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OUR DOCTORS |
Our Doctors & Allied Health Professionals
Five founding members are part of the group – Doctors Barkdoll, David Dobbs, Glenn Dobbs, Eiler, and Lovins. Dr. Eiler is President. Doctors describe the group philosophy as “patient first.” The word partner is less about a group of doctors in a practice and more about how they establish relationships and work with patients. A nursing and administrative staff of nearly fifty skilled and capable professionals supports our doctors. Electronic medical recordkeeping and other systems create efficiencies so doctors can be doctors. Click on a name above to read more.
Doctors & Allied Health Professionals
Dr. Barkdoll attended Manchester College in North Manchester, Indiana, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Biology/Chemistry with distinction in 1988. He attended medical school at the UC College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was the 1992 recipient of the Thomas D. Hunnicut Award in Family Medicine. He performed his Family Practice residency at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Covington, Kentucky. Dr. Barkdoll came to the Lawrenceburg area in 1995 as a physician with Family Care Associates, before joining PIH in 1998. He served as Chief of the Medical Staff of Dearborn County Hospital in 1999. Dr. Barkdoll is Board Certified in Family Practice. He is a member of the Christian Medical and Dental Society and has a special interest in international health and foreign missions. Dr. Barkdoll enjoys music and is an accomplished pianist and guitarist. He and wife Sara live in Dearborn County and home-school their five children: Abigail, Benjamin, Bethany, Jeremiah, and Josiah.
Dr. Bunnell joined Partners in Health in July, 2006. The youngest of three boys, he grew up in Northern Kentucky where his father has practiced medicine for over 30 years. A high school interest in science and working summers as a filing clerk and later as a medical assistant in his dad’s office set him on a course for a career in medicine. He majored in biology on a pre-med track at Transylvania, graduated from Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, where he earned the Outstanding Ambulatory Care award. He is Board Certified. He and his wife Jennifer married in 2003 and are making their home in Independence, Ky. They have a dog and a cat.
Dr. Dobbs is a California native who was graduated from Moriarty High School in Moriarty, New Mexico. He received his B.S.N. in Nursing from the University of New Mexico and his Doctor of Osteopathy from Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California. After a one year internship at the US Family Care Medical Center in Montclair, California, he completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Dobbs was in private practice in San Diego, California, before relocating to the Midwest in 1996. Dr. Dobbs is a diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Dr. Dobbs actively participates in music and drama, both as a performer in and director of plays and musical productions throughout the tristate. He is also active in medical missions, and accompanied Dr. David Dobbs to Haiti in 2002. He and his wife Colleen have two sons, Christopher and Steven.
Dr. Eiler was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Colerain High School, where he was Valedictorian of the Class of 1969. His undergraduate degree in German Language and Literature is from the University of Michigan; he received his A.B. degree with High Honors and was a Phi Beta Kappa. He attended medical school at Ohio State University College of Medicine on a Public Health Service scholarship, and received his M.D. degree in 1976. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, before moving to Lawrenceburg to establish his practice in 1979, as a National Health Service Corps physician recruited by Rural Health Activities of Southeastern Indiana. After his scholarship commitment was fulfilled, he remained in the community to establish Dearborn Medical Associates in 1985. DMA was one of the entities which merged to form Partners in Health in 1999. Dr. Eiler is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and is a past Chief of Staff of Dearborn County Hospital. In his spare time, Dr. Eiler enjoys fishing and gardening. He sings with the Rivertown Players Chorus and the Hamline Chapel Choir. He and his wife, Camille, have two daughters, Jessica and Ashley. Dr. Eiler was honored by the Dearborn County Hospital Medical Staff for 25 years of service in southeastern Indiana in 2004.
Dr. Wood is the newest member of Partners in Health. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. She grew up in Southern California, worked at Disneyland to pay for college, and earned her bachelor’s degree in Biology at the University of California at Irvine. After graduation, she worked two years for a physical therapist and confirmed her interest in a career in medicine. She attended Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine and was named to the national honor society. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Summa Health System Hospitals affiliated with the Northeast Ohio University College of Medicine. She joined a practice in Akron in 2000 and also taught in the Summa system. She and her husband, a pediatric allergy specialist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, live in Hamilton, Ohio with their two dogs and three cats.
Dr. Radu Zidarescu, M.D. Dr. Zidarescu (“call me Dr. Z”), a highly respected physician who has practiced in Dearborn County since 2000, joined Partners in Health on April 9. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine. He grew up in Romania. He got excellent grades in school and his parents encouraged him to pursue medicine as a way to have a more career options in the Communist country. When the Communist regime fell in 1989, more opportunities became available. He graduated from medical school in 1993, served one year of internship in Bucharest, and then accepted an internship at Cabrini Medical Center in New York City. He did his residency at Jacobi Medical Center/Einstein Hospital at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. He was named outstanding resident of the year in 1996 and 1997. He spent three years on a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center at Jacobi/Einstein, then looked to relocate from a Manhattan apartment to a place where he and his wife could raise a family. They looked at the lower Midwest, the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee, and they chose Lawrenceburg. Dr. Zidarescu and his wife Dana have four young children (Anna, Nicholas, Stefanie and Thomas). They live in Hidden Valley Lake.
Amy Votaw Palmer, C.N.M. Certified Nurse Midwife Amy Votaw Palmer, CNM, joined Partners in Health in January 2008. She is a Certified Nurse Midwife with accreditation through the American College of Nurse-Midwives. She was born at Dearborn County Hospital and grew up in Aurora, one of five sisters and one brother. She graduated from South Dearborn High where her interest in science led her to pursue a career in healthcare. She earned her registered nurse diploma at The Christ Hospital. As a staff nurse at St. Luke West Hospital in Florence, Ky., she worked in the Birthing Center and liked the experience. She also worked three years in the Birthing Center at Dearborn County Hospital. She continued her education while working and earned her bachelor of science in nursing from Indiana Wesleyan University, a certificate in nurse-midwifery from the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing, and eventually a master of science in nursing from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She served on the staff of two private practice medical groups, most recently as one of six nurse midwives at St. Luke Nurse Midwives in Florence. Palmer and husband Tommy, her high school sweetheart and a wealth management advisor with Huntington Investment Company, live in Lawrenceburg with their two daughters, Lilly and Haylee. When time permits, they enjoy playing golf.
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