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Family Medicine Faculty
The University of Minnesota/St. Cloud Hospital Family Medicine Residency's faculty is committed to teaching and promoting your professional and personal growth. The faculty includes five full-time and one part-time board-certified family physicians and a psychologist. All of the faculty continue with an active family practice, including obstetrics, by seeing their own panel of patients in the Mid-Minnesota Family Medicine Center (MMFMC). This allows us to model family practice daily and ensures that we maintain our excellent clinical skills. We belong to many professional societies, including the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and the American Academy of Family Physicians. We continue to publish and lecture extensively.
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Joseph M. Blonski, MD
Program Director
A native of west central Illinois, Dr. Blonski completed his medical degree at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in 1987. He completed his family medicine residency at Naval Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina. During his eight-and-a-half years in the Navy, Dr. Blonski was involved in submarine and diving medicine, and he served on the Family Medicine Faculty for the residency in Charleston. His areas of interest include maternity care, office procedures, and resident and student education. Dr. Blonski was one of the original faculty members at the start of the program. He has been the program director since July 2003. Outside of medicine, he enjoys spending time with his wife Patty and children Meghan, Colin and Rebekah. He is actively involved in his church community and enjoys all sports.
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Mark S. Becker, MD
Associate Director
Dr. Becker was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and grew up traveling throughout the United States. He completed Medical School at the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) in Richmond, Virginia, and completed his internship and residency in Greenville, North Carolina at East Carolina University Family Practice. For 18 years, he practiced a broad spectrum of Family Medicine on the Leech Lake Reservation and with the Indian Health Service. He is interested in all aspects of Family Medicine, but particularly cultural issues in medicine, community and public health, diabetes care and information management (computers) in rural practice. Dr. Becker joined the St. Cloud Hospital faculty in June 2001. He and his wife, Alice Sue, have raised three boys, (Joshua, Gabriel, and Jeremiah) on a farm in Northern Minnesota. They all enjoy the outdoors, reading and music.
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Jennifer C. Holmes, DO
Associate Director
Dr. Holmes is a central Iowa native. She received her medical education from Des Moines University in 2005 and attended residency at the University of Minnesota/St. Cloud Hospital Family Medicine Residency. After graduation in 2008, Dr. Holmes stayed with her residency and joined the faculty. Her interests include women's health, obstetrics, hospital care and osteopathic manipulation. Dr. Holmes' family includes her husband Jared, her young daughter Karlie, and her two dogs Tusker and Cruiser. She enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, reading, working out and dancing.
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Bruce W. Kuhlmann, DO
Osteopathic Program Director
Dr. Kuhlmann was raised in Melrose, Minnesota in the heart of Stearns County. He is a third generation Family Doctor, his father and grandfather having practiced in Melrose. He received his medical degree from Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Chicago, IL in 1978 and attended residency at Lansing General Hospital in Lansing, MI. He practiced Family practice in Sunnyside Washington for three years and then in Centralia Washington until 1995. In Washington he was appointed chairman of the State medical licensing board. (Osteopathic).
His special clinical interests are osteopathic manipulative therapy and musculoskeletal problems. He has pursued additional training in Prolotherapy (injections into tendons and ligaments promoting regeneration and strengthen). Dr Kuhlmann's wife, Sharon, is an RN who has pursued postgraduate training (LMFT) and now practices Marriage and Family Therapy with an office in Becker. Daughter Erica is finishing residency in Internal Medicine at Northwestern in Chicago. Son Nathan and wife Joyce live and work in the Twin cities. Dr Kuhlmann is past president of the Minnesota Osteopathic Medical Society. He enjoys all of family practice and teaching the next generation of physicians.
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Charles E. Pogemiller, Sr., MD
Medical Director
Dr. Pogemiller was born in Illinois, grew up in Northeast Minneapolis, and received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. He completed his Medical degree at the University of Minnesota and his Family Practice Residency at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. In 1976, he joined the Montevideo Clinic, a rural group of seven Family Practitioners and one General Surgeon with visiting subspecialists. After 24 years in practice, he joined MMFMC as medical director and faculty. He brings to the group a strong interest in pediatrics, obstetrics and geriatrics. Holding a position as Medical Director of Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Sauk Rapids allows him to contribute to the residents' ongoing geriatric training. He and his wife, Susan, have three children pursuing careers in medical fields. Outside activities include working with stained glass, attending theater (especially musicals), traveling and reading.
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Thomas J. Satre, MD
Director of Residency Training
Dr. Satre graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa in 1990 with a degree in Biology and attended medical school at the University of Iowa, graduating in 1994. He completed his residency training in family practice at Malcolm Grow Medical Center on Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. Dr. Satre spent seven years in the Air Force including a tour in Saudi Arabia and time as teaching faculty at the Offutt Air Force Base Family Practice Residency Program near Omaha, Nebraska. Special areas of interest include maternity care, sports medicine, and preventive medicine. Dr. Satre joined the St. Cloud Hospital faculty in August 2001. In his free time, Dr. Satre enjoys spending time with his wife, Cheri, and their daughters, Anna and Julia, as well as fishing, boating and golf.
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Kevin Switzer, MD
Associate Director
Dr. Switzer attended medical school at the University of Minnesota. He completed his residency at St. Francis-Mayo Family Medicine. He has been practicing family medicine for over 20 years at a rural clinic in Willmar, MN. He has been part of the University of Minnesota’s Rural Physician Associate Program where he developed his teaching skills. His personal interests are running, golfing, playing tennis and spending time with his family.
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Paul Wenner, Ph.D.
Psychologist
Born and raised in St. Cloud, Dr. Wenner received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Fielding Institute. He entered his clinical psychology program after practicing ten years as a pediatric physician assistant in the St. Cloud area. He completed a two-year externship in family therapy at the Family Therapy Institute in St. Paul, Minnesota. He currently practices at the Mid-Minnesota Family Medicine Center. His family includes his wife, three adult children and three grandchildren. He enjoys cooking, sailing, reading and spending time with his family.
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