Specialty: Hospitalist
Prairie Ridge Health
1515 Park Avenue
Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-2200

Kelsey Gorski is a board-certified Physician Assistant practicing in Hospitalist Medicine. Kelsey earned her Masters in Physician Assistant Studies from Concordia University Wisconsin. She completed a year-long post-graduate Adult Critical Care Fellowship through the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. She subsequently remained at MCW to provide care in the Medical ICU for three years before joining the team here in Columbus as a Hospitalist. She is passionate about comprehensive patient care in the acute setting.   

Outside of work, she enjoys traveling and spending time outside mountain biking, skiing, hiking, fishing and camping. She cherishes time spent with her family and friends and enjoys cooking, reading and creating. 

 Education and Training:

  • Bachelor of Science in Biology and Spanish at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse
  • Master of Physician Assistant Studies at Concordia University Wisconsin
  • Medical College of Wisconsin APP Adult Critical Care Fellowship 

Certification: 

  • National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants 
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support

 

  • Specialty Hospitalist
Director of Emergency Department
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
Madison Emergency Physicians – Prairie Ridge Health
1515 Park Avenue
Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-2200

  • Specialty Emergency Medicine
Director of Pathology
Specialty: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
1515 Park Avenue
Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-2200

  • Specialty Pathology

Specialty: Family Practice
Prairie Ridge Health Clinic - Beaver Dam
134 Corporate Drive
Beaver Dam, WI 53916
920-356-1000

Jennifer Shepard, APNP, FNP specializes in family medicine, caring for patients of all ages. Jennifer graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Edgewood College and received her Masters of Science in Nursing at Concordia University. 

Jennifer is certified in Family Practice with the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

She strives to provide exceptional care and finds it very rewarding knowing she has made a difference in someone’s health.

  • Specialty Family Medicine

Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine
Prairie Ridge Health Clinic – Beaver Dam and Columbus

1515 Park Avenue
Columbus, WI 53925           
920-623-1200                     

134 Corporate Drive
Beaver Dam, WI 53916
920-356-1000

Dr. Albert Cecchini completed medical school at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Boston University Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.  He also completed additional fellowship training in sports medicine at Graduate Hospital/MCP Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDr. Cecchini is certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. He sees patients at both Beaver Dam and Columbus clinics. 



  • Specialty Orthopedics

Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery
Prairie Ridge Health Clinic – Beaver Dam and Columbus

1515 Park Avenue
Columbus, WI 53925           
920-623-1200                     

134 Corporate Drive
Beaver Dam, WI 53916
920-356-1000

Dr. Nathan Johnson completed medical school at Des Moines University and his orthopedic surgery residency at St. Joseph Health Center; Mercy Health in Warren/Youngstown, OH.  He also completed additional fellowship training in hip and knee replacement at BronxCare in Bronx, NY. 

Dr. Johnson is certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. He sees patients at both Beaver Dam and Columbus clinics. 


  • Specialty Orthopedics

Specialty: General Surgery

Columbus Clinic
1515 Park Avenue
Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-1200

Kathy Taylor is a Physician Assistant on the general surgery team. She specializes in pre- and postoperative care as well as general surgical care.

Katherine is a Columbus native. She received her bachelor's degree at UW-La Crosse majoring in microbiology. She then went on to Indian State University where she graduated from the Physician Assistant Program. She completed several of her clinical rotations within Prairie Ridge Health in various specialities. She loves the diversity and complexity of general surgery and is happy to be caring for her community. In her free time, Kathy enjoys spending time with friends and family, watching live music and helping on the family farm.

Education and Training:

  • B.S. - University of Wisconsing - La Crosse
  • M.S. - Indiana State University

Certification:

  • National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants

  • Specialty General Surgery

Specialty: Anesthesia
1515 Park Avenue
Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-2200

 

  • Specialty Anesthesia

Specialty: Anesthesia
1515 Park Avenue
Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-2200

 

  • Specialty Anesthesia
Specialty: Psychiatry
Prairie Ridge Health Clinic – Columbus
1515 Park Avenue
Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-1200

Sean Ackerman received his MD from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, WA. He attended residency and fellowship at the University of Vermont and is board certified in both General Psychiatry and the subspecialty of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Dr. Ackerman has also spent time in research at the University of Washington Autism Center, and has published articles in journals such as The Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, Fertility & Sterility, Biological Psychiatry, The Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, and JAMA Psychiatry.

Dr. Ackerman's goal is to provide patients with a treatment plan that addresses the whole person. Sometimes that means he draws upon his training in evidence-based psychopharmacology. However, he also specializes in wellness and positive psychiatry. Over the years his practice style has evolved to be one in which he focuses on emotional-behavioral growth as much if not more than prescriptions. 

When not in the clinic he’s usually with his wife and children - preferably outside in the woods, on a lake, or hiking a trail. He also watches way too many movies.

  • Specialty Psychiatry
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