Matthew grew up in Lake Mills, Iowa and earned his Bachelor of Science in Nursing at South Dakota State University in 2006. He began his nursing career at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, working as a Resource Nurse and later a nurse in the Intensive Care Unit. He decided to further his education, becoming…
Rachel is a board certified Physician Assistant with a strong background in surgical services. Rachel joined the Mahaska Health general surgery team in 2020. She earned her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from Marietta College in Ohio. She most recently worked at Fairfield Medical Center in Cardiothoracic Surgery and holds years of clinical…
Arthur Zacharjasz, ARNP-BC, Nurse Practitioner Data Scientist and Public Health Medical Director, grew up in Illinois and worked as an intensive care unit nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Arthur graduated with honors from DePaul University with a Master of Science in nursing and went on to earn his Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner license…
Alyssa Zacharjasz, DPM, AACFAS, FACFAOM, has been serving with Mahaska Health since 2018. She is a small town Iowa native and has always wanted to practice medicine in a rural setting. Alyssa attended the University of Iowa as well as Des Moines University before completing a rigorous surgical residency program at St. Mary’s Medical Center…





