Phil Sondreal, M.D.

Dr. Sondreal is originally from Grand Forks and attended medical school at the University of North Dakota. Following medical school, he pursued a family practice residency program from which he graduated in 1991. He has been practicing primary care and urgent care medicine in Fargo for nineteen years. Dr. Sondreal has a long track record of community service in North Dakota, is active in his church, has volunteered his medical skills in Africa, and is well-known for his caring manner, compassionate nature, and strong patient advocacy. Dr. Sondreal is board certified in family medicine. His wife, Ellen, also active in community service, is a registered nurse. They have five children.

Janell Kjos, F.N.P.-B.C.

Janell grew up on a farm near Monango, North Dakota. She received a Masters of Science in Nursing in the specialty of Family Nurse Practitioner in 2002 from the University of Mary in Bismarck, and is board-certified through ANCC as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Prior to returning to the Fargo community in 2006, she spent four years practicing at Midwest Urgent Medicine in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Janell spent most of her nursing career working first as an LPN, and then later as an RN in the Fargo community. She has done medical volunteer work in Nicaragua. Her husband, Jay, is an accountant. They have four children.

Kurt Kooyer, M.D.

Dr. Kooyer was raised in Michigan. He earned his medical degree in 1990 from Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine and then completed a four year residency program in Grand Rapids. He is board certified in Pediatrics as well as Internal Medicine. Prior to coming to Fargo in 2002, Dr. Kooyer practiced broad primary care and emergency medicine in the Mississippi Delta. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Heartland Healthcare Network and the Red River Children’s Advocacy Center. He has served on the board of directors of the National Perinatal Association, the advisory board of Health Care America, and is the consulting medical director for Migrant Health Services, Inc. He remains active with the American Academy of Pediatrics, serving on the steering committee for the AAP’s rural health special interest group, and has been a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society for twenty years. Dr. Kooyer has lectured extensively, both nationally and internationally, on topics including medical ethics, changing values in modern medicine, challenges in serving the rural poor and our nation's medical liability crisis. His wife, a native of North Dakota, is a pediatrician. They have three children.