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Susan Vitalis, MD, Family Medicine, Battle Lake, MN

SusanMVitalisMD

Family Medicine Battle Lake, MN

Volunteer for Global Health Ministries

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Summary

  • I am a Family Medicine physician who is currently working as an author and speaker in addition to volunteer work, including being the Partner Advocate for Global Health Ministries in Central African Republic.

Education & Training

  • Methodist Hospital (St Louis Park)
    Methodist Hospital (St Louis Park)1987 - 1990
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1987
  • Concordia University
    Concordia UniversityBA, Biology, 1979 - 1983

Certifications & Licensure

  • ND State Medical License
    ND State Medical License 2005 - 2025
  • MN State Medical License
    MN State Medical License 1988 - 2024

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Graduated summa cum laude
  • Alpha Society
  • Lifetime Honorary member Omicron Delta Kappa
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Hyperlipidemia and Hypertension following Heart Transplantation; Potential Causes of Coronary Atherosclerosis?  
    Diane M. Becker, Sc.D., Maria Markakis, B.S., Michael Sension, B.S., Susan Vitalis, B.A., Kenneth Baughman, M.D., F.A.C.C., Thomas A. Pearson, M.D., Ph.D, Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Vol. 7, No 2

Lectures

  • Safe in the Center of God’s Will. 
    Concordia College Founders’ Society Day Banquet
  • Life and Death in the Third World. 
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Striving For Peace: A World Without Borders, Health Care Under Fire. 
    Fifteenth Annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum
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Other

  • Life and Death in the Third World. 
    Susan M. Vitalis, The Edges of Life/Winter, 1996:45-51
    Word and World: Theology for Christian Ministry
  • Somali Mother and Child. 
    Susan Vitalis, Watermark Press; 1998:266, 297
    Cherished Moments in Time: The International Library of Photography
  • Bullets, Bats, and a Bomb Shelter. 
    Susan M. Vitalis, Don’t Miss Your Boat: Living Your Life with Purpose in the Real World

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