Methodist Faculty

Bio

Bio

Dave Bucher, MD, is a core faculty member at the Methodist Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program in St. Louis Park. He holds an adjunct professor appointment in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) and sees patients for his faculty panel at the Minneapolis location of Park Nicollet Clinic. He teaches third- and fourth-year medical students at the Creekside residency clinic and precepts the family medicine residents in their training program. He has facilitated second-year medical students in their Foundations of Clinical Thinking course since 2011, and has been a small group facilitator for first-year medical students in their SAR course (sexuality course).

Research Summary

Primary care clinical research

Service Summary

Dr. Bucher practices full-range family medicine and has special interest and experience in LGBTQ+ care, dermatology in primary care, and sports medicine/fitness.

Clinical Summary

Family medicine / primary care

Bio

Jay Dirks, MD, joined the University of Minnesota Medical Center Family Medicine Residency faculty in 2014 and is now faculty at Methodist Hospital Family Medicine Residency. Previously, he practiced full spectrum family medicine in the western suburbs of Minneapolis. His medical interests include office-based procedures including POCUS, pediatric care, non-traditional visits (e-visits, telephone visits), and quality improvement. He also enjoys working with medical students through the University of Minnesota Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP).

Research Summary

Improving Vaccination Rates in Adolescent Somali Refugees

Teaching Summary

Courses: University of MN Department of Family Medicine Leadership and Finance Course presenter University of MN Department of Family Medicine Resident POCUS Course presenter

Clinical Summary

Quality improvement, office procedures, pediatrics including improvement in vaccination rates, and teaching medical students and residents.

Bio

Dr. Dukinfield enjoys working in a practice that is focused on taking optimal care of all patients and utilizes a strong, team-based approach to provide the most comprehensive, appropriate and evidence-based care to a diverse population. His family medicine training allows him to take care of individuals from birth through end of life, with a special emphasis on family dynamics as well. He enjoys taking care of people in all stages of life, from newborns, children and adolescents to adults of middle and old age.

Clinical Summary

Medical interests include preventive medicine, pediatrics, end-of-life care, and diabetes.

Bio

Following residency, William Knopp, MD, completed a sports medicine fellowship at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Fontana, California. He has a Certificate of Added Qualifications in primary care sports medicine and is past director of a primary care sports medicine fellowship at MacNeal Hospital in Illinois. Dr. Knopp is actively involved in the sports medicine curriculum at the University of Minnesota Methodist Hospital Family Medicine Residency and volunteers at Minnetonka High School, caring for student athletes.

Clinical Summary

Sports medicine and medical education

Bio

Alison Knutson, PharmD, is a faculty pharmacist and clinical preceptor at the University of Minnesota Methodist Hospital Family Medicine Residency. She also precepts at Phillips Neighborhood Clinic.

Clinical Summary

Comprehensive medication management, mental health, and pain management

Bio

Lynn Manning, MD, is faculty at the University of Minnesota Methodist Hospital Family Medicine Residency. She has interests in chronic disease management, diabetes care, obstetrical ultrasound, scholarly activity including screening for food insecurity and social determinants of health. She also has interests in population health and coordinates daily didactic noon conferences.

Bio

Dr. Mell is an adjunct assistant professor at Methodist Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program. He has a near full-spectrum family medicine practice, including pediatric care, adolescent health, men’s and women’s health, sports medicine and geriatrics. He is particularly interested in office procedures such as skin shaves, mole biopsies and other dermatology procedures as well as joint injections.

Clinical Summary

• Dermatology
• Sports Medicine
• Pediatrics
• Geriatrics
• Full Spectrum (Non-Ob) Family Medicine

Bio

Dr. Merten is a family physician and medical educator working within the Park Nicollet System and University of Minnesota Methodist Family Medicine Residency Program. He is most passionate about caring for all age groups, education initiatives, quality improvement, primary care practice-based research, and teaching and performing ambulatory primary care procedures.

Research Summary

I am interested in medical education research and innovation. I am also interested in research projects that can be implemented and studied in the primary care setting.

Clinical Summary

Medical education
Office-based procedures
Substance use disorder treatment
Preventive medicine
Weight management

Bio

Shannon Neale, MD, is faculty at the University of Minnesota Methodist Hospital Family Medicine Residency. Her medical interests include OB, maternal and child health, and practice management. She is also the chair of the Family Medicine department at Park Nicollet.

Bio

Teresa Quinn, MD, is a faculty member at the University of Minnesota Methodist Hospital Family Medicine Residency, holds a Certificate of Added Qualifications in geriatrics, and is boarded in medical hypnosis. She has worked in busy practice settings; as medical director of an FQHC community clinic in St. Paul; and as a volunteer physician in refugee camps in Thailand. Currently, Quinn is completing a Bush medical fellowship with a focus on improving health care for older patients and Medicare policy.

Bio

David Wilkins, DO, is a psychiatrist and behavioral medicine educator at the University of Minnesota Methodist Hospital Family Medicine Residency.

Research Summary

Psychiatric care for adults and adolescents