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A P ublica tion Welcome
o f Whidb e yHealth
f or the W h i d b e y
Island C ommunit y

Rodger Althoff, MD began working with the WhidbeyHealth
Features Surgical Care team in September. Dr. Althoff is engaged in all
aspects of general surgery, including his specialties in breast,
abdominal and laparoscopic surgery, as well as having devoted
2 Foundation of Caring half his career to vascular surgery. Dr. Althoff has been board
certified by the American Board of Surgery for nearly 40 years.
3 Welcome Providers

4 Meet Our Surgeon Jeremy Idjadi, MD, our newest orthopedic surgeon, was welcomed at
WhidbeyHealth Orthopedic Care in August. This board certified
5 Farewell orthopedic surgeon spent his previous 13 years at Proliance
Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Bellevue, Issaquah and
6 From the Desk of Redmond, Wash. Dr. Idjadi specializes in arthroscopic surgery
Geri Forbes for injuries of the shoulder, elbow, knee and ankle. He has also
enjoyed a robust practice of general orthopedic trauma and total
7 Health News shoulder, elbow and knee replacements.

8 Cancer Care
Garth Miller, MD joined WhidbeyHealth Surgical Care as a
9 Patient Perspectives locums tenens in Oct. 2017 and became a full time member
of the general surgery team this past August. Dr. Miller
10 Foundation Update previously practiced general surgery in small towns in Oregon
for seven years and in Maine for 25 years, where most
11 Community Classes recently he served as medical director for surgical services. Dr.
Miller’s specialties include general and laparoscopic surgery,
12 Thanks, Community colonoscopy and breast surgery.

The Pulse
2018 F all Felix Nautsch, MD was welcomed as WhidbeyHealth’s new
Volume 26 , No 2 Medical Director of Radiology in August. Dr. Nautsch received
his medical degree from New York Medical College, in Valhalla,
WhidbeyHealth Medical Center NY, and went on to complete his internal medicine internship at
101 N. Main Street
Coupeville, WA 98239 Baystate Medical Center – Tufts University, in Springfield, MA.
Telephone
360.678.5151 • 360.321.5151
Fax 360.678.0945
Email and Web
contactus@whidbeyhealth.org Heather Badger, ARNP began practicing at WhidbeyHealth
www.whidbeyhealth.org
CEO Primary Care Cabot Drive in September. This former nursing
Geri Forbes class president at the University of South Dakota, went on to
Patricia Duff, Editor receive her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of
Graphic Design North Dakota. Badger is certified by the American Association
Carol Heimgartner Moliter
of Big Rock Designs of Nurse Practitioners.
Cover Photograph
Patricia Duff