Doctors for Adults

Just as a pediatrician is a physician who specializes in caring for children and youth, an internist specializes in adult medicine for the whole person. Other specialists concentrate on cardiology, pulmonology, or neurology, for example.  An internal medicine physician treats the entire adult person.  

Internists, internal medicine specialists, and internal medicine physicians are interchangeable terms.

Todd Janicki, MD, MBA; Ron Collins, MD; and
 Lauren Graham, MD, MPH

Grinnell Regional Internal Medicine has three full-time internal medicine physicians with expertise in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases.

• Heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Diabetes
• Asthma
• High cholesterol
• Issues affecting the nervous system
• Joint pain
• Digestive issues
• Ears, nose, and throat
• General health and wellness

Why do I need an internist?

While a family practice physician or general practitioner has training that typically includes obstetrics, pediatrics, and possibly surgery, an internal medicine physician has an additional three years of specialized training solely focused on adults.

Internal medicine physicians are often consulted when a diagnosis may be complicated, unclear, or when there is more than one health condition occurring. They work with primary care physicians to seek a diagnosis and create a customized care plan to improve the health and well-being of the patient.

So, what’s a hospitalist?

At GRMC, our internal medicine physicians rotate their time between seeing patients in the clinic and providing care to patients in the hospital. They often work with other primary care physicians to jointly monitor inpatients as requested and to respond if the need arises. One of our three internal medicine physicians is working in the hospital or are on call at all times.

Need more information?

Go to our website, www.grmc.us. You may also click on the heading, Find a clinic or provider. There you will find the various clinics and providers on our medical staff or visiting specialists.