June 17, 2010

Des Moines, June 17, 2010 – Lisa G. Soldat, MD, MS, FAAFP, has joined the medical staff at Broadlawns Medical Center. She is seeing patients in the Family Health Center.

An alumna of Johnston High school, Soldat received her medical training at the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA. She completed an internship in general surgery at Gundersen Clinic in LaCrosse, WI and a residency in family practice at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Prior to coming to Broadlawns, Soldat was a clinical associate physician in the Department of Family Medicine at Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

“We are pleased to have Dr. Soldat join our medical staff in the Family Health Center,” said Larry Severidt, M.D., director of medical education at Broadlawns Medical Center and director of the Family Health Center. “She brings valuable experience in working with residency programs like ours at Broadlawns, as well as a keen clinical interest in women's health.”

Broadlawns Medical Center first opened its doors as a hospital to the residents of Polk County on April 13, 1924. Over the years, Broadlawns has adapted to the changing demands of public health care, yet remained true to its mission of offering quality health services to all Polk County residents and training tomorrow’s health care professionals.

Today Broadlawns Medical Center is composed of:

• An acute care community hospital serving medical, surgical, mental health and primary care needs
• A 60-member physician practice overseeing numerous specialty clinics and outpatient services
• A Family Medicine Residency Program that graduates physician leaders who today serve in 22 of Iowa’s 99 counties

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