Recent News
May, 22-2013 - Artisan Bread Sale at Le Bistro
May, 22-2013 - Sanford Bemidji Earns STAR Program® Certification
May, 08-2013 - Weight Loss Surgery Info Seminar
May, 01-2013 - Diabetes Resource Center Hot Topics
Apr, 24-2013 - Melanoma Monday: Free Skin Cancer Screenings
Apr, 17-2013 - Wellness Seminar: Do You Hear What I Hear?
Apr, 17-2013 - Artisan Bread Sale at Le Bistro
Apr, 10-2013 - Ministry of Caring Caregivers' Conference
Mar, 27-2013 - Message from Kelby Krabbenhoft
Mar, 27-2013 - Sanford Bemidji Welcomes New Clinician
Mar, 27-2013 - Neilson Place Joining Learning Collaborative
Mar, 27-2013 - Sanford Bemidji Hosts Blood Drive
Mar, 27-2013 - Advance Care Planning: Your Decisions Matter
Feb, 15-2013 - Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Lifts Visitor Restrictions
Feb, 13-2013 - Sanford Bemidji Laboratories Receive CAP Accreditation
Feb, 13-2013 - Sanford Bagley Welcomes New Clinician
Feb, 13-2013 - Better Choices, Better Health - Free Workshop
Jan, 23-2013 - Lung Cancer Screening Event
Jan, 09-2013 - Outpatient Lab Services Relocate to Sanford Clinics
Jan, 09-2013 - PRI Announces the Certification of Megan Bollinger, MPT, PRC
Jan, 09-2013 - Sanford Bemidji Welcomes Trevor Yartz, PA-C
Jan, 03-2013 - Sanford Bemidji Opens Region’s Only Heart & Vascular Center
Dec, 12-2012 - FOSH Scholarship 2013
Dec, 05-2012 - FOSH Scholarship Recipients
Nov, 07-2012 - Foundation Endowment Grants Awarded for Fall 2012
Oct, 31-2012 - Sanford Welcomes Jesse Heuer, DO
Oct, 17-2012 - Dr. Maria Statton Appointed to Board by Governor Mark Dayton
Oct, 17-2012 - Sanford Welcomes Mateen Rahman, MD
Oct, 17-2012 - Sanford Welcomes Matthew F. Sanford, MD
Oct, 10-2012 - Sanford Welcomes Lee Potratz
Oct, 10-2012 - Sanford Bagley Gets New Low Dose CT Scanner
Oct, 10-2012 - Sanford Welcomes J. Adam Hamilton, MD
Oct, 10-2012 - Sanford Welcomes Nur Jameel, MD
Oct, 05-2012 - Injectable Steroids – Sanford Bemidji – Breaking News
Aug, 29-2012 - Employees of the Year 2012
Aug, 15-2012 - Sanford Welcomes Jayan Nair, MD
Aug, 08-2012 - Sanford Welcomes Daniel Louvar, MD
Jun, 27-2012 - Orthopedic Clinic Welcomes New Clinician
Jun, 20-2012 - Aging Services of Minnesota Leadership Academy
May, 09-2012 - New Board Chair for Sanford Health of Northern Minnesota
Apr, 18-2012 - Sanford Bemidji Clinic Welcomes New Clinician
Apr, 04-2012 - JoAnn Swiggum Receives Radiology Excellence Award
Mar, 28-2012 - Paul Hanson Receives ACHE Regent’s Award
Jan, 18-2012 - Friends of Sanford Health Scholarships Available
Jan, 17-2012 - Clearwater Health Services to Join with Sanford Health
Aug, 08-2012 - Sanford Welcomes Daniel Louvar, MD
Sanford announces that Daniel Louvar, MD, recently joined the Sanford Bemidji Main Clinic as a full-time Nephrologist and the Medical Director for the Kidney Dialysis Center. A nephrologist is a medical doctor who specializes in kidney care and treating diseases of the kidneys. The number of individuals in northern Minnesota with kidney disease continues to increase each year. Last year, over 8,400 treatments were administered at the Kidney Dialysis Center in Bemidji.
Dr. Louvar comes to Bemidji from Sanford Health in Fargo, ND, as the Medical Director of Sanford Bemidji’s Dialysis Center. Previously, he held the position of Medical Director for Home Dialysis of Fargo, the Dialysis Center in Morris, ND, as well as the Dialysis Center in Bemidji.
Dr. Louvar and graduated from the University of Minnesota, School of Medicine (U of M) in 2002 and completed an Internal Medicine residency at the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education in Rochester, MN, in 2005. In 2009, he completed a nephrology fellowship at the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension of the U of M and the Division of Nephrology at the Hennepin County Medical Center. During that time, he also earned a Master’s in Clinical Research at the U of M School of Public Health. Dr. Louvar is originally from Hinckley, MN, is married and has three children. He enjoys the outdoors and travelling with friends and family.
Sanford Nephrology specializes in diagnosing and treating kidney disease and disorders in newborns to adults. Dr. Louvar specializes in diagnosing and treating kidney disease, hypertension and kidney transplants. Conditions he treats often include: sudden loss of renal (kidney) function, blood in the urine, loss of protein in the urine, kidney stones, chronic urinary tract infections and hypertension (high blood pressure). Sanford Nephrology coordinates care with primary care providers and provide on-going clinical support.
Dr. Louvar is now seeing and accepting new patients. For more information or to schedule an appointment with Dr. Louvar, please contact Sanford Bemidji Main Clinic at (218) 333-5000. Clinic hours are Mon. through Fri. 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
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