoscopic surgery as well as Vaginal and Pelvic Floor Reconstructive surgery. She is additionally certified in Robotic Laparoscopic surgery.
Dr. Spieldoch is actively involved with the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, she completed her medical school training at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She then went on to complete four years of specialty training at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a program known for its emphasis on minimally invasive surgery. Currently, Dr. Spieldoch remains current with new advances in gynecology by establishing re-certification and continuing medical education on an annual basis. Dr. Spieldoch has published several articles within the medical sciences and presented her research at the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology national meeting. Additionally, she spent time practicing medicine with the Indian Health Services on the Apache reservation in Whiteriver, Arizona In her free time, Dr. Spieldoch enjoys many athletic activities including tennis, spinning classes, skiing, and hiking. She also enjoys the Arts and attends local theater and music venues within the Phoenix area. Dr. Spieldoch is an animal lover and seems to have a soft spot for elephant wildlife to which she donates annually. Finally, she enjoys traveling and learning about different cultural groups. Outside of the United States, she has spent time in France, Austria, Grenada and Costa Rica. |
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Dr. Wickman is excited about the study of menopause, and is actively involved with the North American Menopause Society. She is a certified menopause practitioner since 2003, and regularly attends the annual meeting. She is also a member of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health. She is experienced in prescribing bioidentical hormone therapy, and treating problems related to aging, menopause and sexual dysfunction. She is committed to helping women sort through the many issues they face, providing up-to-date information, and working together to reach the best possible solution that meets their individual needs. Dr. Wickman is married to Rob Bych, a Captain for Southwest Airlines. They have three children — a 10 year-old daughter, Carly; then 6 year-old twin girls, Cassi and Cammi. The children are involved in Suzuki violin/cello lessons and are avid soccer players. The family includes a 3 year-old golden doodle named Piper, who loves to participate in all family outings — even going up in the airplane after which she is named. Dr. Wickman loves animals. She donates to the Humane Society of the United States, and has participated in volunteer trips to San Felipe, Mexico to vaccinate, spay and neuter stray cats and dogs. Finally, Dr. Wickman and her family enjoy many outdoor activities, spending their free time flying, kayaking, river rafting, and hiking. |
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 Peggy received her Masters of Science degree as a Womans Health Care Nurse Practitioner at ASU and is Nationally Certified. She was inducted into the National Honor Society of Nursing in 1979. Peggy has been involved in women's health for 27 years. As a Registered Nurse her career experience includes Intensive Care, Trauma, High Risk Obstetrics, and Gynecology. She joined Dr. Wilson's practice in 1999.
Peggy's special interests include women's health promotion and disease prevention. She received training and is certified in colposcopy. Peggy has a passion for educating women from adolescence to post menopause. She believes that through education her patients become active partners in their health care. One of her long term goals is to organize seminars addressing issues and concerns important to women's health. Peggy is married and has two sons, a chocolate Labrador Retriever and three rescue cats who were just "staying for the weekend" five short years ago. Peggy loves traveling with her husband. Her most peaceful moments occur when she is walking on the beach collecting shells. Peggy is also actively involved in a personal fitness program. |
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 Barbara is a Certified Nurse Practitioner in Women's Health. Her job as a Nurse Practitioner is the culmination of a rich and rewarding career in Nursing. She has practiced as an Advanced Practice Nurse since 1983. Most of her advanced practice was as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Oncology. She has worked in university and community settings, specializing in the care of women with breast and gynecological cancers.
The transition into the role of Nurse Practitioner was a natural one, and she enjoys seeing women for well woman care. Given her background, she has a special interest in the care of women with breast concerns. Barbara and her husband Norman live in Fountain Hills, but their hearts are at their second home in the pine covered mountains of Overgard. They spend as much time there as possible. They both derive joy from spending time with their 2 grandchildren who reside in the valley. |
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 Paula has been involved in women's health for over 10 years. She graduated with her Master in Science Degree and became a Woman's Health Care Nurse Practitioner in 1999. She is skilled in many areas of gynecology, such as hormone replacement therapy, contraceptive management, breast exams, ultrasounds, and colposcopy. She also has particular expertise in the area of endocrinology and infertility.
Paula feels that some of her best attributes include being a good listener and compassionate to her patients. Paula has a passion for educating women of all ages, but being that she is the youngest practitioner she relates well to teenagers and young adults. Paula is married and has two small children, a son and daughter. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She also enjoys running regularly since she can do this with both of her children in the double jogging stroller. |
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 Robin Parry is married with two sons and one daughter. She graduated from Arizona State University with her Bachelor's and Master's degree with a certification in Family Health. Prior to becoming a Nurse Practitioner, Robin was a nurse, specializing in women's health - working for several years as a Labor and Delivery Nurse.
Robin's expertise includes general gynecologic examinations, menopausal hormone evaluation and pellet management, and colposcopic evaluation of abnormal pap smears. She particularly enjoys adolescent gynecology. She takes her profession very seriously and has a loyal and enthusiastic following. Robin has a special interest in Adolescent Public Health and is on a committee establishing an Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Parenting education program for the Scottsdale school district. She focused her educational research on this subject. In addition, Robin also established a Domestic Violence screening tool at a local hospital in an effort to identify women at risk. Robin has a diverse background with a career as a professional singer followed by banking and ultimately, her niche - women's health care. |
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 Sandy Steinke is our customer service manager. If you have a problem, she is the one who will solve it for you.
Sandy has been a cornerstone of this practice for 20 years. She began her affiliation with Dr. Wilson and her family while Dr. Wilson was still doing her residency. Sandy was a nanny for Dr. Wilson's children and then transitioned into working in the office shortly after the office opened. A former entrepreneur, Sandy has applied to her current role the same customer relations and business savvy that made her previous business, a high end salon, successful and welcoming. Today, she handles all patient relations management, medical records processes, and specialized appointments. In her free time, Sandy enjoys travel, spending time with her family, and interior decorating. She has one daughter, Sheridan Vingelli, a graduate of the Garvin School of International Management at Thunderbird. Sheridan is now a global marketing consultant. Sandy regularly travels and relaxes with Sheridan, son-in-law John, and their rescue dog Max. |
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 Linda grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. She joined the US Army after high school and served for 6 years. She settled in Arizona in 1981 and worked as an LPN for Scottsdale Healthcare for 18 years.
Linda has been with our office for 2 years as a surgery scheduler. She also has experience in aesthetics, and does Restylane and Sclerotherapy injections. Linda schedules surgery, manages insurance approvals, educates patients about their surgery, and expertly handles postoperative questions and problems. If you are having surgery, you will get to know Linda well. Linda has 2 adult daughters and a 6-year-old granddaughter. She is the guardian of a 2-year-old Sharpei mix named Cleo and a 5-year-old Parrotlet named Pickle. She loves spending time with her girls, reading, knitting, and watching her favorite soap operas. She enjoys taking the girls on trips to Disneyland, San Diego and Las Vegas every year. |
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 Sandy has been in the nursing profession for 26 years with experience ranging from geriatrics, pediatrics, oncology, addiction medicine, and hospice care. She was born and raised here in the Valley, and enjoys the outdoors and spending time with her friends and her St. Bernard, Clancy. She is available in the triage nursing department to help you with questions and concerns and works as an advocate for the doctors and nurse practitioners.
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Summer's job includes sending all e-mail correspondence for Dr. Wilson and the other physicians/providers in the office. She also discusses patient results with patients, helps with calling in prescriptions, makes return phone calls to patients, and assists in the front office when needed. Summer is also responsible for doing prior-authorizations for our surgical patients as well as assembling patient pre-op information. She truly enjoys the patient contact and being able to help fulfill their needs. Her other enjoyments in life include reading, swimming, cooking, and spending time with her friends and family. Summer's boyfriend, Jim, and her have been together for seven years and just purchased their first home this past fall. They are very busy working on new projects in their home and truly enjoy spending the time together. Her favorite past time is spending time with her 10-year-old maltese, Popcorn. She is truly the love of Summer's life and Popcorn enjoys every moment that Summer has to spend with her! In a nutshell, Summer enjoys spending time with the pets and the people in her life! |
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| After obtaining her associates degree in nutrition, Maggie Medved set out on a journey to help manage diabetes, control cholesterol and maintain weight loss using nutrition and exercise before medication. For over eleven years, she has helped thousands of people meet and exceed their nutritional goals. As a female entrepreneur, Maggie successfully operated her personal training business for seven years, helping her clients begin and maintain an achievable exercise routine. After hanging up her weights, Maggie joined the staff of a prominent Scottsdale family physician as the on-staff dietician, where she counseled patients with special dietary needs until his retirement. Maggie is excited to join Dr. Deborah Wilson's group to guide patients concerning their diet and exercise needs. Her father's own struggles with obesity and diabetes has fueled Maggie's motivation to help others.
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 Grace has been in the medical field since 1979, in both European and American healthcare. Due to this experience, she is able to translate and communicate with patients in four languages; these languages include Polish, Russian, French, and English. She has been working for Dr. Wilson since June 1997. She is the senior back office medical assistant for Dr. Wilson and the other providers of this practice. She finds working in Dr. Wilson's office to be a great pleasure! She has learned many different techniques and approaches to women's healthcare by working closely with Dr. Wilson and is grateful for each learning experience!
In Grace's moments of leisure, she is constantly surrounded by music. She especially enjoys jazz and new age music. She recently gave up pilates exercises! Her goals that she would like to accomplish in the near future include learning to play golf and the Italian language. She also enjoys her "get aways" to Sedona. This is her oasis where she gains rejuvenation and her positive outlook of life! |
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That was in 1993 and since then she has used her expertise in a variety of areas, including her own billing and coding business. She is a current member, and past president, of the local coding chapter: Grand Canyon Coders in Phoenix. Her special areas of interest are E&M coding, Evaluation & Management and surgery coding. We are very fortunate to have Sheryl in our billing department. She has two grown children and one granddaughter; when not spending time with them, she dotes on her other kids, two Chinese Shari Pei's named Sadee & Soffea. Sheryl also, enjoys hiking our local mountains and riding her Harley. |
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She has always been interested in the medical field and has worked in the medical profession for 13 years. She first started out as a physical therapy technician and then decided to become a medical assistant and through our office was sent back to school to be a surgical technician. Shannon has been with our office since 2002. She is a surgical coordinator for Dr. Wilson, she also educates and prepares patients for their upcoming surgeries and follows them in their post-op period. Shannon has an 8-year-old daughter. They are very active in sports, their first love is soccer. When not at work, Shannon and her daughter live on the soccer field. They also enjoy hiking and pretty much anything that includes the outdoors. They have an 11-year-old black lab, 3-year-old shit-zu and two very lovable cats. |
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In 1991, Carol took over her family business and still today she operates it part time. Carol was offered a collections job with Discover Card in 1998; there she enjoyed working with people and helping them resolve collection issues for 8 years. She also held the position of collections Supervisor and received numerous awards. Carol then decided it was time for a new career, and attended Bryman School while working full time in collections. She earned her diploma in medical billing and coding. Carol now serves on the Bryman School advisory board. Soon after earning her degree, Carol came to work for our office in billing and collections. She has been a major asset to our office where among her many duties she works insurance billing, appeals, denials, account receivables, aging and ICD-9 and CPT coding, patient billing and collections. She is currently studying to sit for the certified coders exam. If you have any billing problem with your account or Medicare, Carol is sure to help you. Carol has three daughters, Nicole 20, Heather 16, Samantha 13 and a 2-year-old grandson, named Tyson. She also lives with her fiance Roger and his two children Tylor and Lyndsy. She enjoys spending time with her two pugs that she just adores, Baby and Ray-Ray. |
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In her spare time, she enjoys the outdoors with her boyfriend and Shepherd/Retriever mix, Corky. Amy also loves traveling, concerts and socializing with her family and friends. Amy is available in the triage department to help with your questions and concerns. She loves working as an advocate for the patients and doctors, and is focused on continuing her education in the medical field. |
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She is a huge animal lover, and has been riding horses since she was little. Currently she and boyfriend Rick, have 3 horses, a black Lab, and a new baby kitten. |
Dr. Wilson is an animal rights advocate and a vegan. She has been active in many organizations including Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Humane Society of the United States, Farm Sanctuary, and PETA. She has published editorials and been featured on television for her animal rights views. Most recently, she was featured in a video sent to thousands of Chandler residents, encouraging them to oppose Covance animal testing laboratories in Chandler. 
Dr. Debra Wickman is a gynecologist certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She completed medical school at University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, and continued on there to complete her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology. After several years of private practice in obstetrics and gynecology, she went to University of California, Los Angeles to complete a year-long postgraduate fellowship in Female Sexual Medicine through the Department of Urology. She spent the year doing research projects in the Female Sexual Medicine Center, providing patient care in the Center, and presenting the research findings at several national meetings. She then went back to University of Washington as a faculty member in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, where she enjoyed training resident physicians and medical students, and seeing patients in her private clinic. Dr. Wickman and her family decided to return to the Phoenix area, where she has been working in a busy ob-gyn practice in Chandler for the past couple years.
Summer Potocnik grew up in a suburb outside of Cleveland, Ohio and moved to Arizona in 2002. She made the decision to further her education and began attending Lamson College in the fall of 2003. Summer began her externship in this office in November 2005 and earned her associate's degree in health and sciences in December 2005. She was fortunate to be hired for this office in January 2006. She took the national certification board exam for medical assistants in March 2006 and passed. She is now a certified medical assistant for this practice.
Sheryl is a Certified Professional Coder, she obtained her certification while getting her basic training in billing, insurance and coding at Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale.
Shannon Anderson was born in Billings, Montana and moved to Arizona in 1989.
At the tender age of 7, Carol moved from Maine to Arizona with her parents. Her parents started a family business and through the years, Carol became a very important part of it.
Amy recently moved to the Valley from Sterling Heights, Michigan. She has been working in the medical profession for about 8 years. She has her Bachelor's degree in Arts and Science from Western Michigan University, as well as nutrition and personal training certification.
Lori-Anne Gordon was born and raised in California and is now a proud resident of Buckeye, Arizona. She has been licensed in Cosmetology and Esthetics for over 15 years, and is very passionate about the industry with experience from cosmetics to laser treatments and everything in-between.