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Dr. Caleb Glawe joins Boone Co. Family Medicine
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He'll be in Ogden on Fridays beginning Sept. 18
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September 09, 2009 |
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Dr. Caleb Glawe, left, and Jackie Soper pose for this photo to introduce Dr. Glawe. -Ogden Reporter photo
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by GARY ALBAN
OGDEN REPORTER EDITOR
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS ago - July 27, 1974 - to be exact, Dr. R. E. Vermillion delivered an 8 lb. boy to Bill and LoDeene Glawe (pronounced guh-loy) at the Boone County Hospital. The Greene County farm couple named their son Caleb.
Today, Caleb, who graduated from East Greene High School, is a family practice medical doctor and will begin seeing patients, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, affiliated with Boone County Family Medicine in Boone and Ogden, and the Boone County Hospital.
Dr. Glawe will see patients in Boone Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, and in Ogden on Fridays.
Dr. R. E. Vermillion will continue his practice in Ogden and expects that the new doctor's time here will be increased.
"He'll be kept busy," quipped Dr. Vermillion.
What prompted Dr. Glawe to enter the medical profession?
"I think I'm a product of the late 1980s livestock crash that probably sent a lot of farmers out of livestock, and me more into education, family promoted activities, sports and schools. My mother is currently the nurse in the East Greene School District," he told.
He added, "I've always respected what Dr. Vermillion did, and I've always loved health and activities."
Dr. Glawe was an athletic training major at ISU and has an Exercise Sciences Degree from the same school.
"That has a lot of health care tied into it," he said.
He spent several years as an athletic trainer affiliated with McFarland Clinic. Following that, he attended medical school at Grand Cayman Island, from where he received his degree.
"That experience provided me with an international style of medical education," Dr. Glawe told.
He returned stateside for all of his hospital and medical training, including Maine, Illinois, NW Indiana, and Duke University - Raleigh-Durham. In July 2009, he completed his three year residency through the Quad-Cities Genesis Hospital Residency Program in Davenport, affiliated with the University of Iowa.
After that, he and his wife Angela, knew they would like to be in Iowa.
"Boone County wasn't where we thought we'd be," Dr. Glawe said, "until I spent last November doing a rural medical rotation with the Boone County group. A job offer was available and there appeared to be a real need for another physician, so it really turned out to be a good fit."
He said he is impressed with Boone County Hospital and its technology, and added, "To be able to come to Iowa and to be so close to our families is fantastic."
Dr. Glawe is committed to family practice.
"There's a lot involved, such as emergency medicine, delivering babies and small amounts of surgeries. Family practice includes just about every specialty," the doctor said.
He hopes to further his education in endoscopy, stress testing and medical examiner requirements.
His wife Angela is also from Greene County, Jefferson.
"We never met each other until my last week at ISU, even though we lived just 8 miles apart," Dr. Glawe revealed. "She was doing a report on public relations for the football stadium and I was an athletic trainer, so we started talking. Then we started going out, and several years later, we married."
Angela is now a public relations and marketing specialist.
They are expecting their first child, a girl, at Thanksgiving time. The couple plans to live in Boone.
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©The Ogden Reporter 2010
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