HealthPartners is a leader in Advanced Practice Clinician (APC) post-graduate training with our first APC Fellowship program starting in 2008. With tremendous growth since that time, we now offer fellowship programs in nine specialties in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Through a variety of clinical and didactic experiences in protected learning environments, APC fellows develop competence and confidence, allowing them to deliver high-quality patient care and integrate into practice at an accelerated rate. HealthPartners APC Fellowship programs have graduated nearly 100 APC fellows and have served as an effective pipeline to employment with over 75% graduated fellows hired at HealthPartners to date.

The APC Fellowships are supported by the Office of Health Professional Education within the HealthPartners Institute, which improves care, health, and well-being through research, education, and practice.

HealthPartners is the largest consumer-governed, nonprofit health care organization in the nation. As part of HealthPartners, APC Fellows will have access to an organization that includes hospitals, clinics, and a health plan. This access creates a unique synergy that broadens reach and as a result, provides incredible opportunities to make discoveries, develop and test ideas, and implement solutions based on evidence.

Our mission, vision, and values

Mission: To improve health and well-being in partnership with our members, patients, and community.

Vision: Health as it could be, affordability as it must be, through relationships built on trust.

Values: Excellence, Compassion, Partnership, and Integrity

Commitment to those we serve: We are committed to living our values. That means you can expect certain things from each of us. You can expect us to be your partner and treat you with dignity and respect. You can expect us to listen carefully and give you good, timely information. You can expect us to do our best to provide affordable, coordinated, high-quality care and services that are easy to find and simple to use. You can expect safe, clean spaces. And we will do our very best to earn your trust by being open and honest, and keeping our word.

Office of Health Professional Education Leadership:

Kelly Frisch, MD – DIO and Executive Director – Responsible for maintaining Institutional Accreditation and oversight of GME programs and training.  Leads health professions education strategy.

Michelle Noltimier, RN, BSN, MBA – Director of Program Development and Student Clinical Education – Develops and implements system level strategies that promote interprofessional education and innovation for learners at HealthPartners.

Ashley Viere, PA-C – APC Fellowship Central Director – Supports APC Fellowship programs across HealthPartners. Develops organizational-wide Core Curriculum for all APC Fellows.

Abby Ward – APC Fellowship Central Coordinator – Assists with development and coordination of APC Fellowship programs. Provides support to Central Director and program staff.

The Advanced Practice Fellowship Council guides all aspects of APC fellowship education at HealthPartners. Every APC fellowship program at HealthPartners is represented on the council and actively participates in development of new programs.

Advanced Practice Fellowship Council:

• Michelle Noltimier, RN, BSN, MBA – Director of Program Development and Student Clinical Education
  
• Ashley Viere, PA-C– APC Fellowship Central Director
• Abby Ward– APC Fellowship Central Coordinator
• Daniel Texidor, PA-C– Emergency Medicine PA Fellowship Program Director
  
• Kylie Flaten, PA-C – Psychiatry APC Fellowship Program Director
• Danielle Johnson, PA-C – Hospital Medicine APC Fellowship Program Director
• Amy Schwartz, PA-C – Primary Care APC Fellowship Program Director
• Jim Cavallaro, PA-C – Orthopedics APC Fellowship Program Director
• Kim Northwick, NP– Cardiology APC Fellowship Program Director
• Fred Rogers, M.D., M.S., M.A., FACS– Acute Care Surgery APC Fellowship Program Director
• Sam Eklund, PA-C– Urgent Care APC Fellowship Program Director
• Carla Klassen, PA-C– Neurology APC Fellowship Program Director