Don Kosiak, M.D. ’79, was recognized with the Schafer Excellence in Healthcare Award at the Sixth Annual Schafer Institute for Excellence in Healthcare on Nov. 8, 2007. This award is given to individuals who have contributed to even greater possibilities in the field of health care for the citizens of North Dakota.
    Kosiak currently practices at the Medcenter One Walk-In Clinic in Bismarck and is a clinical instructor for the UND family medicine program. He was honored for his more than 25 years of selfless dedication to meeting medical needs in North Dakota and beyond — including his service with the North Dakota National Guard in Iraq, which earned him the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, and two Meritorious Service Medals — as well as his many contributions to the development of rural North Dakota communities.  He and his wife, Francine, are the proud parents of four children and eight grandchildren.

Alan Lindemann, M.D. ’77 (BS Med ’75), recently joined the staff at Central Dakota Clinic in Harvey, ND.  Lindemann specializes in general medicine and obstetrics. Dr. Lindermann is a native of Kathryn, ND.  He received his Bachelor’s Degree at UND in 1971 before beginning medical school in 1974.

Michael Vandall, M.D. ’76, has joined Northern Valley Obstetrics and Gynecology in Grand Forks, last August.
    Vandall, an obstetrician-gynecologist, who has practiced in Grand Forks for the past year-and-a-half. He earned his undergraduate degree from UND and his medical degree from the UND School of Medicine. He completed his residency at St. Joseph’s Hospital Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ.
    Vandall specializes in preventive care, normal and high-risk obstetrics, urinary incontinence, PMS and menopausal symptoms.