Dr. Diane Palkert Joins Central Lakes Medical Clinic

We welcome Dr. Diane Palkert to our entirely fellowship-trained Orthopaedic Surgery team. Dr. Palkert received her undergraduate degree from Carleton College and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency at the University of Minnesota. Here, she was also awarded and completed her Foot and Ankle Fellowship. Dr. Palkert spent two years as a research assistant at the Shriner’s Burns Institute. Prior to joining the medical campus in Crosby, Dr. Palkert was in private practice at the Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Center in St. Paul. While she primarily specializes in foot and ankle orthopaedics, she also provides general orthopaedic services. She is Board eligible in Orthopaedic Surgery and a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society. She joined the medical campus in Crosby in September 2006.

Dr. Frances A. Radkey Joins Central Lakes Medical Clinic

We recently welcomed Dr. Frances A. Radkey to our growing team of skilled Internal Medicine specialists. Dr. Radkey is a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians and International Society for Clinical Densitometry.

Surgical Practice Database Introduction at
Central Lakes Medical Clinic

We have recently established a database for our surgical practice, to help us assess the surgical process from beginning to end. This allows us to keep track of patients’ progress long after surgery to further professional understanding and improve each of our surgical specialties. We commit one nurse full time to this project.