Nogler Named NorthReach Medical Director (October 17, 2003)

Dr. Calvin D. Nogler is selected as Medical Director for NorthReach Healthcare, a 10-clinic network of primary care physicians in Marinette and Menominee Counties.

(Marinette, Wis.) - Dr. Calvin D. Nogler has been selected and has accepted the position of Medical Director for NorthReach Healthcare. NorthReach is a ten-location network of primary care physicians and nurse practitioners in Marinette County, Wis., and Menominee County, Mich., with 20 providers. It is jointly owned and operated by Bay Area Medical Center of Marinette and Bellin Health of Green Bay.

"This position was recently approved by the NorthReach Board of Directors and is the first step in developing provider leadership within our network," according to NorthReach interim CEO John Blackburn. "We are fortunate to have Dr. Nogler as a provider within NorthReach, and that he has decided to accept this challenging position."

Dr. Nogler received his medical degree from Loma Linda University in California in 1982 and completed his Family Practice residency at New England Memorial Hospital in Massachusetts in 1985. He began practice in Pound, Wis. in 1985 and continues that practice as well as seeing patients at the NorthReach Crivitz Medical Clinic. Dr. Nogler has been on the Board of Directors since the inception of NorthReach in 2000.

" I look forward to working with my colleagues to continue to find ways of delivering quality healthcare to the residents of Marinette/Menominee counties," Nogler said. "The establishment of this position is critical to insuring that our doctors and providers remain a significant voice in the direction NorthReach takes in the future."

The Medical Director's responsibilities will include: oversight of the development of clinical policies; provider recruiting, employment and retention; facilitation of the development of quality assurance guidelines; leadership to the Practice Executive Committee and direction for the development of provider performance standards and principals.

NorthReach has recently begun an expanded hours clinic in Marinette and Crivitz and is actively recruiting a number of new primary care physicians for the area.