On Call with the Prairie Doc Television Show

Making Dental Health a Priority | February 1, 2024 | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | Prairie Doc® guest host Alex Bisson, with guests Dr. John Bisson from Bisson Dental in Brookings, SD and Dr. Jason Leet from Siouxland Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery in Sioux Falls, SD as they take viewer questions and talk about dental health.

Addiction and Recovery | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | January 25, 2024 | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Kelly Evans-Hullinger, with guests Dr. Vivek Anand from Avera Medical Group Behavioral Health and Dr. Stephen Tamang from Project Recovery in Rapid City as they take viewer questions and talk about addiction and recovery.

Sleep Interrupted: Sleep Apnea | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | January 18, 2024 | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Debra Johnston, with guests Ranae Phinney Instructor of Respiratory Care from SDSU Department of Allied and Population Health and Dr. Michael Pietila from Yankton Medical Clinic takes questions and discusses sleep apnea.

Connecting Practice to Policy for Change, Population Health | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | January 11, 2024, Prairie Doc® host Dr. Andrew Ellsworth, with guests Dr. Tom Dean and Dr. Tad Jacobs as they join us to talk about population health and take viewer questions.

Electrical Activity in the Brain, Seizures: Causes and Treatments | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | January 4, 2023 | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Andrew Ellsworth, with guests Dr. Connie Taylor from Avera Medical Group Pediatric Specialist in Sioux Falls, and Dr. Jeffrey Boyle from Avera Medical Group Neurology Sioux Falls as they talk with us about seizures.

When Your Immune System Turns on You | Autoimmune Diseases | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | December 28, 2023 | Prairie Doc® guest host Carter Holm, RN, with guests Dr. Argenziano from Monument Health System in Rapid City and Dr. Abigail Finley from Rapid City Medical Center as they answer viewer questions about autoimmune diseases.

Medical Myth Busters | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | December 21, 2023 | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Jill Kruse, with guests Dr. Amy Cook from Sanford Health Brookings Clinic and Dr. Stephanie Broderson from Sanford 26th and Sycamore Family Medicine and Sanford Brookings Clinic as they debunk or prove common medical myths.

Inability to Control the Flow: Urinary Incontinence | December 14, 2023 | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | Prairie Doc® host Dr Kelly Evans-Hullinger, with guests Dr. Lauren Wood Thum and Dr. Dennis Joseph Thum from Urology Specialist in Sioux Falls as they talk with us and discuss Urinary Incontinence.

Veterans’ Health | December 7, 2023 | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | Prairie Doc® guest host Major Anderson, with guests Dr. Ronald Place, CEO Avera Health, Dr. Jared Harwood, Sanford Worthington Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Clinic and Desiree Boyer, Outreach Coordinator for Veterans Administration in Sioux Falls as they talk with us about Veterans' Health issues.

Stay Healthy Out There | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | November 16, 2023 | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Debra Johnston, with guests Dr. Thomas Lambert from the Center for Family Medicine in Sioux Falls and Jamie Halvorson, OTD, MSOTR/L from Brookings Health System in Brookings, SD as they talk with us about how to stay healthy mentally and physically.

Digestion, Absorption, and Elimination of Waste: GI Issues | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | November 2, 2023 | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Kelly Evans-Hullinger, with guests Dr. Theresa Oey-Trudeau from Avera Medical Group Specialty Care Brookings and Dr. Ali Zakaria from Monument Health Gastroenterology as they talk with us and take questions about GI health.

Keeping You Connected to Your Surroundings, The Importance of Eye Health | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | October 26, 2023 | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Andrew Ellworth, with guests Elizabeth Atchison, MD and Andrea Bordewyk, MD from Ophthalmology LTD in Sioux Falls, SD talk with us about the importance of good eye health.

Menarche to Menopause | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | October 19, 2023 | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Debra Johnston, with guests Dr. Amy Kelley from Sanford Obstetrics & Gynecology Clinic and Dr. Dominique Boadwine from Avera Medical Group Family Health Center - Dawley Farm as they talk with us from puberty through menopause.

Arteries, Veins and Capillaries, Oh My! | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | October 12, 2023, Prairie Doc® host Dr. Jill Kruse, with guests Dr. Angelo Santos from Dakota Vascular and Dr. Mark Fleming from North Central Heart as they talk with us about vascular health and take viewer questions.

A Practical Guide to Obesity Medicine | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | October 5, 2023 | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Andrew Ellsworth, with guests Dr. Zoilo Lansang from Avera Medical Group Comprehensive Weight Management and Dr. Bradley Thaemert from the Surgical Institute of South Dakota, as they answer viewer questions about Obesity Medicine.

Making Sure You Can Move | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | September 28, 2023 | Prairie Doc® host Dr Kelly Evans-Hullinger, with guests Dr. Jonathan Buchanan, CAQ, MBA from Avera Orthopedics and Dr. Luke Rasmussen from the Orthopedic Institute in Sioux Falls as they talk with viewers and take questions about orthopedics.

Beating Breast Cancer: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | September 21, 2023 | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Debra Johnston, with guests Sara Marroquin, MD, MPH from Avera Medical Group Specialty Care Brookings and Ally Higgins, MD from Avera Medical Group Oncology and Hematology Sioux Falls as they answer viewer questions about Breast Cancer.

Loss of Signals to the Cells: ALS, Symptoms, Causes and Treatments | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | September 14, 2023 | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Jill Kruse, with guest Tyler Jares, MD from Avera Medical Group Palliative Medicine Sioux Falls and Dr. Nnamdi Uhegwu from Sanford Neurology Clinic.

Ask Anything | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | September 7, 2023 | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Andrew Ellsworth, with guests Dr. Debra Johnston from Avera Medical Group Brookings, Dr. Kelly Evans-Hullinger from Avera Medical Group Brookings and Dr. Jill Kruse from Brookings Health System takes viewer questions about any topic.

The Importance of Transplants | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | May 18, 2023 | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Jill Kruse is joined by Dr. Faizan Syed from Avera Medical Group Nephrology Sioux Falls and Ashwani K. Singal MD, MS, FACG, FAASLD, AGAF from Avera Medical Group Liver Disease Sioux Falls.

Understanding Your Complete Blood Count: Hematologic Cancers | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | May 11, 2023 | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Andrew Ellsworth is joined by Dr. Xavier Andrade Gonzalez from Avera.

Ask Anything | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | May 4, 2023 | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Andrew Ellsworth is joined by Dr. Scott Boyens from Sanford Family Medicine and Dr. Shelby Eischens from Avera Medical Group Brookings.

Dermatology 101 | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | April 27, 2023 | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Kelly Evans-Hullinger is joined by Dr. Sara Sarbacker from Dakota Dermatology and Dr. Mandi Greenway from Avera Medical Group Dermatology Mitchell.

Underrepresented Populations | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | April 20, 2023 | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Debra Johnston is joined by Dr. Sophie Two Hawk from Avera Medical Group Internal Medicine, J.R. LaPlante, JD, Director of Tribal Relations Avera Health, Arna Mora, MD and Carol Whitman, MD.

Eyes: Connections to Your Overall Health | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | April 13, 2023 | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Jill Kruse is joined by Dr. Vance Thompson from Vance Thompson Vision, and Dr. Karen Dickes from Ophthalmology LTD.