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                           About Dr. Harchenko        About Kate Larson           About Lu Graeber                About Dr. Dornacker

Dr. Vern Harchenko	Kate Larson PA-C	Lu Graeber PA-C	Dr. Jon Dornacker

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Dr. Vern Harchenko

Dr. Harchenko is a 1994 graduate of St. George University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies.  A North Dakota native, his prior medical experience includes Chief Medical Officer for the Three-Affiliated Tribes, Minne-Tohe Medical Center in New Town, serving as medical director for Trinity Health’s Convenient Care Clinic, and Burdick Job Crops Center in Minot.  He also served as the medical director for the Ward County Jail.  Dr. Harchenko served in the U. S. Army and is a Vietnam veteran.  He has also served with the North Dakota National Guard and as a staff physician at Minot Air Force Base.  His hobbies include fishing, fishing, and collecting old fishing equipment.  He has two daughters ages 20 and 26.

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Kate Larson PA-C

Kate Larson was a registered nurse for seven years prior to attending the University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program. She has been working at the Garrison Family Clinic since 1995. Kate says one of her special interests in the medical field is in dealing with women’s health issues.  Kate, who grew up in the Garrison area and is a graduate of Garrison High School, enjoys the atmosphere the rural setting of Garrison offers.  She is married to Gary Larson. The couple have two children, Arianna and Samuel.  Her hobbies include singing, family and antiques.

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Lu Graeber PA-C

Lu Graeber was a registered nurse for 14 years at Garrison Memorial Hospital before returning to school and receiving her degree from the University of North Dakota as a Physician Assistant in 1992.  She worked in Minot until 2001  when she returned to Garrison where she has worked as a Physician Assistant at the Garrison Family Clinic.   Lu has a love for family practice and surgery.  She is married to Wade Graeber and they have two sons, Scott and Tod.  They also have three grandchildren.  Lu's hobbies include flowers, reading, computer work, jigsaw puzzles, crafts and her grandchildren.

Dr. Jon Dornacker

A native of Mayville, he earned the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in biology and chemistry in 1987 at Mayville State University. He also earned a law degree from the UND School of Law in 1991 and practiced law for seven years in Grand Forks, Carrington and Bismarck.  Becoming a physician was something "I have always wanted to do," he says, so eight years ago he enrolled at the UND medical school.  He chose to pursue training in family medicine because "You're on the front lines, where you get to see the people," he says. "You do a little bit of everything, helping infants to the elderly. You're not specialized into one niche." Dornacker, who has been doing locum tenens work at Garrison for the past year, one to two weekends each month, got to know the staff at the hospital and found that the "nurses were great, the people were great, the town was great - it was just a great experience." He and his wife, Kristy, have two children, Alexander, 8, and Cassandra, 6. The family resides in Garrison.

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