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Holly B. Gustafson, MD
Locations
North Memorial Health - Minnetonka Medical Center
For more information about Executive Health or Concierge Medicine, call 763-581-3331.
Approach To Care
Dr. Gustafson’s favorite part about being an internal medicine physician is forming long-term relationships with patients. She loves the moment when a person finally reaches their goal weight or has their depression/anxiety under good control. Until that point, she enjoys working with people on small steps that add up to big health improvements over time.
Internal medicine is about chronic and complex disease management – hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, depression/anxiety, migraines, arthritis, kidney disease, asthma/COPD, liver disease and dementia are Dr. Gustafson’s bread and butter. She treats the whole person so that the diuretic used for heart failure does not cause kidney failure. Patients can be taking 12+ medications and Dr. Gustafson’s job is to make sure those medications are necessary, well-tolerated, working well and are appropriate given other medications/allergies. As a self-professed nerd, she enjoys the challenge of medicine. Dr. Gustafson’s patients can expect comprehensive care from a thoughtful and caring doctor.
Experience
Education
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry, University of Minnesota Institute of Technology, Twin Cities, MN
- Semester Abroad, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Medical Degree, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Twin Cities, MN
Residency
- Internal Medicine Residency, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
Certification
- American Board of Internal Medicine, 2008, re-certified in 2017
Recognition
- Mpls St. Paul Magazine’s Rising Star, 2015-2017
- Exceptional Patient Satisfaction Scores, Top 5 of 1800 clinicians for patient satisfaction scores for all of HealthPartners, 2019
Memberships
- American College of Physicians, Associate, 2007-2010
- USA Boxing, Physician, 2007-2010
- American Medical Association, Member, 2001-2005
- National Association of Physicians for the Environment, Honorary Member, 2000
Personal
When Dr. Gustafson is not working, she is spending time with her husband and two daughters, traveling (she hopes to visit all 7 continents), remodeling her home, listening to books on Audible and checking out local thrift stores. To stay healthy, she takes boxing lessons, slowly jogs very short distances, rollerblades, and hits a volleyball around with her kids.
Accepted Insurance
All North Memorial Health providers accept the following insurance carriers. Because health insurance plan payments vary and benefit levels are unique to each plan, you may confirm out of pocket cost with your insurance carrier by calling the number on the back of your insurance card.
- Aetna
- Blue Cross
- HealthPartners
- Humana
- Medica
- Medical Assistance
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Preferred One
- Ucare
- UnitedHealthcare