Faculty, Department of Family Medicine in the Medical School at the University of Minnesota

Casey Martin, MD, Program Director
Medical school: University of Minnesota
Residency: University of Minnesota St. Joseph’s Hospital Family Medicine
Medical interests: Sports medicine, geriatrics, cross-cultural health, and teaching medical students and residents
Personal interests: Entertaining his three children, cross-training, and playing guitar

Jim Van Vooren, MD, Associate Program Director
Medical school: George Washington University
Residency: North Colorado Family ­Medicine
Medical interests: Inpatient care, international health, and teaching procedures (colposcopy, ultrasound)
Personal interests: Traveling with family, reading, enjoying the outdoors, and participating in church activities

Deanna Bass, MD
Medical school: Medical College of Wisconsin
Residency: University of Minnesota Department of Psychiatry
Medical interests: General adult and cross-cultural psychiatry
Personal interests: Travel, activities with kids, and piano

Kristin Christiansen, MD
Medical school: University of Minnesota
Residency: University of Minnesota St. Joseph’s Hospital Family Medicine
Medical interests: Full spectrum family medicine, women’s health, and international medicine
Personal interests: Traveling (including medical missionary work in Africa), spending time with family, and camping

Christine Danner, PhD
Education: Loyola University Chicago, Illinois, in psychology
Postdoctoral fellowship: University of Minnesota in behavioral psychology
Medical interests: Cross-cultural health, integrative care, and trauma resiliency
Personal interests: Spending time with her two children, hiking, camping, and listening to bluegrass music

Christopher Fallert, MD
Medical school: University of Minnesota
Residency: University of Minnesota North Memorial Family Medicine
Medical interests: Full spectrum family medicine and teaching residents and students
Personal interests: Family, music, sports, and church activities

Dwenda Gjerdingen, MD, MS
Medical school: University of Minnesota
Residency: University of Minnesota St. Joseph’s Hospital Family Medicine
Medical interests: Teaching residents, conducting clinical research in women’s health, especially postpartum physical and mental health
Personal interests: Playing piano, spending time with family, and exercising at the YMCA

Ila Mehra Harris, PharmD
Education: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Medical interests: Women’s health, preventive health, diabetes, cardiology, and herbal medicine
Personal interests: Jogging, biking, skiing, and spending time with her husband and two children

David L. Hunter, MD
Medical school: Ohio State University
Residency: University of Minnesota St. John’s Hospital Family Medicine
Medical interests: Chemical dependency and colon cancer screening
Personal interests: Reading, golfing, singing, working, and visiting with his twin daughters and grandchildren

Manuel Idrogo, MD
Medical school: University of Washington
Residency and fellowship: Medical College of Wisconsin
Medical interests: National/international diabetes program implementation and public health administration
Personal interests: Sports, travel, and time with family

David Power, MD, MPH
Medical school: University College Dublin
Residency: Dublin, Ireland
Fellowship: University of Minnesota
Medical interests: Patient care, natural family planning, and medical student education (director of the University of Minnesota Medical School Primary Care Clerkship)
Personal interests: Time with family, golf, tennis, and music