VBCH Welcomes New Provider to Their Clinic Team!

posted on 4/8/24

Augusta Hamaker, PA-C, is the newest provider to join the VBCH team. She will be available to see patients of all ages beginning this month as a Family Medicine PA. She graduated in December 2023 with a master’s in physician assistant studies from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE.

Prior to attending PA school, Augusta attended Iowa State University where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in biology. While at Iowa State she participated in research studying alternative treatments for Parkinson’s disease with the highly intelligent neuroscientist, Elizabeth Stegemöller, Ph.D.

Augusta was raised in Bloomfield on a family farm and continues to reside there. She looks forward to getting back to her roots and taking care of patients in the surrounding rural areas.

Augusta will primarily be seeing patients in our Keosauqua clinic. To schedule an appointment please call 319-293-8732.

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