Provider Bios

		Bobbi L. Hoppe, MD Dr. Hoppe is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School. She completed her internal medicine residency at the University of Washington in Seattle, followed by a cardiology fellowship and a cardiac electrophysiology fellowship at the University of California in San Diego.
		Mary D. McLaurin, MD Dr. McLaurin is a graduate of the University of North Dakota Medical School. She completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, where she was chief resident in internal medicine. Dr. McLaurin's cardiovascular training was completed at the University of Minnesota with a Nuclear Cardiology Certification. She completed a chief fellowship at the University of Minnesota.
		Pamela R. Paulsen, MD Dr. Paulsen is a graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. She completed her post-doctoral training in Internal Medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and fellowships in cardiology and interventional cardiology at the University of Minnesota.
		A. Jody Rowland, MD Dr. Rowland graduated from Pritzker School of Medicine in Chicago. She completed an internship, residency and fellowship in cardiovascular disease at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics.
		Retu Saxena, MD At the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Dr. Saxena directed the echocardiography lab and ran the women's heart program. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School. Her residency and fellowship were completed at Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, where she also completed a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Saxena is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology.
		Wendy S. Shear, MD Dr. Shear is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School. She completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center. She completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology at the University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics. Dr. Shear is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. She is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology.
		Darcy H. Theisen, MSN, RN, CNP Darcy is a graduate of Minot State University, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. She then completed the UCLA/Harbor Nurse Practitioner Program in Women's Health Care and received her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Minnesota.