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Katherine Oyster, MD
My specialties:
- Family medicine
- Obstetrics
Professional interests:
- Pregnancy care
- Women's Health
- Diabetes
- Pediatrics
- Allergy and asthma
- LGBT Health
- Virtual visits
I am a board-certified family medicine with obstetrics physician with professional interests in allergy and asthma, diabetes, LGBT health, obstetrics, pediatrics and women's health. I offer face-to-face virtual visits for a variety of health services and conditions.
Hometown: La Crosse, Wisconsin
I am passionate about: empowering patients to live their definition of fulfilling lives. This definition is as unique as a fingerprint and it is my favorite part of the job to help patients discover and achieve their best, healthiest lives.
I knew I wanted to be a physician: in ninth grade after spending hours after school building a skeleton with my biology teacher. I chose family medicine because I love developing strong patient-provider bonds, and supporting a family through the ups-and-downs of life.
One of the challenges of this career that I enjoy is: participating in a specialty where I need to know "a little bit about everything," I learn something new about medicine every single day. The fact that I am never done learning is one of the most challenging and exciting aspects of my job.
If I wasn't a physician, I would be an: opera singer. I took voice lessons through college, and sang with the St. Olaf Choir.
The best thing I do for my health is: consistently get good sleep. It gives me more energy and reserves to make better life choices, like exercising or eating better. I cannot overstate the benefits of a good night's sleep.
Intermediate proficiency is Spanish.
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Credentials
- MD
Board-certified specialties
- Family medicine
Specialties
- Obstetrics
Educational institutions
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
Memberships
- American Academy of Family Physicians
Residencies
- Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Hospital affiliations
- The Mother Baby Center at United and Children's Minnesota
- United Hospital
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Major health plans we accept
- Allina Health | Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
- HealthPartners
- Medica
- PreferredOne
- SelectCare/LaborCare
- UCare
- UnitedHealthcare
Other health plans we accept
- Medicaid/Medicare
- Aetna
- America's PPO
- First Health/Coventry
- CIGNA
- Humana
- Hennepin Health (formerly Metropolitan Health Plan)
- PrimeWest
- South Country Health Alliance
- United Behavioral Health
- Wisconsin Physician Services (WPS)