Kathryn Dahl, MD, PhD, family medicine, recently joined Sanford Luverne clinic, where she’ll specialize in obstetrics and gynecology, including women’s health, maternity care and newborn care.
“I want to care for the young and the old, the big and the small, the healthy and the chronically ill,” said Dahl. “Every person deserves access to high quality health care, and I want to help them receive that care close to home.”
She is board certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine.
Her parents are Mark Dahl and Dr. Diane Kennedy of Luverne.
Dahl interned at Sanford Luverne in 2015 when she shadowed her mother on the job to learn about family practice.
“I don’t know what kind of doctor I want to be right now, but I do know that I probably want to live in rural Minnesota,” Dahl told the Star Herald that summer in 2015.
“If I end up being half the physician and mother that my mom is, I’ll be really happy.”
Kennedy said the professional time with her daughter reinforced her own commitment to family medicine in a rural setting.
“I believe quality care starts with knowing your patient and all the outside influences that affect their health and wellbeing,” she said in the July 23, 2015, Star Herald.
“Now that Kat has chosen a career in medicine and she’s trying to sort out what specialty she will follow, I am reminded that if I had to go back and do it all again, I would still choose family practice every time.”
Dahl graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School in Duluth and completed her residency in family medicine at Sioux Falls Family Medicine.
The 2010 Luverne High School graduate lives in Luverne with her husband, Brooks Maurer, and son, Myles.