On Call with the Prairie Doc Television Show

The Buzz About GLP-1: Diabetes, Weight Loss, and Future Directions | October 8, 2026 | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Jill Kruse from Brookings Health System, Brookings, SD, with Guests Zoilo Lansang, MD | Avera Medical Group Comprehensive Weight Management, Jennifer Schriever, MD | Sanford Weight Management Center and Jessica Strobl, PharmD | VP of Pharmacy | Lewis Drug in Sioux Falls, SD.

Gut Feeling: Digestive Health and Common Issues | October 1, 2026 | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | Prairie Doc® Dr. Andrew Ellsworth from Avera Medical Group Brookings with Cristina Hill Jensen, MD | Avera Medical Group Gastroenterology and

R. Towner Lapp, MD | Avera Medical Group Gastroenterology.

Community Protection: The Science and Safety of Vaccines | September 24, 2026 | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | Prairie Doc® Dr. Kelly Evans Hullinger, Avera Brookings, Brookings, SD with Ashley Sands, MD | Sanford Children's Specialty Clinic and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Jennifer Hsu, MD, FACP | Avera Medical Group Infectious Disease Specialists and USD Sanford School of Medicine | Professor, Department of Internal Medicine in Sioux Falls, SD.

Healing Wounds: A Look at Trauma Medicine | September 17, 2026 | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | Prairie Doc® host Ginger Thomson with Leslie Van Dyne, MD | Monument Health General Surgery and Deanna Lassegard, MD | Monument Health Spearfish Hospital.

Ask Anything | September 10, 2026 | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Jill Kruse from Brookings Health System with Dr. Andrew Ellsworth, Dr. Debra Johnston and Dr. Kelly Evans-Hullinger all from Avera Medical Group Brookings.

Caring for Kids: Pediatric Health Insights | May 28, 2026 | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Kelly Evans-Hullinger With Jennifer Reed, MD from Avera Children's Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD and Michelle Schimelpfenig, DO from Sanford Children's 26th & Sycamore Clinic in Sioux Falls, SD.

Living with MS: Navigating Multiple Sclerosis | May 21, 2026 | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Debra Johnston with Lisa Viola, DO from Avera Medical Group Neurology and Francisco Gomez, MD from Monument Health Neurology and Rehabilitation through zoom.

Lessons in Health: A Journey Through Public Health History | May 14, 2026 | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Jill Kruse with Dr. DenYelle Baete Kenyon | Associate Dean of Community Health & Engagement, USD Sanford School of Medicine and Susan Puumala, PhD | Professor of Practice, USD Sanford School of Medicine.

Understanding Neck Lumps and Bumps | May 7, 2026 | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Andrew Ellsworth with Dr. Emily Murphy from Surgical Institute of South Dakota in Sioux Falls, SD and W. Chad Spanos, MD, FACS from Avera Medical Group ENT, Sioux Falls, SD.

Anesthesia Explained: Safety and Science | April 30, 2026 | On Call with the Prairie Doc® | Prairie Doc® host Dr. Andrew Ellsworth with Joel Farmer, MD, FASA with Anesthesiology Associates, Inc. and Clinical Professor Surgery at the USD Sanford School of Medicine and Michael Neilson, MD from West River Anesthesiology Consultants in Rapid City, SD through Zoom.