OB GYN Physician
OB, Birthing Center & GYN Co-Medical Director

Mahaska Health has expanded care and services by welcoming Dr. Garth Summers to our new OB/GYN team! Garth Summers, DO, OB, Birthing Center & GYN Co-Medical Director enjoys listening to patients and helping to decide next steps. With an interest in surgery, Dr. Summers pursued women’s health for its ability to help patients over their…

OB GYN Physician,
OB, Birthing Center & GYN Co-Medical Director

Mahaska Health has expanded care and services by welcoming Dr. Taylar Swartz Summers to our new OB/GYN Women’s Health team! Taylar Swartz Summers, DO, MPH, OB, Birthing Center & GYN Co-Medical Director provides patient-centered care for women of all ages. As an OB/GYN, she enjoys helping women from adolescence through menopause and onward. Dr. Summers…

Hospitalist, Inpatient Medicine

Shane Kirkegaard, DO is a Family Medicine specialist serving patients at Mahaska Health as a Hospitalist. After his service in the Iowa Air National Guard, Dr. Kirkegaard pursued a medical degree from Des Moines University. He is a member of both the Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons and the American College of Physicians.…

Amanda Carman, RN

Pain Management

To schedule with a Mahaska Health Specialist please call 641.672.3360

General Surgery

Jarrod Phelps, Mahaska Health Surgical Physician Assistant, completed his undergraduate degree from Loras College, Dubuque, and his master’s degree to be a physician assistant from Des Moines University. Jarrod began his career as a phlebotomist. Jarrod is Board Certified with the NCCPA and has extensive experience in assisting during Open Heart and Cardiothoracic surgeries, Orthopaedics,…