Noreen
E. O’Shea, D.O.
Dr.
O’Shea was born and raised in a small town in northern
Illinois,
population between 1800-3000 during my school years. She attended
Creighton
University
in Omaha,
Nebraska
and Des Moines University-College of Osteopathic Medicine
and Surgery where she earned her D.O. degree and completed
a Family Medicine Residency at Creighton University/St.
Joseph’s Hospital.
She worked for four years at a clinic and hospital
in Eastern
Kentucky
to fulfill her National Health Service Corps obligation.
Her family then moved to her husband’s home town in
upstate New
York
for three years, with an eye towards moving back to the
Midwest
eventually.
They returned to Sioux
City
in 1994, when a position in the Emergency Room at
Mercy
Hospital
became available and her husband, Dr. Tom Benzoni, was
hired. She
continues a part-time family practice by doing locum
tenens around the area and joined the Union County Health
Foundation in a permanent position in May 2000. She works at both
the Alcester and Elk Point clinics and enjoys her home in
the northwest portion of Sioux
City
with her husband and four children where they have ten
acres of land and various animals.
Gerald
J. McGowan, M.D.
Dr.
McGowan comes to us from Family Practice Center in
Sioux
City,
Iowa
as a Supervising Physician. He is a 1963
graduate of the University
Of Iowa
College Of
Medicine.
He completed his internship at Good Samaritan Hospital,
Phoenix,
Arizona
in 1964, and completed a surgery residency at
Maricopa
County
General
Hospital,
Phoenix,
Arizona
in 1965. Dr. McGowan is certified by the American
Board of Family Practice. He currently holds
appointments as Clinical Associate Professor at the
University
Of Iowa
College Of
Medicine
and a Clinical Associate Professor at the
University
Of Iowa
College Of
Medicine
and a Clinical Faculty Appointment at the
University
Of South
Dakota School Of
Medicine.
Dr. McGowan was Program Director from 1975-1991 and is
currently an Associate Director for Family Practice
Center.
Merle
H. Muller, M.D.
Dr.
Muller comes to us from Family Practice Center in
Sioux
City,
Iowa
as a Supervising Physician. He is a 1982
graduate of Southern Illinois Medical School and a 1985
graduate of the Cedar Rapids Medical Education Foundation,
Inc. He practiced in
Fairfield,
Illinois
from 1986 to 1990 and has been with Family Practice Center
since 1991. Dr. Muller is certified by the American
Board of Family Practice and has a Certificate of Added
Qualifications in Geriatrics and in Sports Medicine.
He has a Clinical Assistant Professor Appointment with the
University
Of Iowa
College Of
Medicine
and is currently an Associate Director for Family Practice
Center.
William J. Bailey,
M.D.
Dr.
Bailey is a 1975 graduate of
Creighton
University
in Omaha,
Nebraska
and a 1978 graduate of the Naval Aerospace and
Regional
Medical
Center
family practice residency program in
Pensacola,
Florida.
Dr Bailey has practiced in Lincoln and
Seward,
Nebraska
and in Memphis
Tennessee.
He served as a faculty member of the Naval Aerospace
family practice residency program and as a volunteer
faculty of the Lincoln,
Nebraska
family practice residency program. He joined the
program in 1999 and is certified by the American Board of
Family Practice.
Dr. Bailey performs and teaches a full range of
family practice medicine, such as, exercise stress
testing, flexible sigmoidoscopy, minor procedure &
laceration repair, vasectomies, endometrial
biopsies, IUD insertion & removal, initial
infertility evaluation & hystero-salpingography,
colposcopy, routine and low-moderate risk OB care
including 3rd & 4th degree vaginal repairs, low outlet
forcep & vacuum extraction deliveries, suction D &
C’s, routine D & C’s, newborn circumcision with
anesthesia, frenotomy (Tongue-Tied Snipping), minor
orthopedic fracture and joint dislocation care, and joint
aspiration and injection therapy. Dr. Bailey is
certified for BLS, ACLS, and neonatal resuscitation.
He is a Medical Review Officer for Drug and Alcohol
testing and is currently an Associate Director for Family
Practice
Center. 
