Early, Helen, Marie

Annie Gerhardt, NP, specializes in family medicine and enjoys caring for all ages from newborns to centurions. She grew up on a dairy farm in North Dakota and enjoys being part of a smaller community, providing care to individual patients and being socially involved while increasing the overall health of the community. Annie teaches and trains upcoming nurse practitioners and is an active member of the North Dakota National Guard. Annie enjoys spending time with her husband and three children, watching them grow and participate in their activities. In her free time, she enjoys reading, running, fishing, camping, traveling, Tae Kwon Do, personal prayer time and completing remodeling and painting projects.

Anne Nygaard, MS, FNP-C, assesses and treats all types of oncology and hematology conditions. She also sees patients for genetic risk assessment for cancer related genetic syndromes at the Sanny Jerry Ryan Center for Genetics and Prevention. Anne is motivated by the patients she sees every day, whether they are curable or not, and believes in helping them through these very difficult times in their lives. She sees patients and families expressing their thanks and gratitude for the care provided to them, no matter the outcome, and this inspires Anne to give her all. Anne is on the Altru Professional Nurse's Committee.

Kelly Leiphon, GNP-BC, specializes in internal medicine with a focus in gerontology. Kelly enjoys living on their farm with her husband, three children, dog, cat and chickens. Outside of work, she enjoys gardening, spending time outdoors, going to her children's activities and traveling.