Who We Are

Physicians Wellness Collaborative is a program of Physicians Serving Physicians. Physicians Serving Physicians was established in 1981 by a group of physicians in recovery to help other physicians with substance use disorders and their families. Physicians Wellness Collaborative expands upon over 35 years of successful peer support to address common challenges physicians face throughout their medical career.

Physicians Wellness Collaborative offers the following services at no charge to physicians, residents and medical students:

  • Counseling – We provide confidential counseling sessions at no cost for Minnesota physicians, advanced practice providers, residents, medical students and their immediate family.

  • Peer Support – We facilitate peer to peer connections (individual and group) for physicians to talk with other physicians.

  • Education – We provide education about substance use disorders for individuals, family members, colleagues, co-workers, medical and hospital staff leaders, as well as for concerned others.

  • Referral – We assist colleagues with substance use disorders with resources and referral as appropriate.

  • Monthly Meeting – We host monthly self-help meeting for mutual support, planning and discussion of issues that are unique to physicians in recovery.  Documentation of attendance at recovery meeting is often required by HPSP.

Our Staff

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Mike Koopmeiners, MD
Medical Director

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Timothy J. Usset, MDiv, MPH
Executive Director

 

About Our Funders

Physicians Wellness Collaborative is generously supported by Constellation®, a growing portfolio of medical professional liability insurance companies including MMIC, UMIA and Arkansas Mutual. Constellation has supported Physicians Wellness Collaborative and Physicians Serving Physicians since their inception in 1981, because we believe that caring for our caregivers is just one way we can champion all those who devote their lives to health care…to the essential work of enhancing health—and life.

 

Additional support is provided by Coverys, medical staff from Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Fairview Ridges Hospital, Fairview Southdale Hospital, Ridgeview Medical Center, North Memorial Health Robbinsdale, Maple Grove Hospital and individual donors.

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