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

Mahaska Health has expanded care and services by welcoming Dr. Taylar Swartz Summers to our new OB/GYN Women’s Health team! Taylar Swartz Summers, DO, MPH, OB, Birthing Center & 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…

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.…

Adult Family Medicine

Family Medicine physician Sean Crawford, DO is an Iowa native, working to build a healthy community around him in Mahaska county. Dr. Crawford is no stranger to Mahaska Health because he spent his third year of medical school training with the talented team of Family Medicine physicians. During that year, Dr. Crawford saw the camaraderie…

Heather Brown, LMT

Licensed Massage Therapist

Amanda Carman, RN

Pain Management