Fox Valley (Appleton) Faculty

  1. Merici Awe MD - Kaukauna Clinic & Family Medicine Residency Community Faculty

    Merici was born and raised in Markesan, a rural farming town in south central Wisconsin. She received her medical degree in 2006 from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Merici graduated in July 2009 from the UW Health Fox Valley Family Practice Residency. She is board certified in family medicine. In August 2009, Merici began medical practice with Kaukauna Clinic, SC. Professional interests include all aspects of family medicine with a focus on women’s health, obstetrics, pediatrics and adult medicine and wellness. Merici is involved in the implementation of the electronic medical record at Kaukauna Clinic and the collaborative care process in the ThedaCare System. Merici is married with one daughter. She enjoys family activities, camping, traveling, kayaking, downhill skiing and reading.

  2. Dallas M Bogner MD - ThedaCare Health System & Fox Valley Residency Community Faculty

    Dr. Dallas Bogner is appointed as a Clinical Assistant Professor with the Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program and provides hospital call coverage. His patient care practice is with the ThedaCare Health System in Neenah.

    Dr. Bogner received a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry from Central College in Pella, Iowa, and his medical degree from the University of Iowa. He completed his residency at Saint Anthony Family Medicine, Denver, Colorado and practiced in Denver for eight years prior to moving to Neenah. He practices the full spectrum of family medicine, from newborn to adult, and has a strong interest in prenatal care and obstetrics. Dr. Bogner is fluent in Spanish. Dr. Bogner is married with two children. He enjoys many activities including tennis, running and spending time with his family.

  3. Shawn Boogaard MSE

    Mrs. Boogaard joined the program in 1988. She earned her masters degree in counseling at UW-Oshkosh in 1999 and her undergraduate degree in health education from UW-La Crosse. She has experience in stress management, nutrition and exercise, parenting education, and specialized training in smoking cessation. Ms. Boogaard is an outstanding resource in health promition, disease prevention and patient education.

  4. Timothy P Culligan MD - Kaukauna Clinic & Fox Valley Residency Community Faculty

    Dr. Timothy Culligan is appointed as a Clinical Assistant Professor with the Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program and provides hospital call coverage. His patient care practice is with the Kaukauna Clinic.

    Dr. Culligan is a 2002 graduate of the Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program. He is Board Certified in Family Medicine. He received his medical degree from Loyola University School of Medicine in Maywood, Illinois in 1999. Professional interests include obstetrics, pediatrics, adult medicine, dermatology, smoking cessation, and office procedures. Professional memberships include American Academy of Family Physicians, Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians and the Wisconsin Medical Society.

    Dr. Culligan is married and his personal interests include aquariums, photography, travel, fitness, and the Green Bay Packers

  5. Patty Emer BA

    Ms. Emer has a bachelor of arts degree from St. Norbert College, DePere, Wisconsin, and a background in education, health care public relations and marketing. Ms. Emer focuses on outreach activities including marketing, publications, fund raising, resident and faculty recruitment and special events coordination.

  6. Kathleen Engles MPH, MHS, PA-C

    Kathleen joined the Fox Valley program in August of 2008. She is board certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and has been working as a Physician Assistant since 2000. Most of her clinical experience has been in Family Medicine as well as Psychiatry. Her professional interests include Integrative Medicine, Women's Health and Wellness, and stress related conditions such as depression and anxiety. She appreciates the opportunity to interact with patients of all ages.

    She obtained her Bachelor's Degree of Science in Microbiology from the University of Texas in Arlington; a Master's Degree of Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of Oklahoma, and her Master's Degree in Physician Assistant Sciences from the University of Oklahoma. Kathleen is a recent transplant from Oklahoma and is very happy to be in Wisconsin. She is married and has a son. Her hobbies are varied and ever changing and she enjoys the company of friends and family.

  7. Julianne Falleroni DO, MPH - Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Fox Valley

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Julianne Falleroni, D.O., MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine. She joined as faculty in November 2009. Julianne hails from Pittsburgh, PA and received her Bachelor of Science degree in psychobiology from Westminster College in Pennsylvania. She has a Master’s in Public Health from Drexel University, and graduated from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2003. Prior to joining the program, Julianne served 6 years in the US Navy as a Family Medicine Resident, and Physician.

    Dr. Falleroni is Board Certified in Family Medicine and practices full spectrum primary care. Her clinical interests include chronic disease management, pre-natal and obstetric medicine, clinical practice guideline development, and healthcare associated infection prevention. She is married, has three children, and enjoys traveling, hiking, biking, and snorkeling.

  8. Kim Goffard MBA/HCM, RN

    Kimberly Goffard, MBA/HCM, RN, Education Coordinator, joined the Fox Valley Program on July 9th, 2007. Kimberly earned her BS in Nursing at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and her MBA with Health Care Management emphasis through the University of Phoenix-Fox Valley campus. Kimberly brings 14 years of healthcare experiences to the Fox Valley Program. Kimberly and her spouse Dan, have three boys ages 9, 7 and 4 and she enjoys dancing, traveling, and cheering for her sons at their sporting events.

  9. Joseph C Graunke MD - Kaukauna Clinic & Fox Valley Residency Community Faculty

    Dr. Joseph Graunke is appointed as a Clinical Assistant Professor with the Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program and provides hospital call coverage. His patient care practice is with the Kaukauna Clinic.

    Dr. Graunke is Board Certified in Family Medicine and received his medical degree in 1992 from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. He completed his residency in family medicine at Mid Michigan Regional Medical Center in Midland, Michigan in 1995. Professional interests include obstetrics, sports medicine, smoking cessation, geriatrics, and newborn and pediatric medicine. Professional memberships include American Academy of Family Physicians, Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians and the Wisconsin Medical Society.

    Dr. Graunke is married with two children and community involvement includes teaching Sunday school and being a youth leader in his church. Personal interests include basketball, skiing, golf and family activities.

  10. Nathan C Grunwald MD - ThedaCare Health System & Fox Valley Residency Community Faculty

    Nathan Grunwald, MD, is appointed as a Clinical Assistant Professor with the Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program and provides hospital call coverage. His patient care practice is with the ThedaCare Health System in Menasha.

    Dr. Grunwald is a native of Neenah, Wisconsin. He graduated from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee after graduating from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Nathan specializes in family medicine with a focus on obstetrics, women’s health, child and adolescent care and sports medicine. His residency program at Waukesha Family Medicine Practice provided him with a solid background in family medicine and minor surgery and procedures. Nathan is certified in the Neonatal Resuscitation Program - the American Academy of Pediatrics, Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics – American Academy of Family Physicians, and Advanced Cardiac Life Support - American Heart Association.

  11. Kathryn M Jacobe MD

    Dr. Jacobe was born and raised in Green Bay, WI. She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, completing degrees in English and Biology and received her medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in 2008. She graduated from UW Health Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency in 2011 and joined the program in a faculty position shortly after. Her professional interests include pediatric and adult medicine, hospice care, preventive care, and obstetrics. She is married with one son. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, cooking, camping, scrapbooking, gardening, undertaking renovation projects with her husband Kevin, and curling up with a good book or movie and a cup of hot tea when time permits. She is excited to be staying in Northeast Wisconsin to continue to care for and serve the community she grew up in.

  12. Gregory A Johnson MD - Kaukauna Clinic and Fox Valley Residency Community Faculty

    Dr. Gregory Johnson is appointed as a Clinical Assistant Professor with the Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program and provides hospital call coverage. His patient care practice is with the Kaukauna Clinic.

    Dr. Johnson is a 1989 graduate of the Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program. He is Board Certified in Family Medicine and Sports Medicine. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry form St. Olaf College of Minnesota and his medical degree from University of Minnesota School of Medicine in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1986. Professional interests include all aspects of family medicine with special interest in obstetrics, pediatrics, sports medicine, adult care and wellness. Professional memberships include American Academy of Family Physicians, Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians and the Wisconsin Medical Society.

    Dr. Johnson is married with two children. His community involvement includes providing medical services to athletic programs in the Kaukauna School District. Personal interests include family, church, scouting, sports and music.

  13. Allen R Last MD, MPH - Fox Valley Program Director

    Dr. Last joined our program in 2009. He grew up in the Fox Valley, leaving to attend college and ultimately graduating from the University of Wisconsin Medical School. He completed his family practice residency and a fellowship in faculty development at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - St. Margaret Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. He was a faculty and program director at the Racine Family Medicine Residency Program prior to coming back to Appleton. He enjoys caring for people of all ages; from newborns to the elderly. The author of several publications, his clinical interests include health promotion, obesity, sports medicine and dermatology. When not working he enjoys spending time with his wife and 2 children, building furniture, and participating in various outdoor activities.

  14. Mark Marnocha MS, PhD

    Dr. Marnocha joined the Fox Valley program in July 1996. Dr. Marnocha is a licensed clinical psychologist. He earned his MS and PhD in Psychology from Purdue University and completed his internship in Health-Care Psychology at the University of Minnesota Hospitals. His special interests include medical humanities, addiction treatment, PTSD, and EBM. Dr. Marnocha helps teach the behavioral science curriculum and performs patient consultations for emotional and psychological issues.

  15. Paul H Russo MD, MS - Kaukauna Clinic and Fox Valley Residency Community Faculty

    Dr. Paul Russo is appointed as a Clinical Assistant Professor with the Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program and provides hospital call coverage and staffing services. His patient care practice is with the Kaukauna Clinic.

    Dr. Russo is a 1990 graduate of the Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program and he is Board Certified in Family Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Southern Illinois, Springfield, Illinois. Professional interests include obstetrics and office procedures. Dr. Russo enjoys teaching medical students and residents. Professional memberships include American Academy of Family Physicians, Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians and the Wisconsin Medical Society.

    Dr. Russo is married with four children and is actively involved in community endeavors and missionary work in Central America. Personal interests include fishing, camping, woodworking, auto repair and vegetable gardening. Dr. Russo received a Master of Science Degree in Forestry from the University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois in 1982.

  16. Jennifer Schoening MD - Kaukauna Clinic & Fox Valley Residency Community Faculty

    Dr. Jennifer Schoening is appointed as a Clinical Assistant Professor with the Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program and provides hospital call coverage. Her patient care practice is with the Kaukauna Clinic.

    Dr. Schoening graduated from the University of Wisconsin Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program in 2000 and is Board Certified in Family Medicine. She received her medical degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1997. Professional interests include obstetrics, pediatrics and women’s health. She is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians and the Wisconsin Medical Society. Dr. Schoening is married with two children and her personal interests include reading, gardening, and family activities.

  17. Wendy Schroeder DO - Affinity Health System and Fox Valley Residency Community Faculty

    Dr. Wendy Schroeder is appointed as a Clinical Assistant Professor and provides staffing services for resident physicians with the Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program. Her patient care practice is with the Affinity Health System in Greenville, WI.

    Dr. Schroeder is a 2009 graduate of the UW Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program and is a native of Appleton. She completed medical school at Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center, after earning a BS at the University of Wisconsin in La Crosse. Dr. Schroeder's professional interests include Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Athletic Training and Community Medicine. She is an avid Packer fan and enjoys volleyball, camping, fishing, and hunting, reading mystery novels and spending time with her husband, son, 2 dogs and 2 cats.

  18. Deborah Schultz MD

    Dr. Schultz joined our faculty after graduating from the program in 1995. She is a native of Wisconsin and a graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Schultz's areas of expertise and interest are in geriatrics, preventive medicine and domestic violence. She coordinates the geriatric curriculum with Dr. Lee Vogel, providing teaching and patient care in the long-term care setting.

  19. Lee Vogel MD - Fox Valley Campus Director

    Dr. Vogel joined our program in 1990. She is a Minnesota native and a graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School. She completed her family practice residency and a fellowship in geriatrics at the University of California, San Diego. She was also on the faculty for two years at UCSD before coming to Appleton. Besides her broad base of clinical family medicine knowledge, Dr. Vogel has a strong interest in teaching geriatrics to residents in the office and nursing home settings. Other areas of expertise include medical ethics and health care promotion. She became program director in July 1995.

  20. Shelly D Welhouse RN, BSN - Interim Clinic Manager

    Shelly graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Madison with a degree in Nursing. Her past career work included 13 years in HIV, Immunology and Infectious Disease at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. While there she was a Research Coordinator, a Clinical Nurse Specialist and eventually moved into the role as the Clinic Manager. Shelly has been with the UW Health Fox Valley Family Medicine Clinic for over 3 years. Shelly is passionate about advocating for patients and their families and being a part of the training of future Family Physicians.

  21. Michael T Werner MD - Kaukauna Clinic & Fox Valley Residency Community Faculty

    Dr. Michael Werner is appointed as a Clinical Assistant Professor with the Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program and provides hospital call coverage and staffing services as well as teaching GI procedures to residents. His patient care practice is with the Kaukauna Clinic.

    Dr. Werner is a 2006 graduate of the Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program and is Board Certified in Family Medicine. He received a BS in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Professional interests include diabetes, geriatrics, obstetrics, sports medicine and office procedures. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians and the Wisconsin Medical Society. Dr. Werner is married with two children and enjoys sports, travel, history and reading.