OB GYN Physician,
OB, Birthing Center & GYN Co-Medical Director

Taylar Swartz Summers, DO, MPH, FACOG, OB, Labor & Delivery and GYN Co-Medical Director provides patient-centered care for women of all ages. As an OB/GYN, she enjoys helping women from adolescence through menopause and onward. Dr. Summers earned a Master of Public Health from the College of Public Health at Des Moines University. She completed…

Hospitalist, Inpatient Medicine

Shane Kirkegaard, DO is a Family Medicine specialist serving patients at Mahaska Health as a Hospitalist. After his service in the Iowa Air National Guard, Dr. Kirkegaard pursued a medical degree from Des Moines University. He is a member of both the Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons and the American College of Physicians.…

Amanda Carman, RN

Pain Management

To schedule with a Mahaska Health Specialist please call 641.672.3360

General Surgery

Jarrod Phelps, Mahaska Health Surgical Physician Assistant, completed his undergraduate degree from Loras College, Dubuque, and his master’s degree to be a physician assistant from Des Moines University. Jarrod began his career as a phlebotomist. Jarrod is Board Certified with the NCCPA and has extensive experience in assisting during Open Heart and Cardiothoracic surgeries, Orthopaedics,…

Alisha Conrad, RRT

Pulmonary Services

To schedule with a Mahaska Health Specialist please call 641.672.3360