The HIA Hospice Team
The HIA Hospice team is made up of highly trained professionals and dedicated volunteers who collaborate to provide compassionate care tailored to you and your loved ones. Whether you’re at home, in a senior living community, or at HIA Heather’s House, the team is there to support you. Care is guided and overseen by an experienced hospice medical director, ensuring the highest level of service.
HIA Hospice’s Medical Director and Physicians
- Oversees the plan of care
- Works collaboratively with HIA Hospice nurse practitioners
Nurse Practitioner
- Works closely with HIA Hospice physicians, providing medical care to patients by managing the symptoms of their illnesses
- Provides support through teaching, advocating and training
Nurse
- Provides expertise in pain and symptom management
- Visits as often as necessary to assess medical needs
- Offers support 24 hours a day, seven days a week to respond to a crisis or medical emergency, and assists family in caregiver role
Certified Nursing Assistant
- Helps with personal care needs, such as feeding or bathing assistance, shaving or nail care
- Offers light housekeeping services
Social Worker
- Provides emotional support for patients and loved ones
- Helps resolve issues that may occur with a prolonged illness
- Assists with financial, legal and insurance issues, and identifies community resources for additional support
Chaplain
- Provides spiritual support to patients of all faiths, if desired
- Communicates with patient’s or family’s clergy
- Assists with funeral arrangements
- Provides companionship to patients, and offers caregiver respite support
- Assists in the office, at special events, and in special roles, such as pet therapists and hair stylists
- Offers 13 months of grief support services for loved ones
- Provides grief and loss support groups, which are available to all community members at no charge
- Serves as a community resource, speaking about death, dying and end-of-life topics as requested
Other Therapists
- A patient may also receive care from a physical, occupational or speech therapist, if needed, for the relief and management of their life-limiting illness.
Meet the Medical Team
Our medical team consists of physicians and nurse practitioners who work collaboratively to deliver person-centered care. Along with the full hospice team, our patients receive individualized care based on their priorities and goals.
Lori Kuehne, MD, ABFM, HMDC
Dr. Lori Kuehne has been a Family Physician for 30 years. She spent the first 25 years of practice in a private Family Medicine Office in Dover, Ohio and the last 5 years working in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Dr. Kuehne has been a physician with Hospice of the Red River Valley since 2022. Lori attended both West Virginia University as well as Wright State University. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering in 1986 from Wright State. Her MD degree from Wright State in 1990. She completed a residency in Family Medicine. She is board certified in family Medicine as well as Hospice and Palliative Care. She also holds a Hospice Medical Director Board Certificate. Lori resides in New Philadelphia with her partner Jim Moore. They have one son Jonah who attends Walsh University in North Canton. Lori enjoys time with her family, travel and mission work.
Mindy Shah, MD
Dr. Mindy Shah is originally from Ohio, although spent her college years and medical training in upstate New York before moving to Madison, WI in 2015. She had initially started a career in poetry when an experience as a cardiac patient inspired her to pursue medicine. Dr. Shah trained in internal medicine, geriatrics, and hospice/palliative medicine. She lives in WI with her husband, Manish, her daughter, Alice, and assorted animals. When not working, she writes poetry, reads fiction/fantasy/sci-fi, and is taking up ham radio.
Ashwini Gade, MD
Dr. Ashwini Gade is board certified in family medicine. She received her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree before completing a residency in radiation oncology and family medicine. Dr. Gade has vast experience working in long term and continuing care.
Mark Rostad, MD
Dr. Mark Rostad is a board-certified internal medicine physician specializing in hospice and palliative medicine. A North Dakota native, he earned his medical degree from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks. Dr. Rostad is certified in both internal medicine and hospice and palliative medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Mayson Bedient, DO
Dr. Mayson Bedient is originally from the Finger Lakes region of New York. He earned his undergraduate degree in English from the University at Buffalo before attending the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. Later, completing his family medicine residency in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Here, Dr. Bedient worked closely with a hospice and palliative care physician, sparking his passion for end-of-life care. Dr. Bedient has experience practicing full-spectrum family medicine, including nursing and hospital care. He has also worked in an outpatient clinical role. When not working, Dr. Bedient enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, who are actively involved in theater and sports, and as a family they enjoy attending local events, Fargo Force games and visiting the library.
Jennifer Johnson, DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Jennifer (JJ), nurse practitioner, has formal training and experience providing hospice care, palliative care and chronic pain management. She received national recognition within the Fargo VA Health Care System for providing safer and more effective pain management.
Lindsey Lutzwick, AGPCNP-BC
Lindsey has formal training and experience providing primary care, palliative and hospice care. She is an adult-geriatric nurse practitioner and brings several years of experience caring for geriatric patients. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at University of North Dakota and then earned her Master of Science degree at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. She holds a national certification with American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Melissa John, MSN, AGNP-C
Melissa has worked in the Hospice and Palliative Care field for over a decade, starting with Hospice of the Red River Valley as an RN Case Manager. While caring for patients with a fierce determination to provide high quality care and symptom management Melissa completed further education, earning her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from NDSU and became certified in Hospice and Palliative Care. Desiring to have an even greater impact in the care of others she again returned to the student role with University of North Dakota, graduating with her Masters in Nursing as an Adult-Geriatric Nurse Practitioner.
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