Welcome to the Yuma Clinic
The Yuma Clinic, a Rural Health Center is located within the Yuma District Hospital facilities. Family practice physicians and physician assistants staff the clinic, which serves as a training site for physicians in Colorado family practice residency programs. The clinic staff is dedicated to providing the highest quality health care services. The clinic always accepts new patients to meet the health care needs of the communities we serve. Appointments are required Monday through Friday, with walk-ins only on Saturday. We have a provider available during the day to treat patients with urgent or emergent health care needs.
Meet Our Providers
Debra Bislip, MD
The YDHC Board of Directors and team are very pleased to have Dr. Debra Bislip, a board-certified family physician, on the YDHC medical staff. Dr. Bislip began her journey with the Yuma Clinic on May 1, 2019 as a full-time physician. Dr. Bislip been in practice for over 30 years. In addition to practicing medicine in private practice as well as in an academic practice at the University of Colorado Department of Family Medicine, Dr. Bislip has held a position as associate professor at the University of Colorado Medical School and as senior instructor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Bislip was born and raised on the Dutch Caribbean Island of Aruba, received her education in the US and Europe and practiced medicine on her native island until she moved to Colorado in 2000, where she raised her 5 children. She is fluent in several languages, including Spanish. Besides Medicine and caring for patients of all ages, she loves to travel, dance, experience live music, watch sports, sew, read and spend time with her extended family both here in Colorado and in her native Aruba. Dr. Bislip greatly enjoys providing family care to the community that YDHC serves.
Daniel Edmondson, MD
Dr. Daniel Edmondson joined YDHC in 2022 after completing his residency training in Family Medicine at the Fort Collins Family Medicine Residency. Originally from Boulder City, Nevada, Dr. Edmondson attended Brigham Young University for his undergraduate studies and subsequently completed medical school at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. Dr. Edmondson is fluent in Spanish, and is experienced at treating patients of all ages and stages of life. He has a particular interest in lifestyle and preventive medicine.
He is also broadly trained in clinical procedures including dermatologic procedures, IUDs, nexplanon, joint injections, vasectomy, circumcisions, and colonoscopies/EGD.
Outside of work Dr. Edmondson is busy with three young kids at home, and enjoys board games, reading, traveling, and trying new foods.
John Glick, MD
Dr. Glick, a Colorado native and a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder, received his degree in Medicine from the Chicago Medical School. He completed his residency in Family Medicine at Rose Medical Center in Denver. Dr. Glick joined the YDHC medical staff in 2009. His practice focuses on family care from pre-natal care, pediatrics, adult, and geriatrics. Procedures that he performs at YDHC include IUDs, Implanon, colposcopy, stress tests, dermatological procedures, and joint injections. Dr. Glick enjoys a variety of outdoor activities, including biking, hiking, climbing and cross-country skiing in the back country, with his family in the Colorado mountains.
Todd McLaughlin, MD
Todd McLaughlin studied accounting at Trinity International University in the Chicagoland area, received his CPA license, and worked after college in corporate finance for 3 years in Chicago prior to moving to Ecuador to teach English. After living in Ecuador for 8 years he returned to the US to attend medical school at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Upon completing medical school he returned to his home state of Colorado to complete his residency in Family Medicine at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins.
While working in Ecuador, Todd worked mentoring university students in leadership and character development. Todd was the president of the Latino Medical Student Association during medical school and was also selected as a member of the Gold Humanism Society. During residency he was the recipient of the GOAT (greatest of all time) award as an outstanding intern by his supervising residents. During his final year of residency he worked as a hospitalist on the Eastern Plains of Colorado and also as a pediatric urgent care provider.
Todd’s areas of expertise include outpatient care, chronic conditions, pre-natal care, urgent care, emergency room services, and work as a hospitalist. In addition to these skills he is speaks and writes Spanish fluiently.
Todd’s community involvement during medical school included working as a Spanish language interpreter at a free clinic. During residency Todd worked with local high school health classes with students who were interested in pursing a field in healthcare.
In his free time Todd enjoys spending time with his wife and teenage son. They like exploring the mountains on hikes and on the slopes in the winter.
“Medicine was a third career for me after working in the world of corporate finance in downtown Chicago, doing humanitarian work in Ecuador, and finally serving as a social worker in my hometown of Longmont, CO. Working in primary care with patients and other clinic staff is a wonderful combination of getting to do critical thinking while working with a team to help individuals in the community to reach their health goals and thus enjoy life to its fullest. I am very excited to be joining the Yuma community and look forward to seeing patients not only in the clinic or hospital but also while I walk down main street, go shopping at the grocery store, or while at the county fair.”
Awards and Recognition:Gold Humanism Award, GOAT award in residency
Zach Stringham, PA-C
My wife and I with our 4 children currently live in Brush Colorado where we’ve lived for the past 7 years. We love hunting, fishing, and hiking in the great outdoors. My kids are 10,9,6, and 4 and very busy in sports and gymnastics. Prior to living in Colorado, we have lived in Alaska, Idaho and Oregon. Alaska was by far my favorite state to live in but my wife’s yearning for sunshine is what brought us here.
I love medicine and helping others achieve their optimal health. I believe that with the right attitude, education and partnership, everyone can achieve improved health and happiness. I aim to become that partner in your health that provides clarity and resolution to the problem you may have. I promise to listen to your concerns, provide you options and ways to investigate and resolve the issue, and provide
timely feedback when a workup is started. As far as I’m concerned you are family, and no one will be treated differently.
I look forward to meeting with you and your family and creating goals in order to maintain and improve your current health for many years to come.
Karen Sibersweig, MS, LPC, ACC
Karen is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Addictions Counselor, with over 39 years of experience in the fields of mental health, substance abuse, health psychology and rehabilitation medicine. She obtained a Master of Science Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from Hunter College, City University of New York in 1977. She specializes in individual, couples and family therapy and provide goal directed treatment that utilizes psychodynamic, cognitive and behavioral theory to meet each client’s specific needs.
Jack Westfall, MD
Jack Westfall grew up in Yuma, Colorado. During high school he worked in the hospital as a lab technician and earned his EMT. He completed his MD and Masters in Public Health at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, an internship in hospital medicine in Wichita, Kansas, and his Family Medicine Residency at the University of Colorado Rose Family Medicine Program. After joining the faculty at the University of Colorado Department of Family Medicine, Dr Westfall started the High Plains Research Network, a geographic community and practice-based research network in rural and frontier Colorado. He practiced family medicine in several rural communities including Limon, Ft Morgan, and his hometown of Yuma. He added Medication Assisted Treatment for opioid use disorder to his clinical care in 2016.The work of the HPRN and its participatory Community Advisory Council has included funding from the CDC, NIH, AHRQ, and numerous state and local foundations. After retiring from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, he worked for several years as the Director for Whole Person Care at Santa Clara County Health and Hospitals in San Jose, California. He served for several years as the Director of the Robert Graham Center for policy research in primary care and family medicine in Washington DC. Returning to Colorado, he continues to consult and collaborate on primary care practice-based research, community-based participatory research, integrated primary care and behavioral health, and the interface between primary care, public, and community health. He enjoys practicing ambulatory family medicine part-time in his hometown of Yuma, Colorado.
Charlotte A Wirges, MD
Dr. Wirges studied at the University of Nebraska Medical School and has practiced Family medicine with OB for 30+ years. Family practice with Women’s Health, OB care and deliveries, pediatrics, general medicine.
Currently she is the President of Parish Council of Catholic Women- involved in fundraisers for the school library, L2 for Kids (supplies funds for children to purchase new clothing and shoes to start school), currently working on a Toys for Tots brunch/bake sale. She has also been involved in Walking with Moms in Need projectand Volunteered as doctor for a USA Boxing event.
“I love the gift God has given me to be able to care for other people and their families. I grew up on a farm in a small town and believe that helped shape me into who I am. I’ve taken the last 2 years off for myself and my 3 sons and feel like I need to get ‘back to work’ in the career God has led me in. I like the small town community involvement, lifestyle and being able to make a difference in someone’s life. I enjoy spending time with my sons, family and friends. Also I like sewing, machine embroidery, crocheting, gardening, canning, reading, and watching mystery shows.”
Awards and Recognition: Outstanding Graduate Northeast Nebraska Technical Community College 1989
Rob Wolfsohn, PsyD
Dr. Wolfsohn has a doctorate in counseling psychology from the University of Northern Colorado. To obtain that degree, he was required to complete four years of course work and practicum clinical work as well as a one-year internship in clinical psychology. He completed his one-year predoctoral clinical internship at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center and Southwest Medical School in Dallas, Texas which included clinical supervision. Dr. Wolfsohn sat for and passed the psychologist licensure exam, which included taking a national exam, a jurisprudence exam, as well as an oral exam. He is a licensed psychologist in Colorado