Charles Korte, M.D.
Before embarking on his medical career, Dr. Korte was a distinguished student at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine in 1980, Dr. Korte completed his family practice residency at the U.S. Air Force Medical Center, School Air Force Base in Illinois. He is board-certified by the American Board of Family Practice and has attained a certificate of added qualification in geriatrics. Dr. Korte has been the program director since 1998.
    
Dr. Korte has extensive experience teaching health care providers from many disciplines. He was chief of the family practice department at Mather Air Force Base in California from 1985-1986. Throughout his career, Dr. Korte has maintained an active practice in all areas of family medicine. His interests are currently focused in geriatrics.
    
Dr. Korte and his wife Chris live in the Des Moines area and has two grown children.
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Carol Kuhle, D.O.
A native of Fort Salonga, New York, Dr. Kuhle is fellowship trained in geriatrics from the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Kuhle's family practice training was at Broadlawns Medical Center through the University of Iowa, where she was chief resident.Her medical degree is from the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in Des Moines.
    
Dr. Kuhle is an active volunteer in the community giving many lectures in the field of geriatrics locally as well as at state conferences in Iowa and Minnesota. She serves as the Senior Medical Advisor for Geriatric Affairs for the Iowa Public Health Department.
    
Dr. Kuhle has two grown children.
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Eden Murad, D.O.
Dr. Murad brings a broad range of clinical experience to the faculty of the
Mercy Family Medicine Residency Program. He is a physician with Mercy Clinics with interests in Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Emergency medicine as well as special procedures.

Dr. Murad is a Diplomat of the American Board of Family Practitioners and
has been recognized by local and national professional organizations for his
clinical skill as well as research.

Dr. Murad is a California native with a degree from the University of
California- Irvine and a Doctor of Osteopathy degree from the University of
Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery in Des Moines. He completed a residency as
a member of the University of Iowa - Family Practice Residency program at
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital in Mason City, Iowa.

Dr. Murad and his wife live in the Des Moines area with their three sons.
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Yogesh Shah, M.D.
Dr. Shah joined the Mercy Family Medicine Residency faculty after completing a fellowship in geriatric medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota in 2000. He serves as the Associate Program Director. He is no stranger to the Mercy Family Medicine Residency program. Dr. Shah completed a residency in Family Medicine here in 1999.

Dr. Shah has a special interest in the care and treatment of seniors suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. He has been involved in numerous research studies of the disease. Dr. Shah has presented and published research on Alzheimer's at the local, national, and international level. In 1999 he was a delegate to, and presented at, the Dementia meeting in Yamanashi, Japan. Dr. Shah is a board member of Mid-Iowa Alzheimer's Association and Alzheimer's Prevention foundation. He is a member of the Iowa's Commission for Elder Affairs and an assistant professor with the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine.

Dr. Shah is a native of Bombay, India and received his medical degree from Bombay University. He completed an internship at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in Bombay before coming to the United States. Dr. Shah completed a General Surgery internship at the State University of New York in Stonybrook, New York prior to continuing his studies in Des Moines.

Dr. Shah and his wife live in the Des Moines area with their two children.
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Christopher White, M.D.
Iowa has become home for this Baltimore, Maryland native. A graduate of Loyola Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University, Dr. White completed his family practice residency at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines. He then went into private practice in Norwalk, Iowa and later joined the Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines clinic system.

Dr. White also shares his medical expertise as flight surgeon for the Iowa Army National Guard, is medical director for the Norwalk Volunteer Fire Department Medics and is medical examiner for Warren County.

He and his wife have three daughters.
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Chandramohan P. "C.P." Batra, M.D.
Dr. Batra joined the Mercy Family Medicine Residency faculty after serving as the associate director and director of Women and children's services in the East Kentucky Family Practice residency. Dr. Batra completed a pediatrics residency at SUNY-Brooklyn (King County Hospital) in New York.

A native of India, Dr. Batra was an assistant professor (OB/GYN), at the MS University of Baroda, in Gujarat, India, and the director of the Primary Health Care Center (USAID Project) in Vagra, Bharuch, Gujarat, India. He completed his OB/GYN residency at SSG Hospital, MSU of Baroda, in Gujarat, India.

Dr. Batra brings to the Mercy Family Medicine Residency program a wealth of experience and research in obstetrics and gynecology as well as family medicine. His primary interests include women's health issues.

Dr. Batra and his wife live in the Des Moines area with their two children.
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Tracy Sanburg, Administrative Director
Tracy has been with the program since July of 1997. She is originally from Northeast Missouri but now calls Iowa her home. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in Human Resources. She is a member of the American Academy of Family Practice Administrators and the Medical Group Management Association.

She lives in the Des Moines area with her family.
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Denise Nichols, PharmD
Denise is originally from Chicago, Illinois. She brings a wide range of pharmacy experience having worked as a retail, homecare, hospital, and mental health pharmacist. She graduated from Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and continues to be active with the pharmacy program serving as a preceptor in Drake's Experiential Program and Adjunct Assistant Professor. Denise also is adjunct faculty at the Mercy College of Health Sciences.

Denise and her husband Cortez live in Des Moines and have three children.
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Connie Mitchell, LBSW
Connie has always lived in the Des Moines area. A graduate of Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, she majored in Social Work and Psychology. Connie has a long history working in the medical field both in the hospital setting and in Public/Community Health. She is active in the community and participates in several committees specifically within the Maternal/Child Health and Mental Heath Services areas. Connie has also participated in research and grant writing in the Maternal/Child Health and Chemical Dependency areas.

She lives in Des Moines with her three children.
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